On Saturday, we had gorgeous sunny spring weather, so we decided to head over to the St. Louis Zoo. I checked online first to make sure they had normal operating hours, only to discover that frogs and princesses woud be admitted free (to the Children's petting zoo section--the rest of the zoo is always free) during Leap-Day weekend. So after muttering to myself about how unfair this all was (after all, what little girl doesn't have a princess costume?! But boys don't usually have amphibian disguises readily on hand), I set to work and made a paper hat for Benjamin and dug through his summer clothes to find something green. I was grateful after all to be able to go for free.
Benjamin enjoyed most of the zoo from the stroller. When he did get out, he would pause for a couple of seconds, then wave his hand "Bye!" and reach back for the stroller. For some reason, he wasn't having it.
It still holds true that Benjamin's favorite animal is the Meerkat. He loves looking through the glass and having them run right by him. The delay on the camera just missed it though.
We only stayed for about an hour. We were about to head over to the elephants, but decided to ask our rather unimpressed little boy if he'd rather go home or see the elephants, to which he immediately replied, "Home." Oh, well. At least we didn't have to pay!
4 comments:
What a fun day! I wish I could have gone with you to the zoo. Benjamin is a really cute frog! Momo
Excellent frog costume. You're right - why did they choose frogs for boys? Why not princesses and cowboys or something? Random.
He is such a cute little boy. Not a baby, anymore. I love that you could craft out a frog mask. It looked completely professional! You could have just dressed him up as a princess.
I wonder really if they would have accepted a prince, though, since that is what the frog turns into when the princess kisses him.
I want to go to the zoo! I need to look into it. James would love it. Good froggy hat (:
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