Zoo Field Trip

I went with Harrison on his first field trip to the zoo. Shouldn't all first field trips be to the zoo? Classic elementary school protocol. It was also his first time on a school bus. The excitement was overwhelming!!! The Bus!!! Hooray!!! It swerves like a rollercoaster with every turn!! It elicits screams of delight with every bump and jump over old potholes!!! It was the greatest day of his life since his dad won the Wii at the work summer party!!!! Yes, Harrison spoke with double and triple exclamation points about every new experience!!! Aren't kindergartners wonderful?

We had a small group, just Harrison and his friend Tyler. We were free to do whatever the boy's little rapid beating, excited hearts desired.

We watched the rhinos eat (and slobber right back out) whole apples and bananas, peels included. We participated in and watched the bird show - an every zoo trip requirement. We were sprayed with water by the elephant who will be ready to have her baby in July (I would spray people who stared at me in my last month of pregnancy, too).

But the best part of the day was at the end; and not just because we were done and going home. We wrapped up our visit with a Q&A session with the camel handlers. The boys each asked very intelligent questions. Is the hump really filled with water? Why are their humps different shapes? Why is that-camel-over-there's hump falling over? And then came the clincher.......

How do you tell a boy camel from a girl camel?

The handlers were very cute in their answer. "Well, just like you do in people. A boy looks like a boy, and a girl looks like a girl".

To which Harrison responded,

"Oh! A girl has more hair on her head, and a boy has less, right!?!"

Exactly right, Bubba. Field trip: success.