The girls, our 7 year old foster friend, and I went to the Austin Zoo last weekend. Everyone loved it. We saw a lion roaring maybe eight feet from our faces. We saw llamas, cougars, pot-bellied pigs, and big, huge tortoises.....
One tortoise had two front feet (paws?) on top of the back of the other. He was grunting. He was groaning. And suddenly: Tammy, what is he DOING to that other turtle?
Yikes. Do I really want to explain this one? "um, I am not sure." I responded as a woman next to me chuckled. "Why is he making noises like a cow?" asked Little Bit. "um, I am not sure." I responded again, as the woman next to me chuckled. "Why does it look like the one on the bottom is crying?" asked our 7 year old companion. "um, I am not sure." I repeated and that darn woman beside me laughed one more time. "Maybe it's like the turtles at the UT turtle pond....he's just trying to climb on her back to get closer to the sun."
Seriously? That satisfied their curiosity? Awesome!
Sass brought some great artwork home from support group on Monday night. A beautiful picture of two tortoises...one on top of the other. Seriously. Awesome!
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One foster mama's adventures with her various kiddos
From the Mouths of Babes
- "How 'bout we just got to Old McDonald's tonight so you don't have to cook, Mommy?" --Chickadee, October 8, 2015
- "I wanna talk about Jesus Christ." --Speed at the dinner table, Nov. 18, 2014
- "I wonder, when I die, who's gonna tie me up to the cross?" --D, February 17, 2013
- "When the music (in the car) is loud and the birds are flying outside, it looks nice out, doesn't it?" --D, January 27, 2013
- "My kiss was a bird on your cheek." --Little D, November 9, 2012, after a particularly squeaky bedtime kiss
- "You can still be my bestest mommy ever, even when I don't live with you." --Big Sister, March 31, 2012
- "Mom! I was, like, FREAKIN OUT!" --Big Sister, February 24, 2012
- "Why us got two heads, Mama? A forehead and a big head..." --Big Sister, February 20, 2012
- "Aw Man!" --Tiny, who kicked and spilled the catfood, January 15, 2012, second 2 word utterance (1st one = the usual "no mama!")
- "Don't I look BEAUTIMOUS in this?" --Big Sister, January 6, 2012
- "Why us can't see us own heads, Mamma?" --Big Sister, November 23, 2011
- "Mama, I like you. I love you inside my heart." --Big Sis, October 23, 2011
- "I had fun with you today, mama." --GG, August 12, 2011
- "Why someone left their eyebrow hanging there?" --Glamour Girl, pointing to someone's forgotten bra in the Sea World bathroom stall, August 7, 2011
- "Mama? Will you please call me 'mija'?" --Big Sister, July 1, 2011
- "I wiped my pajama." --Glamour Girl, June 2, 2011, not exactly getting the word right....
- "No, Mommy." --Little Sister's first two word utterance, May 14, 2011
- "Brussel sprouts is not my favorite, Mom." --Big Sister, April 19, 2011
- "Baby boobies is kinda like breasts." --Big Sister, March 23, 2011, while watching me dress Little Sister
- "Wow, Mom! Look at all those boobie holders!" --Big Sister, March 5, 2011 while walking through a department store
- "Mama? I love you like a flower!" --Big Sister, March 4, 2011
- "Mira, (Little Guy)! Que bonita Mommy!" --Night Owl, July 21, 2010
- "I'm not naked. I am wearing a sock." --Curly, May 20, 2010
- "You're a really good foster parent, Tammy." --Curly, March 10, 2010, randomly from the backseat of the car
- "I love you, shower. You're good for snappin', you know?" --Curly, March 6, 2010, after figuring out that wet fingers snap louder
- "We have so many presents, we're gonna need another tree!" --Curly, Dec. 24, 2009
- "Mashed tatoes my best friend." --Ladybug, November 15, 2009
- "Pooooor Tammy! You only have ONE KID!" --Bug, when Beignet was at a sleepover, October 18, 2009
- "Does XXX (on that adult video store) mean Kiss, Kiss, Kiss?" --Baby B, driving home from Temple, August 15, 2009
- "I will tell my friends that lava in a volcano is much hotter than soup so that they don't stick their hands in one." --Beignet, July20, 2009
- "Look! Winnie the POOP!!" --Ladybug, June 24, 2009
- "Yumolicious!" --Ladybug, May 16, 2009
- "You know we have room for another sister back here in the middle, don't you?" --Baby B from the backseat of the car, April 19, 2009
- "Must've been the hokey pokey." in response to my query of "What was THAT all about?"--Baby Beignet, March 26, 2009
- "I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to my undies."--Baby Beignet, February 14, 2009
- "God is Grace, God is good." --Baby Beignet, January 30, 2009
- "I so happy, I purr like a cat!" --Little Bit, November 11, 2008
- "AHHHH! This is the life!" --Little Bit in the bathtub, November 1, 2008
- "I don't DO mixed vegetables because the corn tastes like carrots and the carrots taste like peas and the peas taste like lima beans." --Sass, October 2008
- "How could I live here SO long and you've never fed me CELERY??" --Miss Sassafras 9/2/2008
- "How come when Jesus was nailed to the cross, He died, but I didn't die when I stepped on a nail?" --Miss Sassafras, August 2008
- "Have you ever seen the show Extreme Homemakeover? I think you need to write in." --Miss Sassafras, 7/26/2008
- "I like C.C. now. I kiss him on the lips." --the shorter gentleman, July 2008
The Zoo
- December 9, 2016-....: Junebug
- July 2, 2015-March 18, 2016-Eagle
- June 20, 2014-January 16, 2015 : Junebug
- May 9, 2013-August 7, 2013 and again on August 23, 2013-FOREVER:: Speed, Sunshine, and Chickadee
- September 7, 2012-March 29, 2013: Little D and Peanut
- September 5, 2012-February 15, 2013: Buddy
- April 1, 2011-March 30, 2012: Glamour Girl and Tiny Man
- December 10, 2010-March 3, 2012: Big Sister and Little Sister
- June 29-November 5, 2010: Night Owl and Itty Bitty
- May 15-November 3, 2010: Little Guy
- January 22, 2010-February 18, 2010: The Little Howler Monkey
- December 11, 2009-May 28, 2010: Curly and Sister
- March 30, 2009-November 25, 2009...Little Ladybug
- January 30, 2009-December 17, 2009...Baby Beignet
- October 10, 2008-November 25, 2008: Little Bit
- July 25, 2008-November 22, 2008: Miss Sassafras
- July 17, 2008-July 25, 2008: The Gentlemen
- June 25, 2008-July 9, 2008: The Town Crier
- May 15, 2008-June 10, 2008: The Princess
- May 15, 2008-June 23, 2008: The 3rd brother
- Dec 13, 2007-March 21, 2008: Two Blond Brothers
- November 1-5, 2007: Shorty but Cutie
1 comment:
We saw some ducks at the park in the same state last summer. It was horrific. Looked like it was not consensual, if you know what I mean. At least since it looked like they were fighting, that's what we told the kids.
Note for future reference: if you want to avoid uncomfortable moments with children at zoos, avoid the Bonobos monkeys. They are X rated.
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