Day 46

Another day here and gone. Talked about cold water animals this morning including penguins, polar bears, walruses, and fish. Then, we went and visited the tiger, snow leopard, lions, and the gibbons. I had never seen the gibbons quite so close before. There was some food sitting there when we walked back by, so they were just hanging out right along the fence.

 

Then, we fed the parakeets. At one point, Matt says, "Look Miss Jessica, I have two parakeets,"; he had the biggest smile on his face :-)

We played a little duck, duck, goose outside while we waited for everyone to finish feeding the parakeets.

The animal presenter brought the corn snake and the little American alligator today. Next, we visited the Magellan Penguins (which are warm water penguins from South America) and stopped by the prairie dog tunnel.

Then, we took our individual photos for the week. We have one set of twins this week - Izzy and Addy.

We also have two brothers - Ezra and Owen.

And two more siblings - Selena and Sebastian.

We also spent a little time at the playground this morning. I think I forgot to mention the other day, that another repeat camper we have this week is Cyrus. He climbed up here all by himself, and then saw I had my camera out.

Today's craft project was a paper penguin.

When I met up with the 5th and 6th graders this afternoon, Ella handed me this bracelet she made by braiding pipe cleaners.

Their main project for today was putting together their exhibit for the zoo. Their camp is "Zoo Tycoon", and they were each assigned an animal for which they are designing an exhibit. Today, they started putting together the little display in a box. One cool supply quite a few of them enjoyed were these things that look like packing peanuts. You just get them wet, and then they stick together. Kind of cool.

They also got to spend some time at the playground this afternoon and fed the goats. So, here I am being Miss Photographer thinking outside of the ordinary... took a picture of the goat feed in the bucket. I like the photo, myself, but feel free to make your own judgements. hahaha

Katie, the counselor in charge of the 5th and 6th graders left a little early today to head to an award ceremony for her mom, so I was in charge of check-out, which isn't too big of a deal. It actually felt good to be in charge of the clipboard again in the afternoon. I'm so used to doing it for our 5 and 6 year olds. haha

After work, Averee took me to Tires Plus, where I found my car with the spare tire in place. Only cost me $13.25 for the tire change. The one that blew was beyond repair, and I think I'll be getting some new tires within the next couple weeks. Here's a photo of my spare tire... ain't she a beaut? hahaha

Then, I took some photos to help explain to my dad this piece that I was missing. This way, we'll find one and when I find myself with a flat tire on the side of the road, I can jack her up and change it myself and not be stuck waiting for a tow. hahaha

Here's a photo of my dad and I probably posted the weekend he was here visitng, but here it is again. I think it's a good one.

Finally, I talked with my mom for about a half hour on the phone tonight. Been a while since I've just chatted with her on the phone for that amount of time, so it was fun. My mom's probably gonna send me an email in the morning saying what did you post that for (and for posting this exact statement hahaha), but oh well. Just for kicks, here's a photo of my mom and I. Remember, I like to post photos of my friends that I mention in my blog :-)