We went to the zoo today with Grandpa and Andy. I'm not sure if it would be too drastic a description to say that I was seriously ready to poke my eyes out as soon as we arrived. It's not that the zoo is way, way, way too big (it is), or that there are so many kids there that one could quite literally drown in them (there are), or even that half the animals there are completely uninteresting to observe (koala bears sleeping in a tree...come on!), it's just that we have taken Matthew to the zoo so many times that it has literally lost any of it's enjoyment.
The entire drive to the zoo this morning, okay so it's only a five minute drive, we were beseached by a list of the animals we were going to see. That wouldn't have been so terrrible except for the fact that there were only four animals on the list. "Mommy we going to see elephants and giraffes and kangaroos...oh, and bears. We go zoo and see elephants and giraffes..." I think you get the picture.
Once we arrived, Matthew took off with Grandpa and the rest of us followed. Brody happily munched away on his snack while Andy and I looked at each other with mutual sympathy and dread. How long would we have to stay? It turns out we only stayed for about an hour and a half because it was close to lunch time and honestly, how long can one stay at the zoo? If left up to his own devices, I believe that Matthew would never leave. He might find a comfy place to curl up with the elephants...or giraffes, or kangaroos, oh or bears.
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