Oregon Zoo Again!

Way back at the end of June we drove up for one of our zoo trips. We had a blast! Sequoia was very interested in all the animals this time. Her favorite animals were the tigers and a chipmunk that was sitting along the path. Here are some highlights of our trip:

• We asked Sequoia what sound she thought the zebras made. She started jumping up and down yelling, "A cow! A cow! A cow!" It was hilarious.
• We were looking at some of the nocturnal animals when a guy (20-something) was startled by the large snake in one of the exhibits. Upon which he let out a string of profanities. Sequoia turned to him, shaking her finger, and shouted, "How dare you!!" We were rolling with laughter.
• We ate dinner at our usual place, the Sphaghetti Factory. During dinner, Sequoia figured out how to drink out of a straw! This was very exciting because we never showed her how when sucking was an instinct, so we had to try to explain it abstractly. Explaining that it was like kissing seemed to be the key.
• At the end of dinner, Dan asked if she went to the zoo today. Sequoia replied with, "Yes, go to zoo! Okay!" and then started marching for the door expecting to go to the zoo again. I guess we have a date to go again sometime this summer.

Here are some more pictures (mostly of us looking at things).