zoo

I took the girls to the zoo yesterday. Camille was just amazed. She was too young last year to enjoy it. Seeing it through her eyes was so cool. As soon as we walked in there were two peacocks walking freely. They were heading towards us so we stopped to watch them. I was stooped next to Camille telling her about them but the closer they got to us the more freaked out Av got. She is becoming kind of afraid of things. Poor girl. So I got between her and the peacocks and then off we went. We checked out a bunch of animals, played at the park and then went to feed the ducks. We were with Caroline and Max. There was a metal fence between the ducks and us but Av was still scared to get too close. As I was trying to explain to Av that the ducks were on the other side of the fence and could not get us we started getting swarmed by ducks, swans and geese. They were aggressive and used to people and were honking at us. Av climbed back on her stroller and was covering her ears. Poor thing was really scared and almost hyperventilating. Her friend Caroline had been feeding the ducks under the fence and got bit by a swan. She was okay just bleeding a little. As Melissa and I got us out of there we were laughing pretty hard. We went to a new spot where we were on a deck several feet above the water so we could throw the bread down into the water. No ducks were close to us there but by that point Caroline and Av would have no part of it. Camille and Max loved it though. Camille did her happy dance between each piece of bread she threw and kept saying “duck” as she pointed to them. It was pretty cool to her.