This past Friday to Celelbrate Ave's last day at PSU Pre School the entire class and Willing Parents had a chance to Visit the Oregon Zoo!......I Know What You're probably Thinking: "Its still the same old Zoo", The Tigers never come out of cave", "they charge you $5.50 for a greasy Elephant Ear", and "the bathrooms smell like a diaper or bigfoot's D***" Well thats not all entirely true. They only charge you $4.50; and the bathrooms...well.....yeah lets just move along.
MORNING: we all woke up early and started the day off right with some Maple Bars and Sunny D from Safeway; ( I have a theory about maple bars.... maybe I'll expand in another post) It was interesting to see Ave interact with the other kids when we first got there; she was being very shy just cuz dear old dad was there... ( already embarrassed of her Pops). NOTE: Ave's two teachers said she made great strides since January, and has become an outgoing vibrant personality who helps out with the new "new" kids in the pre-school. The kids were ecstatic about taking the Streetcar and MAX to the Zoo; you forget how that type of stuff just blows their mind! Also the tunnel system that stops off at the ZOO is amazing; if you Havent checked out whats going on down there, then make a trip it is very state of the art.
AFTERNOON: Ave and lil school friends were ecstatic to finally be there; they passed time in line by imitating their favorite zoo animals. The cool thing about a ZOO trip withe kids this age 3-5; they were just glad to be there, they didn't mind the lines, or get upset when the tiger was completely out of view the whole time; they just excitedly ran from one exhibit to the next.
DINOSAURS: The Oregon ZOO has succesfully brought the Dinos back from the dead!!! This walking tour featured over 15 Dinosaurs; they were very realistic and very large. Complete with sound effects and a "spitting" Dinosaur that sprays water. The funniest part of this DINO tour was when and I forgot what it must be like to be a 4 year old; but pretty much all the kids were terrified of the T-REX; one girl was in tears; they were so nervous about getting too close to it. HA! I Have to admit, for a 4 year old it would be overwhelming.
After lunch the kids said their farewells and shared hugs and hopes for a good summer. Ave really came to enjoy Pre-School; she always demanded that we park on the "tip top" of the parking garage and walk across the sky bridge to get to her classroom....And she never forgot to remind us to pick her up at 1:30 before nap time!!!
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So if I want to know what you are up to I will have to check this out. Thanks for watching the kids!
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