oakland zoo

We met up with the Barton family to see some animals at the Oakland zoo! Finnly has been really into animal figures and a book about animals in the jungle... so we thought ZOO! Well, apparently animals that are plastic or on pages of books are far less threatening then an enormous elephant swinging his trunk in front of you... who knew :-) Finnly was petrified of all the animals that were larger then McCovey.  He was literally shaking on Erik's shoulders saying "no daddy... no"  and "by... by!"  I've been told that Erik was a bit of a wimp as a little boy...so we know where he got that trait! He loved the meerkats, turtles, snakes, lizards, bats, pigs and sheep :-) He would have been in heaven if there was a cow... as he kept asking to see one. The day ended up to be a smashing hit because we rode the Choo-Choo train around the zoo and heard it's whistle blow.  We never know what to expect with the little bug!