Zoo

We decided to go to the Seattle Zoo today. It didn't turn out to be quite as warm as the last few days but the sun was shining so after an hour at the dog park we called our friend Jonah and drove to our old neighborhood. When we lived on Greenwood we could sometimes hear the monkeys hooting and howling down the road at the zoo. Now we have to drive to hear them.

The owl lady amazed us all with facts about this native to Seattle, the Barred Owl. It only weighs 1.5 lbs! It can turn it's head 270 degrees! It's feathers are about 2 inches deep!! We stood there asking questions and listening for a long while.
This beauty was found wandering the grounds. The colors were so bright and shocking.

Jonah was having a great time...until Hazel hurt her ankle and started crying. Her tears set off the water works in Jonah, August tried to reassure him that Hazel was alright...that she just hurt her ankle a little, but Jonah wasn't believing a word of it. He fussed until Hazel stopped.

August and Hazel love visiting the Kamodo Dragon and watching the video of one hatching. It's kind of like rubber necking for them. Once the dragon comes out of the egg it's all bloody and slimy and August starts making all kinds of gross sounds...Hazel turns her head to try to look away but can't seem to take her eyes off the screen. They do this every time.
Some pretty berries along the path.

Wild Dogs!So the big fella behind the glass, turns out he's 42 and was hand raised. That's his 20 year old daughter, he raised her. The dad loves kids and when he sees them come toward the window he runs over and tries to connect with them. The daughter kept grabbing his face to get him to pay attention to her but he kept looking back at the kids. It was very interesting. There was a gal standing off to the side kind of giving us a narrative of what was going on...she totally could have been making it all up but it sounded good.
So, that was our trip to the Seattle Zoo today. Thanks Wick and Chee Chee for the Zoo membership. We love it.
Now we're waiting around for one of Hazel's friends to come for a sleep over!!! Good times!