Pet Pig

Today in our first day of, literally, Hot 'Lanta, we ventured to the Atlanta Zoo. My parents have lived in Atlanta for over 6 years and I have yet to go to the zoo, so this was as much an experience for me as for SG. We started off our day with a visit from Mr. Meerkat.

She wasn't too keen of visiting him by herself but was A-okay with Mommy. She even blew him kisses as we walked away.

We then ventured into the African jungle where we visited the very dirty elephants, zebras, girraffes, and rhinos. We even saw the mommy and daddy lion on top of "Pride Rock".



Following our African journey, we went further into the jungles to find the monkeys and gorillas. The gorillas and monkeys proved to us that spring has sprung and love is in the air. Wow! They were active! SG thought they were hilarious and kept askin if she could hold them.




After leaving the frisky monkeys, SG had the priveledge (I don't think she would have classified it as that, once you see the picture.) of being up close and personal with the largest Kamodo Dragon I have ever seen. She was okay with it until it literally was face-to-face with her. The only thing separating her and the dragon was the plexi-glass. We told her it was the Goldfish on her tray that he wanted.




Finally, and possibly Mommy's favorite, was the introduction of the Panda Bears to SG. She had never seen and/or read about a Panda Bear before. Her comment,and I quote, "Eww, Mommy day (they) are dirty. Take bath." Yes, SG is quite an observer when it comes to dirt. She can find the tiniest speck of dirt on you or her and insist on cleaning it right away. She is not really the dig in the dirt kind of girl, despite her love of playing outside.

Above: Female

Above: Male".

Oh, wait, I almost forgot SG's favorite. Her favorite part, by far, was the petting zoo. One would have thought she lived on a farm with how comfortable she was with "herding" the goats and sheep, telling them where to eat and navigating her way between the sleeping pigs to get to the one she really wanted to pet. Quite funny! We had to beg and plead with her to get her out of the "farm".






All in all it was a great day at the zoo. We all left completely exhausted!