{"id":104,"date":"2005-02-06T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2005-02-06T20:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=104"},"modified":"2006-04-03T17:48:24","modified_gmt":"2006-04-04T00:48:24","slug":"our-day-at-the-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=104","title":{"rendered":"Our Day at the Zoo&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a title=\"photo sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/4353500\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/photos4.flickr.com\/4353500_11334a221e_m.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>How can I resist using this picture as the one to draw you in?<\/p>\n<p>It was free museum day in Sacramento and we decided to go to the zoo.<\/p>\n<p>I wish I had some funny stories to tell you about how Kara was attacked by the flamingos or Shea decided that she was a monkey and tried to get in the cage. Nothing like that happened.<\/p>\n<p>So what happened? Shaun happened. Give the man a camera and he&#8217;s taking pictures of MOLES! not the animal kind. The kind on the back of the guy&#8217;s neck. I&#8217;ll let <a href=\"http:\/\/slowchildrenatplay.blogspot.com\">him blog<\/a> about that because honestly, it was gross and I don&#8217;t like gross.<\/p>\n<p>I did enjoy the zoo. Kara and I walked over to the flamingos and we both started singing the theme song to &#8220;Three&#8217;s Company&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/4353624\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/photos4.flickr.com\/4353624_874a3c83ef.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is no question on who this child belongs to.<\/p>\n<p>We went to Fairytale land where the kids went down different sorts of slides and I got to see a rooster getting friendly with a chicken. (No pictures&#8212;Sorry)<\/p>\n<p>The kids were so good ALL day. I was pretty good too. I even smiled for a picture while I was on the crooked mile!<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/4353519\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"352\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Yes, I smile\" src=\"http:\/\/photos4.flickr.com\/4353519_3e63a72045.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was having a blast!<\/p>\n<p>Then we went to Funderland. This is where the day takes a turn.<\/p>\n<p>We are planning a trip to Disneyland in March. There is a SLIGHT problem in this whole trip. Shea <strong>HATES <\/strong>anything that moves faster than 2 mph. She will ride the biggest horse or hold the biggest, ugliest snake. She will NOT, NO WAY JOSE, NOT IN A MILLION YEARS be a part of a swing. She FREAKS THE FUCK out whenever we go to the park and we even SUGGEST that she gets on a swing.<br \/>\nBecause she hates the swing so much, she won&#8217;t go on ANY rides. Not the merry-go-round and NEVER the ferris wheel. Don&#8217;t even think about the tilt-a-whirl or even those little baby motorcycle rides that simply go around in a circle. Nothing.<br \/>\nDo you see the problem with the trip to Disneyland?<\/p>\n<p>So here is how it started. Shaun has a way with talking to the kids. He can get them to clean when I couldn&#8217;t even get them to put a fork in the sink.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/4353935\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"500\" alt=\"NO WAY!\" src=\"http:\/\/photos4.flickr.com\/4353935_e9bf93fd38.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/4353914\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\" alt=\"WILL SHE?\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.flickr.com\/4353914_27c2495955.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/4353687\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"403\" alt=\"Take ONE\" src=\"http:\/\/photos4.flickr.com\/4353687_141b408807.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>I can not believe it. I really CAN NOT believe it&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/4353860\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"396\" alt=\"I AM ALIVE!!\" src=\"http:\/\/photos3.flickr.com\/4353860_97180df1c2.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>SHE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Go here to see the whole set of pictures from our day, which I am calling &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/sets\/109703\/show\/\">The many faces of Shea &#8211; Our trip to the zoo, fairytale land, the horses &#038; funderland.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or for the computer-challenged: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/sets\/109703\/show\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And for Alyx&#8217;s side: <a href=\"http:\/\/alyxanna.blogspot.com\/\">HER BLOG<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can I resist using this picture as the one to draw you in? It was free museum day in Sacramento and we decided to go to the zoo. I wish I had some funny stories to tell you about how Kara was attacked by the flamingos or Shea decided that she was a monkey and tried to get in the cage. Nothing like that happened. So what happened? Shaun happened. Give the man a camera and he&#8217;s taking pictures of MOLES! not the animal kind. The kind on the back of the guy&#8217;s neck. I&#8217;ll let him blog about that because honestly, it was gross and I don&#8217;t like gross. I did enjoy the zoo. Kara and I walked over to the flamingos and we both started singing the theme song to &#8220;Three&#8217;s Company&#8221;. There is no question on who this child belongs to. We went to Fairytale land where the kids went down different sorts of slides and I got to see a rooster getting friendly with a chicken. (No pictures&#8212;Sorry) The kids were so good ALL day. I was pretty good too. I even smiled for a picture while I was on the crooked mile! I was having a blast! Then we went to Funderland. This is where the day takes a turn. We are planning a trip to Disneyland in March. There is a SLIGHT problem in this whole trip. Shea HATES anything that moves faster than 2 mph. She will ride the biggest horse or hold the biggest, ugliest snake. She will NOT, NO WAY JOSE, NOT IN A MILLION YEARS be a part of a swing. She FREAKS THE FUCK out whenever we go to the park and we even SUGGEST that she gets on a swing. Because she hates the swing so much, she won&#8217;t go on ANY rides. Not the merry-go-round and NEVER the ferris wheel. Don&#8217;t even think about the tilt-a-whirl or even those little baby motorcycle rides that simply go around in a circle. Nothing. Do you see the problem with the trip to Disneyland? So here is how it started. Shaun has a way with talking to the kids. He can get them to clean when I couldn&#8217;t even get them to put a fork in the sink. I can not believe it. I really CAN NOT believe it&#8230;. SHE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go here to see the whole set of pictures from our day, which I am calling &#8211; The many faces of Shea &#8211; Our trip to the zoo, fairytale land, the horses &#038; funderland. or for the computer-challenged: CLICK HERE And for Alyx&#8217;s side: HER BLOG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}