Moodle's first trip to the zoo was wonderful. Although, I promised to show her a giraffe and a hippo, not knowing they had neither. Seriously, it's the Columbus Zoo, one of the best in the country, and they don't have a giraffe or a hippo?
She traveled well, although she's becoming more vocal, and so asking for more toys and attention. This meant I had to travel in the backseat with her instead of in the front seat with Max Powers, but that too shall pass. She ate great, she slept great in the hotel, and she followed instructions much better than a not-quite two year old should.
She had a few behavior missteps, but they were rectified with short breaks away from the action to calm down. And we had quite a few compromises between riding in the stroller and walking through the zoo. Good exercise for her anyway, so it wasn't exactly a horrible thing that she wanted to do more walking.
The party was wonderful. Moodle didn't love how rowdy the big kids were (but she never does). She loved touching the animals, though, and loosened up just before the end of the party to play with some of the other kids.
A nice side effect was that Max Powers realized she wasn't quite ready to fully enjoy the zoo enough to get a membership to our local park. She had fun, but there are a lot of no's at the zoo. No touching the animals, no running away from your parents, no taking off your sunhat and throwing it in with the bonobos. So we'll save that for another year.
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