In the first shot, you can see Ally at play with her stroller and Elmo, a favorite pastime. She has her gym bag (pretend diaper bag) in tow, and we think she was pretending to be a mom.
For our 4th of July celebration, we went to the zoo! We had a great time, and depending on our holiday plans, may go again in the future! We saw one of Ally's favorite animals, the giraffes!
We also saw one of the wandering peacocks. While Ally can say this animal's name, unfortunately she drops the first syllable.
We saw Ally's other favorite, the Gorilla. She loves to look at pictures of them in books and thump her chest. When presented with them up close at the zoo, she finds them terrifying. To get this shot, Julie sacrificed and ended up with marks on her neck where Ally grabbed on for dear life.
After this nice gorilla visited us and Ally kept saying "bye. bye. bye-bye.", we moved on to the next viewing window. We stood a few feet from the glass to see a big male gorilla off in a corner. When another family joined us, the male gorilla we were watching from afar started walking towards us. Then about 5 yards from the glass window, he suddenly sprinted for the glass, jumped on the glass with all fours and pounded really hard with his palms, jumping down and running off. It was very loud and very scary! We all jumped, and were all quiet for a minute. Then Ally said the right words..."bye. bye-bye." This time, we really agreed!
2 comments:
Looks like you guys have a great zoo! That gorila IS scary! I have never seen a gorilla in person, that is sooo cool and great pic even if it did cost some scratches : ) Too funny about the peacocks - does she just yell it or do you have to ask her what they are? It is much funnier if she just yells it! As always Ally is very cute!
I commented to Jenny, "look how Ally just hangs on to her mom's hand and WALKS" Mia 'makes' us carry her now, it's like her legs are broken and she won't even ride in her stroller now. I say she makes because she will scream and arch her back...oh the joys of having a 2 yr old : ) Ally seems like an angel.
Love the new pics!!! WE love the zoo! Gorillas are very scary and ugly too!
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