Friday night The Tank, The Diva, Smarty Pants and I all went to Binder Zoo for a Girl Scout sleep over. Ruth was sooo gracious as to drive us the two hours to Battle Creek and then return for us the next day. We get to the zoo and the leader is late. We are waiting outside of the zoo and Smarty Pants keeps asking "When we will get to see animals?" I keep telling her soon but she's four and that does not tide her over very long. We finally get in and we are all pretty excited. I mean how many people get to sleep at the zoo. We drop our stuff of and start activities. The zoo staff which I call Rangers have lots of fun stuff for the kids to do. We play a survival game, the kids have a relay race dressing in Ranger clothes, a quick sand game and several hikes through the zoo trails. We get to see and touch a few animals and more hiking in the dark. The next day we get to hike some more, play more games and see some of the animals as they are coming out for the day. We get to feed the girraffes which was Smarty Pant's favorite. All night and morning she kept asking about the girraffes. All in all it was a very cool thing to do. I have great kids but sometimes they are.... well kids and they don't always behave the way I think they should. But on this particular trip all three were wonderful. They were helpful, sharing, considerate, great listeners and they all participated and enjoyed the activities. As you know sometimes you can do the greatest, most fun things and the kids won't enjoy it for some reason. But for this trip they all had a great time and they showed it. They were grateful and pleasant.
I am very proud of the Tank, The Diva and Smarty Pants. My heart is full and I have great memories to keep forever.
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