Last weekend (well, last, last weekend), Benjamin and I went to the zoo with his Aunt Amber (affectionately called "Bam Bam"). It's safe to say that there is nothing (besides airplanes) that can capture Benjamin's attention quite as well (and for as long) as animals. He LOVES them. It was a hot, crowded day at the zoo (hello weekend visitors), but this boy stayed happy as a clam for hours. We saw all his favorite animals, and he tried to talk to any of the ones that he had practice in their language (like the monkeys and elephants of course). The funniest part of the day was when a family of geese were walking by us, he pointed assertively and started quacking at the top of his lungs. Passersby couldn't help but laugh. Bam Bam and I laughed, too, but inside I was beaming with pride at this silly show of smarts :) It's unbelievable how much information is crammed into his ever-growing brain. I'm constantly in awe.
At any rate, we spent the rest of the time chatting with other animals, and Benjamin did a lot of waving hello and goodbye to almost every animal we saw. It was pretty darn cute if I do say so myself!
And here's the otter that Matt NEVER gets to see... so I had to taunt him with pictures of how cute he is!
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