Too Too at the Zoo

Last night I was in the bath and mama and I were talking, tomorrow would be a nice day to go to the zoo. I was all for it. Thzoo! Thzoo! I told mama how things should go... "night night, eat, bye bye, thzoo!". There's a brand new baby elephant at the zoo so we thought it might be pretty busy but on the other hand, everybody would be at the elephant house, so the rest of the zoo should be OK!

This morning, mama got me up and I didn't want to get moving too fast, but mama seemed like she really wanted to go to the zoo. She didn't even shower. Finally we got out the door.

We drove in the car to a garage, then got out and mama bought a ticket and we walked down some stairs. Mama said that we'd be getting on a train...the MAX train. Train sounded really good and we only had to wait about 30 seconds and the train showed up. Wow! It was really big and neat but when mama started to move me toward it I melted down. Did NOT want to go!

Mama got me on the train, with me crying and the people around us looking at mama like she was so mean. Ha, ha, mama, that'll show you! But then, the train started moving. From that point on, I had a smile plastered on my sweet little face. We went through a TUNNEL! and got off the train at the THZOO!

Mama bought zoo tickets and zootrain tickets and we headed straight for the zoo train. I actually think mama rushed me a little too much because I wanted to look around a little but I think she wanted to be first in line at the train.

When we got to the train station, the clock said there were 15 minutes left before the train got going. It didn't seem worth leaving and coming back, and there were already people in line, so mama lost out on the first place spot. So we got in line. I waited so patiently for boarding time. When the conductor man said "ALL ABOARD!", we gave him our tickets and mama let me pick our seat. I picked seats in the middle of the front car, which everybody knows is the best spot.

We sat down and everyone around us was talking to each other. We met Logan, sitting in front of us. His mama was giving him M&Ms and she gave me some too! We also met Kira, sitting behind us. Her mama asked my mama to take their picture. She offered to take ours and send it to mama, since mama failed to bring a camera with us. It was very nice of her to offer! So she took a picture of us and we'll see if it shows up.

I was telling everybody that we were on a "too too" and all of a sudden we got going. It was a long ride. We stopped up at washington park and got out for a few minutes and mama had me talk to the conductor guy, who seemed happy for some company. We told him "tay yoo" for driving the train. After a couple of minutes we got back on the train and rode back to the zoo. We saw elks and an elephant and lots of people waving to us. I had sooo much fun on the train, I didn't stop talking about it all day! I was all smiles the whole time we were on it.

After the train we looked at some animals and then needed to find some food. Mama asked me what I wanted to eat and I told her that I wanted fries and ketchup. We went to the Africafe and I got to have tater tots. Close enough. I also got to have chocolate milk, which I spilled all over the front of my shirt and pants.

After that, we looked at a few more animals and mama asked me if I wanted a treat. Heck yeah! We stopped at a little food kiosk and got me a little strawberry "eye wheem" cone. Then it was "ooh ah ah" monkey time. We looked at the monkeys and then it was time to go back to the MAX train. We went back to that station and took the elevator way underground (I make mama hold me in elevators) and then found where the train was going to be. We waited and waited for the train and finally we could hear it coming and I saw the lights and I screeched and screeched with happiness. Too Too! It stopped and we got on. I got to ride the train standing up (I held mama's hand) and too soon it was all over. We were back at the station where the car was. Mama gave her all day MAX pass to some punk kid and we got back in the car. Whew! It was so much fun. Can you believe it? Three train rides in one day!