Alone Time

We went to the zoo today - just me and Lauren. We had such a good time! Lauren just kept saying, "more animals". We went right as the park opened, so the animals were up and around. She did have some interesting observations, starting with how she was convinced that this monkey had hair "just like [her]":

I hope that isn't my fault - maybe the highlights in my hair remind her of the white highlights on the dark brown monkey and she thinks she looks like me?

The whole way down and into the zoo Lauren kept talking about how she really wanted to see the tigers. I figured she was just saying that, but when we got there the mom tiger was making a bunch of noise and lauren said, "where's the baby tiger?" I forgot that last time we were there 3 of them had been running all over. Well, luckily they came frolicking out of the grass a minute later and she was so excited.All those years of training finally coming in handy - she would NOT let me go on without stopping at the hippo sculpture for another picture.

The panda was eating which made quite a loud sound as he ripped the bamboo into pieces. Lauren said he was "eating just like me", in fact, she wanted to demonstrate:

I thought Lauren would be really impressed when the polar bears were so active. She was impressed, but she was definitely more focused on getting back to the skyride. I don't have any pictures of that - it still scares me a little so I was busy holding tightly to her (for her peace of mind, of course).

The cats in Cat Canyon were very active - I swear the jaguar was licking her lips as she walked by and saw Lauren - seriously she kept stopping and looking. As Lauren put it, "mom, that's freaking me out".. so we moved on, but not before Lauren made her jaguar face:
Thanks for a fun day, Lauren!