I'd say Samantha had a pretty good day today. Surprisingly, so did I. Surprisingly because yesterday would have been Emily's 4th birthday, had she lived. Between that and the anniversary of mom's death, May pretty much sucks as a month despite including my birthday (about which I care not at all) and my anniversary.
Anyway, today was a good day, in spite of it all. We went with Jim, Thea, and Colette down to Roger Williams Zoo in Providence. It's a bit of a drive, but worth it. It's a small, manageable, but very high quality zoo with a number of other good things around it in Roger Williams Park -- think San Diego's Balboa Park, but on a much smaller scale.
It was a cloudless and very warm day (so much for the weather forecast of cloudy and cool -- Amy and I ended up buying exhorbitantly overpriced tee shirts in the zoo gift shop since we were so overdressed for the weather), and we spent about 3 hours in the zoo proper. Both Samantha and Colette, who is about a year older, were very well behaved, even when Sam started getting very tired. I think they both liked seeing the animals. Jim took a couple of hundred pictures of both of them (not to mention animals and other kids in the zoo), so hopefully I'll have some new photos to post soon. I, of course, forgot both the digital and video cameras in the bustle of getting everything ready and into the car this morning.
Samantha keeps coming out with hilarious utterances at every turn. As we walked through the wetlands marsh area she told me that the birds where whining, and then looked at them and said "Oh, be quiet!" I suppose that says something less than ideal about what she hears at home (sometimes directed at the dogs, sometimes at her I'm afraid), but at the time it was pretty funny.
Later on, when we were watching the camels and she was eating a lollipop, she looked carefully at the camel's long tongue lolling out and then without warning said to the camel, very sternly, "No, camel! Don't you ever ever eat my lollipop!" Jim and I practically fell over laughing.
After the zoo we went over to the reproduction antique carousel, and both kids got to ride on the carousel a couple of times, then we took them over to the park across the street for real pony rides. Samantha rode a pony named Spice. Twice. She was the only kid there who insisted on being lifted up so she could pet the pony's nose and head before getting on to ride. She has a real empathy for animals.
After pony rides and a train ride for Sam, and a ride on one of those whirly things that make me nauseous for Colette, it was time to go home. A very full day, and Samantha slept like an angel in the back of the car all the way home.
Once home, I had to go out and mow and edge what's left of the lawn. So it wasn't a perfect day. But what can you do?
Anyway, today was a good day, in spite of it all. We went with Jim, Thea, and Colette down to Roger Williams Zoo in Providence. It's a bit of a drive, but worth it. It's a small, manageable, but very high quality zoo with a number of other good things around it in Roger Williams Park -- think San Diego's Balboa Park, but on a much smaller scale.
It was a cloudless and very warm day (so much for the weather forecast of cloudy and cool -- Amy and I ended up buying exhorbitantly overpriced tee shirts in the zoo gift shop since we were so overdressed for the weather), and we spent about 3 hours in the zoo proper. Both Samantha and Colette, who is about a year older, were very well behaved, even when Sam started getting very tired. I think they both liked seeing the animals. Jim took a couple of hundred pictures of both of them (not to mention animals and other kids in the zoo), so hopefully I'll have some new photos to post soon. I, of course, forgot both the digital and video cameras in the bustle of getting everything ready and into the car this morning.
Samantha keeps coming out with hilarious utterances at every turn. As we walked through the wetlands marsh area she told me that the birds where whining, and then looked at them and said "Oh, be quiet!" I suppose that says something less than ideal about what she hears at home (sometimes directed at the dogs, sometimes at her I'm afraid), but at the time it was pretty funny.
Later on, when we were watching the camels and she was eating a lollipop, she looked carefully at the camel's long tongue lolling out and then without warning said to the camel, very sternly, "No, camel! Don't you ever ever eat my lollipop!" Jim and I practically fell over laughing.
After the zoo we went over to the reproduction antique carousel, and both kids got to ride on the carousel a couple of times, then we took them over to the park across the street for real pony rides. Samantha rode a pony named Spice. Twice. She was the only kid there who insisted on being lifted up so she could pet the pony's nose and head before getting on to ride. She has a real empathy for animals.
After pony rides and a train ride for Sam, and a ride on one of those whirly things that make me nauseous for Colette, it was time to go home. A very full day, and Samantha slept like an angel in the back of the car all the way home.
Once home, I had to go out and mow and edge what's left of the lawn. So it wasn't a perfect day. But what can you do?
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