On Sunday we took Katherine to the zoo with the Sarins. We borrowed the Sarin’s Kealty Joyrider jogger as the one we purchased for Katherine has not arrived yet. We bundled Katherine the pink fleece full body suit Patty purchased for $9. We think Katherine enjoyed the trip to the Woodland Zoo though most of the pictures of Katherine show her looking like she’s just humoring us.
Christine and I went to Africa in Aug of ’01 as a last big vacation before we decided to have kids. It was hard for both of us to see all of the animals in a cold, wet zoo having seen them in their native surroundings in Africa. The Thompson gazelles looked lonely because in Africa they travel together in large herds (50+). On the other hand, there is no way we could take Katherine to Africa at her age. The Woodland Zoo gave us an opportunity to show her the animals we saw in the wild. Some day, we’ll take Katherine to Africa to see them in the wild. Hopefully, by the time Katherine is old enough, Africa doesn’t because so commercialized that the experience is lost.
After about a half hour, Katherine started to fuss. We made the mistake of changing her diaper in the cold (~45 degrees). She didn’t appreciate the cold and every time went downhill from there. Christine and I carried her around for a while. Finally, Tina had the magic touch and was able to get Katherine to fall asleep in her arms.
Katherine’s favorite animal was the bears. The Northwest discovery room allows visitors to look through Plexiglas at the bears. Katherine was fascinated by the biggest “Bisco” she had every seen.
