The Wilds

Mimi took us on an adventure to The Wilds outside of Zanesville today and we had an amazing time!! Wm said it was "epic." He wants to make a slideshow of all the animals he saw and take it to school to show his teacher and all his friends.

Mimi and Wm in the open bus about to begin!

We were feet away from a rhino and her baby!

A parakeet perched on Wm's arm!

Mimi shocked when her bird flew away suddenly 

Wm being a doofus

The ostrich wanted to eat Steve's face off

Gift shop!

And we returned home to our own wild beast

Wm said his favorite thing we did was go into the parakeet house and feed them. His favorite thing he saw were the cheetahs. Steve's favorite thing was the baby rhino. I liked the African Painted Dogs. But we also saw giraffes, bison, zebras, antelopes, and a bunch of other things too numerous to name. Perhaps the family's favorite were the dholes - Mimi tried to tell us it was pronounced "dole," but we enjoyed calling them "D holes." We went on the one nice day in an island of raining and gross days. It was a bit cool this morning, but nothing a few gift shop sweatshirts couldn't take care of! Perfect trip!!

Wm: Daddy, will you play iPad with me?

Steve: Give me a few minutes to digest, man.

Wm: [BIG ANNOYED BREATH]

Steve: Jeez, dude, we just took you on an adventure! Gimme a second!!

Wm: Actually, that was Mimi.

Steve: Well, I drove!!

Wm: Mimi could have driven if you didn't. 

Steve: [silent fuming] 

2 minutes later, Wm had successfully badgered Steve onto the iPad playing some new game he downloaded.