Friday, September 4, 2009

The Zoo and Wild Animal Park





We have taken full advantage of our zoo passes with summer. I love taking Hayden to the zoo because a flood of new words comes with it. My favorite has been okapi. An okapi is a relative of a giraffe (in case you didn't know) and at swim lessons they have an okapi toy, this is Hayden's favorite. For the first few weeks, he clung to it while he adjusted to class and his instructors until he lost it to a newcomer who needed it much more. Two months later, we went to the zoo with two of my girlfriends from colllege. After we passed the tigers ("roaaaaar!" says Hayden) we came to the okapi and Hayden point and screams "kapi, kapi, opi!" I was shocked, we hadn't talked about the okapi since June and he just blurted it out when we saw them. I LOVE this kid!






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