(Title to this post created by Xander! )
This past Sunday was Mother's Day and my boys made it really special. Sushi dinner out with Sebastian on Saturday, followed by gifts (all in red to match our new living room wall! Pillows, throws, towels, a rug and a tea-kettle for the kitchen) Xander and Tennyson were so sweet, so excited to be giving their mom gifts!
We went to the zoo on Sunday with friends and it was so much fun. Xander seemed a bit tired, but he enjoyed it I think. After about 3 hours there, he and Sebastian went to Star Trek in the IMAX (originally I was to have gone, and our friends would watch the boys as we had watched their children while they saw the movie. I was worried Tennyson would get cranky after a long day however, so I stayed at the zoo).
It's always so interested/amusing to me. Xander seems to have this "animal" spirit. Since he was a baby, whenever we'd go to the zoo or the fair, the animals seemed to flock to him. Oddly enough, more often than not it's the "fiercer" ones. Sunday's visit to the zoo was no exception! It started with the Grizzly's, ... we looked at them through the glass and suddenly, up rose a huge bear on his hind legs, he jumped in the water and dove towards the glass. He emerged right where Xander was standing and proceeded to look at him and roar! (Xander was thrilled, though I wonder if it was comraderie or lunch the bear was looking for!?!?! ;) ) A bit later it was the wolf. I saw him across his enclosure, sound asleep, as Tennyson and I had arrived at the exibit first. As soon as Xander came in view, he lurched awake and trotted over! Finally, the culmination was the Wolverine pen. There was a little ledge where the glass meets the rock in the Minnesota Trail exhibit. One of the wolverines was determined to make contact! He threw himself again and again at the glass... all the kids were standing there and the laughter that ensued drew a crowd, ... but I still have to wonder. What spirit does my little man possess that all these creatures sense? It's fun to speculate. :)
Tennyson and I had a great time at the petting zoo while Dad and Xander were in the movie. When we arrived at the farm exhibit, he was thrilled to baaa at the sheep and neigh at the horses. Upon entering the barn though, the fun began :) The goats knew a friend when they saw one and Tennyson laughed and laughed at them "tickling" his fingers as they ate treats from his little hands. He dropped a few treats and bent down to get them. Impatient, the goat butted him right in the head! I couldn't help but laugh as Tennyson said "OWWW! He bonked me!!!" in his little consise voice! He laughed though and proceeded to beg me (and all the surrounding adults (strangers) for more goat treats). We saw the cows next, where Tennyson informed me that cow's "moo" and give milk. The pigs though, well, there were some new babies and they were nursing away. Tennyson was thrilled to see them "nee nee"!!! He then climbed all over a fiberglass statue of a mama pig and her babies, ... my only indication of him thinking he was on the real thing was when he found a bit of a broken "hole" on the mama pigs nose. He turns to me, very sad and says, "she's broken mama!!! you fix it? You kiss her???" I almost kissed the dirty old statue, just for him, ... but common sense (and the voice of Sebastian in my head ;) ) won out and I tried to explain that kissing wouldn't work and Mama would need tools to fix her. That satisfied him and we moved on to the baby chicks :)
All in all, it was a wonderful Mother's Day with my two little guys. I hope I always remember the way the spring sunshine shone down on their little heads, turning their hair golden and glowing. ... their little voices raised in excitement about the "animals" and their sleepy little faces at the end of the day.
The zoo is fun, but Motherhood is the grandest adventure of all!
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