This morning while I took Lydia to her music class, Mary stayed home with Nana. Nana took this cute picture of Mary working on her puzzles:
Then we had to drop Nana off at the airport. That was sad.
But as I was driving home, I saw a billboard advertising Zoorassic Park at the Hogle Zoo. Since Lydia is on a huge dinosaur kick, I exited right off of the freeway, drove the girls to lunch, and then went straight to the zoo.
We went to O’Falafel for lunch. The girls were so well-behaved and easy. I was so pleased with the whole experience.The first dinosaur we saw! Mary was terrified and wanted nothing to do with the big dinosaurs.On the zoo train. We had never ridden it before, even though we’ve been to the zoo a bunch. Also, this is Lydia asking, “Mommy, what’s a selfie?” I had just told her we were going to take a selfie. Apparently we don’t take them much.More dinosaurs.Dinosaur skull.Mary didn’t mind the baby dinosaurs.
Some of the dinosaurs sprayed water! Most of the dinosaurs moved and roared, but these two were especially delightful.A baby orangutan! It was just learning how to use its little body and kept falling over. I took a video here.I couldn’t get a good angle on Mary riding the carousel. She appeared to be falling off (I was holding her the whole time) and slightly terrified, but afterward she declared that it was super fun and wanted to ride again.
After the zoo Mary fell asleep for three and a half hours. I transferred her from the car to the couch and she stayed like this through all sorts of loud commotion. I think the zoo tired her out!
When Abe got home, he let the girls play outside with the neighbors while I lay in bed and researched Suzuki teachers for Lydia. I emailed a bunch asking to observe lessons and recitals, and so far I have had one response. This teacher says she doesn’t allow lesson observation by parents or anyone else, and I thought that goes against the very heart of Suzuki philosophy. Oh well. It makes it easier to narrow down the list if other teachers come back with similar responses.
After I emailed the teachers, we all piled in the car and donated loads upon loads of stuff to DI. Our van was packed floor to ceiling with garbage bags. We feel terrific to have that stuff gone.
Then we had to drop Nana off at the airport. That was sad.
