A Meerkat's Life

We went to the zoo today and it was absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!! I just love this time of year, and thank goodness it finally arrived, I was beginning to worry. This time around at the zoo, I let Allie-Ann run free (she is usually in the backpack carrier half of the way until we get to the carousel). But since there wasn't a big crowd, I just said, "what the heck" I'm going to just let her go and she did! She walked around the zoo for an hour and a half, taking note of all the animals. It was too much fun! She knew exactly where she wanted to go and what animals she really wanted to see. They have these worm like sea creatures that she just absolutely loves to see, she giggles each time and it's really the only exhibit that she will stay at for over a minute. I love it! A strange thing happen while we were at the zoo though, this foreign couple wanted to take a picture with Allie-Ann (yeah, very strange) I said no and then the husband tried to take a picture of her on his own, so this bothered me and I walked away. Why do people have to make you feel uncomfortable? Isn't it in human nature to understand what is appropriate and what is not. I just don't understand, so it was awkward to say the least. But we had a great time and I'm just so excited about the nice, cool temperatures!

On another note, my husband has been walking around with a broken foot for the last three weeks and didn't know it. We got it checked out this past week and sure enough it's broken, so he has to wear a boot for the next couple of weeks. He can't even run until Christmas (oh, boy). I feel so bad as a wife for not demanding him to get it checked out. But, he's all better now and when he came home with the boot, Allie-Ann immediately went to get one of her rain boots to put on her foot. It was adorable. So I have two limps around the house.

I'm going to get my hair cut for Oprah. I know I'm going to the extreme with this but what the heck, who gets this opportunity each day. I haven't decided if I have the courage to get it cut really short or not. I've never had short hair before but I'm so tired of my long hair and spending time fixing it when I go places. It would be nice to just not do anything but comb it and go. So we will see what happens. I've posted a few pictures of our zoo trip today.

The Meerkat is my favorite! I just find these animals fascinating to watch. I just think I would love to have their spirit and laziness. And how about how stinking cute they are. And I mean "stinking."

Allie-Ann on baby elephant
What a beautiful day!
After repeatedly telling her, "Do not pick the flowers", I turn for one second and she has picked a flower. Ahhh, but isn't it cute how she is examining it.

Yeah, I took this picture, I thought it turned out pretty good b/c usually when I take them all I see is our noses.