How to get kicked out of the zoo

Ah, yes, the Hogle Zoo.

Carly has these flashcards with different animals on them. She loves these cards. We have tried to teach her the animals' names and the sounds that they make. One day, we were working on "dog" and she actually got that dog's say "woof woof" and that the card was of a dog. (or so I thought). I soon realized that she thought that every card was a dog and that every animal says "woof woof." Occasionally she'll do a cute elephant imitation: high pitched squeal with arm straight up in the air.

Anyway, since she's learning the animals, we thought maybe it would be fun to go see them in person and let them show her what sounds they make. We planned the trip on a beautiful in Provo, but by the time we were in Salt Lake, it was rainy. But we had no other plans and didn't want to go home early, so a rainy trip to the zoo it was.

It was cold and miserable. And half of the exhibits didn't allow strollers, so we couldn't go inside. Half of the animals were hiding inside (they were smart). But here's a little of what we did see:

ElephantSome kinda monkey or sloth or skunkCougarBears Penguins

Marshall, of course, could not visit the zoo without mocking each of the animals. I'm glad we were there on a day when there were so few other people, because at every exhibit, he would yell, "hey monkey...hey you monkey...monkey monkey monkey." Toward the end of our trip we came upon a peacock that was wandering free. Marshall felt that mocking just wasn't good enough.

Don't worry, the peacock didn't have a heart attack and fall over dead. And we didn't really get kicked out of the zoo. But I bet if it hadn't been raining, and the zoo personnel weren't all huddled in the snack bar, one of them probably would have yelled at us.

Carly still thinks cougars, monkeys, bears, and dogs all say "woof, woof."