Fun Day
Leia was in charge of Big D today (Matt and Mary were in Del Mar for a reptile show… I see more snakes in their future) so to help entertain him, we offered to take them to the Moorpark teaching zoo’s spring extravaganza.
Who’s cuter? Teenager or Gila monster?
Back when hubby and I attended college classes there it was called EATEM, Exotic Animal Training, Entertainment and Management. Now it’s the classier, but less colorful, Teaching Zoo (here).
Donovan announced his boredom before we even got in the gates - and every few minutes afterward - but the rest of us had fun.
(His attitude changed once he ate lunch. Note to self: protein for grumpy boys before going out the door.)
It’s a very small zoo but they have 2 new tigers,
a lion, a Gila monster,
multiple apes/monkeys,
and lots of enthusiastic students and volunteers willing to share fun facts.
Blue-tongued skink in the reptile house
The reptile house was the biggest hit - Donovan even forgot to be grumpy while we were there. And it’s amazing how much he knows about lizards and snakes.
The show put on by first year students
was silly (deliberately),
but we got great close up views of some cute critters.
We also saw an in-progress training session
with what one volunteer called “the smartest animal we have” (the baboon, not the student 😜) Super cool to watch.
Leia picked our lunch spot,
Yep, still wearing the fashion-statement glasses 🙄
(It was fun and the food was good but I doubt we’d go back - definitely overpriced with very slow service.)
Finished off the day with Leia making her first chocolate chip cake, a big family favorite,
and hanging out with me while I worked on a new sewing project.
Endangered butterfly habitat
All in all, a very fine day.
And yes, M&M came home with 3 more snakes… a big boa - D wants to name it Banana 😂 - and 2 small hog nose. See the black belly on one of the small snakes? That one’s Donovan’s and he named it Emerald.
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