We had such a nice time and Junior really seemed to like having all my attention. He was happy to be able to spend as much time as he wanted looking at his favorite animals. The Red Panda exhibit was closed so his favorite animal today was most definitely the giraffe.
It was very neat to see him so alert and into everything. I would tell him what an animal was and then point out where it was and he would look so intently.Here he is checking out the Ant Eater, he watched it for a long time but didn't smile and when asked if he liked it said no. I guess it goes in the flamingo category, Junior can not stand flamingos for some reason.
The other animals he really liked looking at were the lemurs. They were jumping around and playing and he was quite taken with them.
We actually got to see the Snow Leopard for the first time today. Since we usually visit in the summer it is always hiding inside where it is cool. Today it was right out near the fence where we could get a good look at it. Junior thought it was very cool and we had to stay and look at it for quite a while. 
After we looked at all the animals I took him into the gift shop and told him he could pick out something to take home. He looked at a bunch of neat animal toys but kept telling me no when I asked if thats what he wanted. Finally we walked to the back of the store and I saw his eyes get big and he squealed with excitement. I looked up and right in front of him were all these stuffed animal snakes. When I asked if thats what he wanted he was grinning from ear to ear and even said yaaa(verbally not with his eye gaze). He then had to pick out the color he wanted and he had to have the one that had a tale that rattled like a rattle snake. As we were leaving I asked if he got the snake to scare Mellisa(she hates snakes, and has an extreme fear of them) the little stinker grins starts to giggle and says yaaa. I got the biggest kick out of seeing him so happy and alert today. Here he is with his snake after we got home today. Think he might like it just a little???
He is wiped out but still in the greatest of moods. Here he is resting and watching Scooby-Doo.It looks strange but he likes to watch tv while laying on his mat like that, he has to look at the angle he is to see it.
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2 comments:
I am so jealous of your zoo outing! Junior does look so much better being seizure free!!!! I can't beleive my eyes it's the same boy as Christmastime! What a difference. That snake story made me smile! He's quite a character that Junior!
So glad the weather is warming up for you so you can do fun things like that. He makes me laugh how he likes certain animals but not others and how he chose the snake! Very funny.
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