Gigi is here visiting and is treating Dennis (and me) to a whirlwind weekend of fabulous activities. Today we went to the Montgomery Zoo and saw lots of beautiful animals. Dennis was so excited about it and pointed out everything to us. He said he was our tour guide and I loved watching him walk to an exhibit and hold out his arms like a television presenter and say "over here you'll see a monkey". We went sans stroller and didn't even make him hold hands with us, and he stayed with us the entire time. He was so good about it, too. He asked me this morning if we were going to ride the train today and I said "no, that's tomorrow" and he said "but we'll be right there at the zoo train!". So we rode the zoo train. He heard the whistle and stopped our tour of the animals until we let him ride the train. Fortunately we walked right onto it just as it was about to leave.
The animals at this zoo are so beautiful and healthy, and the zoo itself is just gorgeous. Tall bamboo, lots of shade trees, big grassy areas for the animals with wide open spaces and plenty of shade and water... It's such a nice zoo. We also went to the Mann Museum that adjoins the zoo, and Dennis enjoyed looking at all the exhibits (many different kinds of stuffed wildlife, bones, bugs, fossils...). It was a nice air-conditioned break after the outdoor zoo tour, though we went early and the heat didn't bother us much.
We lunched at Chick-Fil-A and the cow was on hand giving out goodies to the children, and then we went to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art where there is a wonderful children's hands-on section with so many different activities and exhibits. Dennis drew pictures, learned about mixing colors to get new colors, gave us a puppet show, raced cars, danced in front of a screen that mirrored his movements in crazy colored patterns, and actually looked at some real art exhibits. What a magical day it was for us all! His enthusiasm over every single thing he saw or did kept us in big smiles all day long. That was Gigi's quote on our way back: "I have smiled more today than any other day I can remember lately".
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