I've had a few checks to deposit for a while and I just so happened to bring them with me and thought, well we can stop at the bank on the way. Got off on Hawley Rd. and was all set to turn to go to the bank when I noticed National was closed for about half a block. Took a little detour, and made it to the bank. Now I remember being a teller and needing to get referrals in but I am not a fan of that through the drive, nor am I a fan of the teller obviously ignoring me talking to someone else (in this case Timmy). Not a huge deal in the scheme of things, just annoying enough.
We get to the zoo where we have to use my driver's license to get in (because I had planned for Discovery World instead and don't like to bring my purse and we don't really need his backpack anymore). It wasn't crowded at all, but it was a good day. The weather here has been a little cooler but not this week! Even though it said it was only 74 I swear it was hotter. We walked around a bit, at first Timmy only wanted to hang out in the gift shop (which is weird because we rarely go in there at all) but after 5 minutes of convincing, we finally ventured out to see the animals.
First we went to see the Humboldt penguins which we haven't been able to do all summer because their area was being remodeled (for those that go to the zoo, it's the penguins in front of the monkey house). Timmy was so excited to go in the monkey house again...and then disappointed that there weren't trains again (last time we went was Zoo A La Carte). Eventually he got over that and we saw some gorillas and he sat and talked to the baby gorilla statue. I have noticed that he is really into mimicry, especially of other children. He normally doesn't care for looking at the other monkeys/primates but today there was another boy about his age looking and he copied everything he did. I don't mind it too much, I just hope the other parents and kids don't get annoyed!
After that we went to the ARC (Amphibian and Reptile Center) where he enjoyed looking at the fish, turtles, and especially the snakes. I tried to cut the trip short by taking the path down by the brown bears but he wasn't having any of that. We went to the small mammal house where he was interested in the smaller monkeys and I was more interested in this dad with his kids--none of whom had shoes on! Yuck! I just keep thinking about how dirty my shoes get at the zoo and how unsanitary that is for everyone.
We saw the bears, the camel, the rhinos--very exciting because Timmy loves to see the rhinos, the giraffes--which was also exciting because 2 of them were right by the fence eating grass, so close you could almost touch them! We watched the elephants eat their lunch which reminded Timmy that he was also hungry. After stopping to check on the hippos (they were just fine) and a few other animals, we were on our way to the car. Or so I thought. We detoured into the gift shop and since he had been so good with the change of plans, I decided he could get one thing. He decided to get a small pack of cars that were on sale. Not a problem!
On the way home we hit up McDonald's and I got a chocolate shake. Mmm...it was so good. I don't usually get shakes but this one was awesome with extra chocolate drizzled on top and everything. Delicious!
Timmy and I lay down for a nap (he hasn't napped the past 2 days) and I left out his McNuggets that he didn't eat. Just got up a little while ago and came into the living room to find...the McNuggets still on their plate! Way to go Bud! Resist the temptation of food at your level that Timmy leaves around.
Well, that's our day in a nutshell. How was yours?
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