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Audubon Zoo Home Daddy was gone for the week, so Kyla and I made a little New Orleans road trip to Audubon Zoo. This was our first visit there. It's really nice with a lot of cool exhibits and interactive things for the kids. We spent almost four hours there and barely made it through half. It was pretty crowded and Kyla was a bit cranky, so that combination made for some touchy moments. The first one was at the front fountain. She wanted to go in, but I wouldn't let her. |
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| We rode the carousel and did
the simulator ride, in which we pretended to ride with the dolphins.
She liked the carousel and picked the panther. I was told to ride
the flamingo.
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This orangutan was really
playing to the crowd. He'd move over towards where the new people
showed up, and it really looked as though he/she was posing and smiling
for the cameras. Of course, some yahoo hillbilly started throwing
ice to him. He loved it and ate it...but I had to explain to Kyla
why that is not appropriate behavior and how that person was not
following the rules. It stuck with her because she drew "zoo
rules" the whole way home, telling me how it's rude and disrespectful to
throw things at the animals. The cafe was too crowded....so we lunched at the snack bar instead. It was a big moment because I finally broke down and bought Kyla her first box of popcorn. I've been too afraid to give it to her until now. (I make her get Skittles at the movies!) |
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| There's a whole splashing
water area for the kids. I really wasn't prepared for that...and
didn't want her spending all her energy there when we had a whole zoo
ahead of us, so I told her we couldn't go in it. She was not happy
about that. So, when we came up to this Mayan Excavation area, I
let her play extra long.
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