Feeding the Giraffe

I was lucky enough to wake Claire on Friday with plans to spend the day at the zoo. Sunny and 90 sounds like a good day to go find some animals to look at. Claire and I had talked about it the night before and she was most excited to see the meerkats (I'm not joking, she said "meerkat")and the giraffes. We picked up a "plan your day at the zoo" sheet and found some interesting things to do. They have a program where you can purchase lettuce and feed the giraffes at certain times. I was sure that Claire would freak out as we approached the giraffe but she just stared in awe. It was great fun watching her face as the giraffe stuck out his tongue not two feet from her. She didn't say much until afterward when she just kept repeating, "giraffe hungy". Since Claire wants to play with her animals 7 or 8 times a day,I think it is important to show her those animals in real life as well. She had so much fun that she couldn't wait until we were out of the parking lot to start dreaming about more animals. I love my two days off.