Mommy, why are we at the zoo, not the firestation?

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Today we woke up excited about our field trip on fire safety at the Hoover fire station. We all got up, dressed and ready to go to learn about firemen. We got there 20 minutes early (NOT SURE HOW THAT HAPPENED). We sat in the car awaiting the others in our homeschool group to arrive. Around 5 til 10am, Mommy realized that no one else had shown up yet. So, I called Daddy and had him look it up on the calender. Sure enough we were 1 WEEK AND 20 MINUTES EARLY!!(Someone needs to remember that once in my life I was early, really early!) Imagine that. Im unsure why I had it in my brain that today was fire safety day. Who knows how a Mommy's brain works at all anyway?
So, we decided to head to the zoo. It was a beautiful day. We were out, dressed and ready to not do sit down school anyhow. This was the day the Lord had made!
It was perfect zoo weather. There was NO ONE at the zoo. The animals were craving attention and showed off for us all! We had an incredible time. Probably one of the best we've ever had! The tiger tried to kiss us through the glass. The sleeping zebra's made a mad dash away when we accidentally made a little noise. We saw a llama spit at a little boy who was petting him. We saw a pile of monkey's sleeping on top of each other. We got up close and personal with a peacock, that we later learned was named Sam. We had a private train ride where we saw a 19 year old Crane that we learned was from Japan. We also honked at the gorilla and woke him up from his slumber. We saw woodpeckers and tree's with faces! It was a glorious day to bask in the glory of God's creation. Thank you Lord for sending us to the zoo today and showing us how wonderful and awesome you are!

Here is the video of the tiger, up close and personal!