It Was a Beastly Day

One of the benefits of homeschooling is that you can ditch schoolwork for a day and go to the zoo! Or, as we call it in homeschool lingo, a "field trip." I think Abigail chose the most perfect day to go, sunny and breezy, right before all this cold, wet stuff came along. At times it was like we were the only two people in the zoo. Our initial plans were just to visit a couple areas, but it was so nice we went through the whole zoo. Oh, and because we walked so much, we also counted that as P.E. Yea, that's how it works.

Abigail on her shell phone. Hah!
Fun Fact: The American White Pelican can hold up to 3 gallons of water in its bill.

This mountain lion was crazy. He kept pacing back and forth in his cage.
Every time he would turn, his eyes would scrape the fence.
You can see the blood above his eyes in this photo.

Oh, how we love the white tiger. Incredibly beautiful and so big!
Also pacing...makes you wonder what they're thinking.

The lion was awesome. Usually he lies up on the rocks and sleeps.
On this visit, we could hear him roaring when we
were still in the parking lot. So cool!

The flamingos were so fun. We loved watching them stand on their spindly legs, and fight, and scoop the water with their funny bills. The most hilarious thing was how they were caged. We decided that these birds are segregated. The light pink birds were on one side of the sidewalk and the dark orange ones were on the other side. I'm keeping their pictures separate here, too.


We talked about how God must have a sense of humor, with all the funny, odd, weird-looking animals that He created. And, how creative He really is, to think of so many patterns and designs for fur, skin and feathers.

Not a bad way to spend a school day.