the zoo ..

we love to go to the zoos in the different cities that we visit .. and saint louis is no exception ..

i love the penguins .. they are such a funny little bird .. a bird that cannot fly .. i told this to cash and he asked then why do they have wings mom .. because they are a bird ellie says .. all birds have wings .. i began to explain the whole concept of how at one time they could fly but how over time they evolved into a flightless bird .. he accepted ellie's answer and jumped into a big water puddle .. leaving me trailing in the middle of a sentence explaining evolution .. maybe later i say to myself ..

hello pretty girl ..

and these guys .. i think that cash could relate to these guys .. ellie told him that they were "cleaning themselves" .. he asked if they picked their noses to .. i said no .. it is rude to pick your nose .. well then .. do they use tissues .. not really i say .. well what do they do then mama .. jeff chimes in with they blow it onto the ground .. i then quickly follow up with they can do that because they are chimpanzees .. almost 4 year old boys use tissues .. i don't think he processed the last part of that conversation ..

this guy wore or carried this burlap sack everywhere he went .. he was the "trouble instigator" for sure ..

the burlap sack chimp walked on over to these 2 other fellas .. who were simply eating their carrots .. minding their own dang business .. enjoying the sunshine .. burlap sack chimp soon ruined their little quiet time they were having .. he swiped their carrots .. grabbed his sack and ran .. they then chased him down .. stole back their carrots and took his burlap sack .. he then ran up a big branch .. flew thru the air .. landed on one the other chimps .. stole back his sack and the carrot .. it was so fun to watch and happened in about a split second .. i told ellie that she might rethink taking food off of cash's plate .. there is no telling what he might do ..

so pretty ..

so .. not pretty

so interesting .. ellie was telling cash that grandpa had a camel once .. but that we had to get rid of her because "she about stomped mama into the ground" .. cool cash says .. i am sure cash was saying cool to the fact that grandpa once owned a camel .. not that i was almost stomped into the ground ..

and with all the great zoos that we have been to .. they are always smack dab in the middle of a really cool park .. this one had a fun fountain .. or water feature as ellie called it .. i am wondering what she has been reading lately ..