Bry took his first trip to the zoo today. Even though we saw a puma, baboons, giant man-eating fish, red pandas, tri-colored squirrels (really), a wolverine, and a slew of other animals I didn't even know existed, this was the only one that caught Bry's attention:
I'm black and white and weigh 800 pounds. I'm a ______?
Don't let it eat me!
Steve (who's got a degree in "animals," aka, zoology, according to his friend Amy) identified it as a tapir. I'm not sure what Bry thought of it, though he was captivated by its movement for about 10 seconds, which is about 9.5 seconds longer than anything else he laid eyes on today. OK, that's not entirely true. There was something else that held his attention for a long time:
That would be the stroller handle.
There was a lot of holding Bry up to the exhibits and saying, "Look Bry! See the _____ (insert animal of your choice here)!" To which Bry would give us this look:
Super.Guess we'll need to revisit the zoo when Bry's old enough to recognize that species outside of people and KITTIES! exist.
I'm black and white and weigh 800 pounds. I'm a ______?
Don't let it eat me!
That would be the stroller handle.
Super.
2 comments:
It's funny, I saw the picture and went: OOH, it's a TAPIR! Why do I know this? Because the tapir is Paul's favorite animal, and what he wants to ride on the carousel every time we go to the zoo. I thank Diego (Dora's cousin for anyone who doesn't have 3 year olds) for that.
Here's Paul on the tapir:
http://crazybakermommy.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html
:)
After Bry is talking more than just dada and mama, we'll have to get the two of them together to talk tapirs.
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