Wild

Last Thursday was spent at the Wild Animal Park.  It was a school field trip that happened to fall right on Ethan's Birthday.  So of course I took credit for the outing and let it be known that that this was his "party".  I am not big on parties, so this opportunity was too good to pass up.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

                                    This was one of the best moments.  You pay $3 for a cup of nectar and as soon as you enter the bird cage those greedy little birds just swarm you.  The kids were in heaven.  The loved having play time with those friendly birds.  But they were definitely fair weather friends because as soon as the nectar was gone, so were they.

This is classic.  My nephew Nathan had no shoes.  He came to the zoo..........with no shoes!!!  He spent the whole day..........with no shoes.  Jeannette had called me in the morning to see if I could bring Nathan's shoes as he had left them at my house the previous day.  I said of course I would and then forgot all about it.


At his house I guess there was miscommunication between mother and son because on our way there we realized he hadn't grabbed a pair of shoes.  We needed to meet the teachers at the park at 10 to get our tickets so we only had a few minutes to spare.  With no WalMart in sight we stopped at a Goodwill.  No luck.  No more time.  No shoes.


Luckily no one  noticed or said anything to us until we were on our way out of the park. 


I didn't think it was a big deal as I spent the first 10 years of my life barefoot.  Dealing with my kids constantly losing track of their shoes made me understand that with 9 kids, having us barefoot was the best thing for my mothers sanity.