Some Filthy Animals

As I was contemplating the title of this entry with a few days rolled into one large post some thoughts were ‘Trampoline Friend Fun and The Zoo’ or ‘Zoo Tramplings’ but then one scroll down at the group of pictures I had and it hit me! They are all ‘Some Filthy Animals.’ When I look at all my boys (including Daddy sometimes) and even Chasers (because even though he’s not my boy, he is a boy and they too often are all the same), I think they can fit right in there with the zoo animals.  They definitely know how to get filthy and I have been known to reference them as animals or gremlins, monsters, creatures.  Pick your gross, dirty or scary being and I have thought of it about them! Also, I couldn’t resist a Home Alone reference and one of Bradley’s favorite one liners.  He just kept cracking up and saying it the first time he saw the movie, “keep the change you filthy animal!”

 

So, here they are.  Pay to enter the ZOO but keep the change you filthy animal.

 

A few weeks ago we had Chase over for an after preschool play date.

 

These three monkeys had a blast jumping on the trampoline and fighting with their foam swords.

Now they are cats! Told you, lots of filthy animals at this zoo ( I mean house, we’ll get to the actual zoo later).

When they are not becoming animals, they are….

      

….learning about animals.  Here they are hovered around mommy’s tiny Iphone screen watching a YouTube video on Kimoto dragons.  Now those are some mean filthy animals.  Luckily our animals are sweet ones. We have been doing this lately to answer all of Bradley’s million questions he needs to know right then.  His ever expanding mind is a lot to keep up with but I am thankful he finds learning about most things fun.

 

Two Saturday’s ago we went to The Aloha Safari Zoo.  It is one of those “I bought a Zoo” family kind of places.  They had an eclectic group and it is nice because it a rescue zoo also.

 

We met this gigantic friendly horse.  It was too funny because his shelter made him look even bigger. The boys were backing away, I think he was so in your face that we got a little nervous.

Your normal cute little farm goats.

Easton is hilarious.  He was all fine and in there face and then he just jumps back and very expressively with his hands says “He gonna bite me! Goat no bite me mom!” In other words, In fear the goat would bite him he was telling me he did not want that to happen. He just tells it like it is.  I don’t know where he gets this from? Hmmm….

Bradley is very much into snakes and all reptiles currently.  He was too excited to see this boa constrictor. The kid can also school you on the subject, it’s crazy hearing him talk about it and I can’t even begin to repeat all he knows.

The coolest we thought was being so up close to the giraffe.

The little horse in the background was too funny trying to be all up in the giraffe’s spotlight and get some food.

The poor little thing.  She deserves just as much attention. It probably stinks being neighbors with the popular giraffe and she’s all like, “where’s my celery and carrots, I can hang my head over the fence and eat too?” LOL!! Totally just went off into an immature school girl ramble there.

You know, I may have a point.  Look at us all happy and the little white pony has her head down. 

So sad :(

There was also BOBO the bear who did not disappoint.  He later went on to pick up a tire with his mouth and put it around him like a pool ring and get in his little watering hole.  The boys thought it was very entertaining.

I think this sweet lady is the momma of the family run zoo. She was walking around on the microphone getting all ‘her’ animals to do stuff. At many times I was almost certain we were at a circus not the zoo.  Wrong turn somewhere?  Huh?  Oh well, off to see more filthy animals we went.

   

A wolf pack.

Seriously?  He went for it.  He touched his first snake!! Might I mention Daddy completely make a B line in the other direction.

Possum. Iguana. Crazy and Scary Wiki- Waki because who the heck knows? White Tiger.

Alligators. Pot Belly Pig. Two Tigers.

Peacock.

 

Well, there you have it.  Come back and see the animals and enjoy the show.  Here in the dirty south we do it both! haha!