So, we went to the zoo a week or so ago when I had a friday off. Of course, we didn't make it there until after 3pm even though we theoretically had all day to get there. I don't know what that's about, but mornings and even early afternoons suck all our time up. Don't try to hang out with us before 2pm, you'll be sorely dissapointed.
We went with our friends Anna, Aleks and Sebastian, of course. Here we are checking out the seemingly uninteresting ground below. If we are up we must look down; it's always good to get a different perspective, I guess.
This is a capybara, which is the world's largest rodent. This giant guine pig and you've about got the idea. There was a small farm a within walking distance of my house, growing up, that had capybaras. They seem like such sweet, strange animals.
Behind him is an Giant Anteater.
There were two Anteaters, and though they mostly just paced back and forth, they had quite a bit of personality, I thought.
I think, here, the kids are looking at some big, leopard looking fishing cat. They were really climbing and wild this day. The kids, that is, not the cat. It just sat there looking bored.
Ah, yes, the Francios Monkeys. I have mentioned these before. I have only ever seen them doing this strange behaviour. These are a french monkey, and I think Anna said it best, "They would not have looked odd drinking espresso and smoking cigarettes." The females just laid there with their butts in the male's face while he groomed her, at least, we think that's all they were doing. It was kind of sketchy, to be honest.
Who's child is that? Certainly that is not my little boy! Look how grown up he is. This is killing me, I swear he was just my tiny baby a minute ago. They're checking out the otter. They all kept running way over here to see the otter, which would have been fine if they'd all done so together.
While Aleks and Lavinia ran off to visit the otter (and Anna ran after them) me and Bastian and Jonas got cozy with the male Orangutan.
Actually, he got cozy with us! He came right over to Jonas and Bastian and started showing them his orange peel he was chewing on. It was really cool!
He is 22 years old and the only male with a whole bunch of females. There was also a baby, of which I think he is the father. It was really interesting to watch them interacting with eachother. There was one point where a younger looking female came over to him and started dropping sticks and leaves on him. Once she got his attention she started walking around and bending over. The bending over part was pretty graphic and made me feel really bade for her and this whole zoo situation. Poor thing had to have giddy teenage girls laughing at her being a normal Orangutan.
This is a snake necked turtle. They're real cool because he'll just be swiming around looking like a normal turtle and then all of the sudden out pops this long neck! Like a jack in the box.
A corcodile!
We loved the Corcodile. It was neat to walk along side it.
A little freaky, actually.
The snapping turtle was swiming with the croc. He looked like he could hold his own, too.
Anna nursing Bastian infront of those silly Francois Monkeys.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Super Heroes
Jonas drew batmanesque belts paired with backless bras on himself and his sister. They were some form of super heroes, I never really got the whole story, but when I asked about the bra looking things Jonas replied
"They're for our booooooobs! So they don't flap around while we fly and chase bad guys!"
I said "Oh, of course they are. But you don't have boobs, so you don't have to worry about flapping, do you?" He looks at me as if I'm dumb as dirt and says "Yeah, but it's pretend. We don't really fly, either." Well excuse me. Then he pointed at his nipples and said "boobieeeees!!!" ...but, ya know, I'm the silly one.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Meeka vs. Bear
I was sitting at the computer, wasting time, when Lavinia's playing caught my ear. Her toys were having a tiff, and wrestling. Then the little chipmunk ("Meeka") told the bear how the fighting made her feel, which happened to be "Yucky and sadly", and the bear said he didn't want her to feel that way. Then they hugged and made up, and ran off to play that they were fairy princesses again.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Robots
Here's some action figures that Jonas is designing.
They are robots, and have life points assigned to them in a video game manner, and can move in specific ways when you give commands.
They are meant for battling.
We had to leave these set up over night because they are so very important. In the morning he let me put them away after he took pictures of them. He's very proud of them.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Pacman
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