Day 21 (August 10)

I can't believe it has already been 3 weeks!  To think about it it has been both a fast and slow 3 weeks, but either way we are still enjoying having him here and will miss him dearly when he goes home.

Today was Family Day at Zoo Boise, thanks to KTSY, the local Christian station.  Admission was reduced, not sure by how much but it made it seem to be in our budget! Snoh loved using some of his own money so that he could go see lots of different animals.  I think a zoo is a zoo so there isn't much to write until I add photos and put in the captions, but I was very disappointed not to see an elephant.  Snoh made no mention of seeing an elephant so at least he wasn't disappointed.  We visited the gift shop and Snoh bought a lion on a stick that has a handle to let you open and close his mouth (picture: a "grabber" to get things off high shelves) and a small drinking cup with a crocodile tail that serves as the handle with his own money.  He told the lady at the cash register that his favorite animals were the lions (who were asleep), the tigers (who were also asleep) and the snakes.  Thankfully for me, Marcel had been to the zoo this summer with work and was able to warn me about cages with snakes in them.  I did, however, watch while Snoh touched a snake that a zoo volunteer had around her wrist.  He thought it was cool and as we began to move away from the touchable snake Lilli starting being fussy, so Marcel tried to let her touch it, she didn't think it was cool and pulled her hand away before she could touch it.  Smart Girl!  Snoh didn't understand why I didn't touch the snake!

Him and brother then watched special features of Transformers 2 while I cleaned up from our day and started getting dinner ready.  After dinner, they watched the movie, while I layed in bed and fell asleep around 8pm!

MaryBeth's favorite at an elephant-less zoo

Snoh had just taken his turn petting the bobcat fur.  It was so soft

Wallaby Walkthrough
walk freely with the wallaby, all 6 of them actually

Pointing out the zebra

The Zebra!

The penguins
Plus I have about 10 pictures of the water in their tank from Snoh trying to take a picture of it as it swam by

Lunchtime and getting very comfortable!
She had both legs propped up just seconds before this picture

An oatmeal cookie and some pretzels.
Who knew the zoo was so family friendly they allow you to bring in outside food?

The coolest turtle in the zoo!

Getting food to feed the goats
We also tried to pet the sheep but as soon as he tried to touch them they pulled their heads back through the fence, as if to say "no food, no touching"

By this "chair" was one just like it that was the actual size of the male tiger in the exhibit.  Snoh wanted to climb on it but the sign we read him clearly said no.  He said "but there was a big kid that did" and he was right I saw that kid breaking the rule.  Here he is enjoying following the rules!

Seals

He loves Snakes

Lilli loved getting a ride this way compared to being in her stroller, which she actually doesn't mind.  She did great spotting all the animals in the cages, but I love this picture because it shows so clearly what our 3 weeks have been like.  If Snoh is around her, she has to be watching everything he is doing!

"Brother, after Lilli is back in her stroller, can I have a turn?"

$1 of his hard earned money!