I braved the zoo yesterday with Hadley and Friends. Admittedly, I’m not a huge fan of the zoo. I mean, I don’t mind it but there’s something about enduring the crowds to go look at an animal who’s sleeping behind a rock that just doesn’t excite me. But I do it for Hadley. Of course, she gets enthralled with the swinging doors on their garbage cans. Add a slumbering animal in there? She’s in Haddie Heaven.
One area Hadley LOVED today was the primates. We spent a good portion of time watching the monkeys swing from tree-to-tree, pick their butts and eat it. Frightening how truly huMAN they are.
When we arrived home, we called Jamie to give him an account of our outing. “Monkeys! BADDD!!” Hadley blurted out. “Really, Haddie? What did they do?” She then proceeded to share their rebellious tale.
“Jumping.”
“Bed.”
“FALL!”
“Bonk.”
Jamie suddenly clued in. “Hadley, did Mommy call the doctor? What did he say?”
“No!! Monkeys!! Jump!! Bed!!!!”
Stay tuned next week for her rendering about that B-A-A-A-A-d rule-breaking lamb of Mary’s she saw on the way to school one day….
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