Too cold giraffes

Ally and Alice are becoming good friends, much to our parental delight. This weekend we had a play date at the zoo with Alice and her mom. We like to talk about our day with Ally and let her know what is going to happen the next day or a few days in advance. So on Thursday we asked if she wanted to go to the zoo over the weekend. She said yes (you all know her bus and little people have been going to the zoo regularly). We asked if she wanted Alice to come too.

That got a resounding YES.

So we ask what will see at the zoo, and Ally says gorillas, giraffes, elephants. Hmmm - here in Boston there is a fantastic gorilla exhibit, but no elephants, and the giraffes only come out in warm weather. So we talked about the lions and tigers and zebras and kangaroos and snakes we would see. Then Ally would get excited about the animals and say penguins. So we would explain penguins are at the Aquarium not the zoo. "Zoo", she would say "gorillas, giraffes, elephants." so then we told her we might not see giraffes it might be too cold for giraffes. All day Saturday she would repeat "see Alice go to zoo...see gorillas too cold giraffes" Becky and I would chuckle each time, yes even the 25th time we still laughed. Here are pictures from our zoo trip.

The lion was pretty cool.

Ally got tired and did not want to walk anymore. Her moms got tired of carrying her, she did not want to be carried in the ergo, so Alice was nice enough to let Ally ride in her stroller. Then Alice pushed her around. Can't we all have friends like that?

After a quick snack break Alice wanted to ride in the stroller and Ally wanted to push.

Turns out Alice is heavier and and taller than Ally. What was fun and relatively easy for Alice was pretty hard for Ally. She tired of that really quick!

But soon we entered the gorilla habitat. Ally was so enthralled by them. She was very brave and not scared at all. Alice was kind of afraid. We adults were overheard asking Alice if "the gorillas were scary...yes gorillas are scary" so now Ally says Alice is scary of gorillas. Toddler speak is so cute sometimes. We're working hard on the concept of scared of instead of scary but she is only 2!

mommy and Ally

Cheryl carrying Ally

Becky ergo-ing Alice

It was pretty neat at the end with the girls being carried by the other's mamas. In the past this might have sparked some jealously or frustration, but not this day. They actually seemed to think it was neat to share their moms and stuff with each other.