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We're going to the zoo, zoo, zoo!

We have been SUPER busy around here lately.  So much so that I will need to publish TWO blogs to tell you all about it!

The first exciting thing we did was go to the zoo.  Alma Park zoo to be precise.  Simply Brisbane's best.  And only.  I think that is the only way they can really make that claim.  But we picked up some really cheap tickets so it wasn't such a bust.  Although I wouldn't have been so thrilled if we had paid full price.

But moving right along, the kids thought it was totally awesome.   And isn't that the point?


Ol was terribly excited to see a red panda.  


As was Evie.  She even blew it kisses.  Which she does in this terribly cute fashion at the moment using the back of her hand.  She doesn't just reserve this for cuddly animals, she also likes doing it to shop attendants.


There were LOTS of peacocks wandering around the zoo.  This is the first one Ol saw and tried to feed.  They were still a novelty at this point.


These were Ol's absolute favourites.  "The licky guys" or deer to the rest of us.  He just couldn't get enough of them eating food out of his hand with their little licky mouths and nuzzly noses.  He kept saying "I want to do that again!!!". 


Not as soft and friendly but equally as cool  in Ol's eyes was the little crocodile he got to pat. 


He also showed off his silky country skills by scaling the fence surrounding the cows. Even in his super skinny jeans. 


My little zoo guys.


We rounded out the zoo trip with a nice picnic in the grounds.  Where we were joined by...


a pesky peacock!! Who just could not get enough of our lunch, which Nick was feeding him to "make him go away".  But strangely enough he kept coming back for more.  The kids weren't particularly troubled by his presence.


You might have noticed Ol's shirt.  He was testing out the first prototype of a new Mini Mayhem shirt.  Even though he said it wasn't his favourite and he didn't want to wear it, it seems that other people do.


And despite completely failing to watch the Olympic opening ceremony we have been a little in the Olympic spirit around here.  Ol has especially enjoyed watching the really fast runners and practicing his own sprints up and down the hallway.  He has also really embraced the idea of a gold medal and the winners of any of his games (such as where have I hidden the toy - in the toy microwave, every time!) gets an enthusiastic "congratulations, you get a gold metal (sic) and a gold trophy!"


Loveliest moment of the week?  When Ol was saying goodnight to Evie and blew her two kisses and asked me to put them in her pyjamas so she could get them out later if she was missing her brother.  What beautiful children.

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