One afternoon in Boise we decided to take Miriam to the zoo. Last summer when she started making animals sounds and otherwise identifying animals, we went to Hogle Zoo for an afternoon. It was hot and the animals were all asleep in the shade and Miriam couldn't see them because they weren't moving and it was super crowded with tons of kids and strollers and everything else and it just wasn't all that much fun. We decided after that to just go to our local pet stores for our animal viewing pleasure. And Miriam has loved it. But like I said, one afternoon in Boise we decided to take Miriam to the zoo. And it was wonderful! I don't know if it was the perfect fall temperature combined with the fact that there weren't a lot of people there added to the fact that the animals were all up and moving around. Either that or Zoo Boise is simply a much better toddler destination than Hogle Zoo. We may never know. Whatever the reason, we loved the zoo in Boise. They had an African exhibit. The lions were right across the way from the zebras, and there was one lion who had definately realized this. 
She paced back and forth in front of her windows keeping her eye on the poor little zebra. At times she would even rub her nose against the glass. Miriam loved it. She ran with the lion on the safe side of the glass and thought it was hillarious. She saw tigers and turtles and monkeys and birds and a giraffe. She climbed in a turtle shell and slid down a giraffe-neck slide. She has also gotten to the "lookatme" stage. When we first got there she said, "Mama! Camera!" I had to break it to her that I had forgotten to bring the camera. Not about to be stopped, she said, "Mama! Phone!" So I broke out the cell phone and took pictures of the cute little girl at the zoo. And because she did, I can now post them for your viewing pleasure. What a thoughtful girl she is. For some reason she was very taken by a recycling bin that was shaped like a dolphin. We spent quite a lot of time there and she really wanted a picture with the dolphin and herself and daddy. After I took it, she decided she wanted to be sitting down in the picture. The way I see it, it's easier to just take the stinking picture rather than tell her no on something that simply doesn't matter.
She paced back and forth in front of her windows keeping her eye on the poor little zebra. At times she would even rub her nose against the glass. Miriam loved it. She ran with the lion on the safe side of the glass and thought it was hillarious. She saw tigers and turtles and monkeys and birds and a giraffe. She climbed in a turtle shell and slid down a giraffe-neck slide. She has also gotten to the "lookatme" stage. When we first got there she said, "Mama! Camera!" I had to break it to her that I had forgotten to bring the camera. Not about to be stopped, she said, "Mama! Phone!" So I broke out the cell phone and took pictures of the cute little girl at the zoo. And because she did, I can now post them for your viewing pleasure. What a thoughtful girl she is. For some reason she was very taken by a recycling bin that was shaped like a dolphin. We spent quite a lot of time there and she really wanted a picture with the dolphin and herself and daddy. After I took it, she decided she wanted to be sitting down in the picture. The way I see it, it's easier to just take the stinking picture rather than tell her no on something that simply doesn't matter.
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I saw a commercial that said "with all the things they can do, isn't it funny that we still just call them phones?" Those were some good problem solving skills Mim is showing. If mom forgets the camera, use the phone! What a little smarty:)!
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