Bronx Zoo.

We finally made it to the Bronx Zoo yesterday. It's been on the list for a while since this NY adventure started. After Rich put some hours in at work in the AM and we all took a much needed nap, we headed out. We got there at 215 and they had to kick us out at 530...time flies when you are looking at monkeys! I think our favorites were the Congo and the Madagascar exhibits. And the Monkey House topped off the day. So Monkeys of all sizes...although I think the thing that left the most lasting impression on Christian were the peacocks. He knows what they are from the WW1 park that we go to at home; there is a small zoo that we visit a few times a week. When we got to the zoo yesterday, we stopped to eat a late lunch before we went trekking. While we were eating we saw three free-range peacocks :)running around the tables. Well, they were running because packs of wild children were chasing them. This is were christian invented the "Peacock Dance"...just a lot of head bopping and saying "peacock...dance...." over and over. Then we saw peacocks pretty much everywhere we went. And he is still talking about the peacocks this AM.

Another big thing yesterday was that Christian started asserting his independence. He DID NOT want to sit in his stroller. He did not want to be held while in large crowds. While we were in the Congo exhibit we got to this large indoor room where you could look out this huge glass wall and you were pretty much in the middle of the gorilla habitat. A movie had just let out so there were TONS of people crowding right in front of the windows and that was RIGHT where Christian wanted to be. At one point I gave up and said fine..go where you want. He was over by one spot where there was a gorilla right next to the window and a bunch of adults pressed up against the window. I said "Excuse me, can I let my (three foot) son in so he can see(for god's sake)please?" A woman shot a look over her shoulder at him and said "Sure". At which point she shifted over for me to nudge him through and then she stepped in back of him again so she was in BETWEEN me and Christian. In my head, I am imagining ripping her arms off and clubbing her to death with them like a gorilla would be when separated from her baby...I mean; had she been paying attention AT ALL while she was in the gorilla movie????

The moment passed and everyone lived.