This week Caroline and I went to the zoo for the Lion Cub's first birthday celebration. Caroline loved the face painting, games and crafts - I was just excited to see the lions actually moving around for once! Usually, they're lounging.
The zookeepers said they put out a bunch of treats and "enrichment" toys so the lions would be more active for their little party. It really worked, because we got there just as they were letting the lions into the habitat and they were SO active - playing and pouncing on one another. It was pretty cool. Even the mom and dad lion got into it.
They really put on a show for us. The "treats" they put out were... "bloodsicles". Yeah. It's exactly what it sounds like - water, a little blood and guts - frozen. The lions sure seemed to like them though!
Also this week I had a mini-reunion of sorts. These are all friends from my ward growing up. Really, we've known each other since we were wee little ones. We got together and had a pot-luck lunch - it was fun catching up and reminiscing.
Caroline's last day of ballet was this week. Lately she hasn't been too excited to go to ballet and now I think I know why. Usually I take her to the room and then chase Miles around the rec center for an hour so I didn't really watch a full class. So this last one they had the parents sit-in to watch what they learned... and it was boring. They seriously stood on floor dots and did the positions and stuff for 40 minutes! They hardly moved around the floor at all. It's not exactly what I had in mind when I thought of a dance class - I figured there would be more dancing. No wonder Caroline wasn't thrilled. Oh well, maybe next time we'll do karate or gymnastics or something so she'll get to move around more.
She does make an awfully pretty ballerina though!
