We decided to visit the Zoo for some Christmas fun this year... couldn't pass up Santa and his reindeer, which apparently aren't that friendly.... considering they were restrained by some serious sets of safety bars! And to think, the event was called "The Reindeer Romp"... now I'm not sure what exactly constitutes "romping", but I'm certain there was none of that going on! Unless it is possible to "romp" between bars...... okay, I'm done now!
Anyhow, we arrived pretty early on Thanksgiving weekend only to run into some friends in the parking lot! They've got 3 kids of their own, 1 boy and a set of girl twins. They were also accompanied by their neighbors who were also sporting 3 kids! We immediately joined forces for the day and made it a triple date! It was AWESOME! Never have I felt more at peace in my life with 8 children/toddlers running amuck... all kids were age 4 and under... FANTASTIC! It was so reassuring to be around other couples who have multiple children and close in age. They're beyond the stage of thinking "my kids will never act like that! (insert evil glare here)". They were realistic about their expectations and accepted tantrums readily and without the bat of an eye... which was necessary because there were about 17 of them between the 8 kids! In all honesty, all of the kids were very well behaved and we kicked off the Christmas season with some serious animal fun!
I must not be seeing that reindeer correctly. It looks like the antlers are tied onto his head!?
ReplyDeleteYeah Dad! They tied them on right before we got there! Ha Ha! Google the word "reindeer", select "images", and you'll get a better picture of their antlers. Their antlers actually grow backwards AND forwards... so many have horns that grow clear in front of their noses... this can't be the first time you've seen a real reindeer Dad, is it!?! ;)
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