Zoo and soup

Yesterday we went to the zoo and we saw the polar bear jumping into his swimming tank over and over again, and the seals and penguins swimming laps in their tanks. (One of William's favorite things to say now is "Oh, wow!") We also saw the timberwolf trotting in the woods, the monkeys jumping around in the treetops, and the lions and tigers lounging around on their rocks.

The gorilla was fed right as we were walking toward its cage. The keeper dumped a bucket of veggies right next to the thick glass window, and when the huge black gorilla entered the area again, it lumbered on over to where the veggies were and plopped right down next to the glass. It was really cool to be that close to a live gorilla. As it approached, though, William took a couple steps back and grabbed onto me. It was cute. "Oh wow!" said William hesitantly, as the gorilla ate it's corn on the cob, oranges, carrots, lettuce head, etc.

When we went to see the big cats, the he-lion jumped on the she-lion and tried to do what lions do in the springtime. She didn't want much of that, but it was long enough to cause a few smirks and chuckles. William didn't get much of a look as the crowd (with cameras! hello?) was quite big around the lions' cage.

Afterward, we went to one of our favorite eateries and had two free bowls of soup, pop, and breadsticks, thanks to Mom's collection of frequent diner cards. Mirjam had the wild rice and I had the beef garden vegetable. Of course, we had lots of breadsticks, and smuggled out a few as we left. Yum.