THE ZOO

Today was Micah's second day of school and it started off with the usual egg sandwich! He rode the school bus for the first time today and daddy rode with him. At first he was very shy and daddy said he just laid his head in his lap and seemed a little bit scared. Soon another boy got on the bus that Micah recognized from his classroom and Micah quickly warmed up. Cameron said soon after he was sitting in the back of the bus with his other "new" friends having fun. The pictures are above and Micah's friend, the boy sitting next to him in the picture is a Roma child! Isn't it cool how God works?!
When Cameron came home from dropping off Micah, Ben and I took daddy to the zoo! We have heard stories of the zoo but have not actually made it there. Last year the zoo lost their deer exhibit to a pack of stray dogs who broke in through a hole and ate all the deers! (actually one male survived) I wondered if they had been replaced this winter or not and unfortuately did not get to find out.
The zoo was massive and covered in snow. Alot of the animals were in indoor exhibits. The wolves were amazingly friendly and seem more like the dogs we're used to. They wagged their tails and begged for affection, unlike the stray dogs who roam around the streets outside the zoo. The lions and tigers were extremely loud when they roared and since we were indoors the sound threatened to burst one's ear drums! Only a bar keeps you arms length from touching their cage so eyes on children must be practiced diligently! A zoo keeper didn't make the job of warning children of danger very easy when he went past the bar and pet on the lion treating him more like an indoor pet kitty~ The whole experience was extremely cool and we only saw a small fraction of the zoo due to time restraints of needing to pick up Micah and go to language school. We hope to return tomorrow and take Micah and the sled! Two other things we noticed at the zoo: A stray dog is roaming around and so the deers should be warned! As seen in the above pictures...The zoo will feed the lions dead horses from the Roma and you can have a full experience of smelling their food and seeing them enjoy it. I don't believe we had the enjoyment of a dead horse but we did enjoy the left overs of another animal that the wolves and foxes were feasting on! Ben loved this! gross boy!