11 months and the Zoo!

We've lived here in Cranbrook 11 months now.  Wow!  Hard to believe it has been almost 1 year!  We feel more and more settled each month and are so thankful for the people we've met and got to know.

On Thursday, 12 other parents and I accompanied Ashleigh's class and two teachers on a field trip to Calgary where we saw Science World and the Zoo!  It was a jam packed trip, but so much fun.  We also stayed the night inside the zoo with the hippos and giraffes and ever so NOISY peacocks!  Ah well, we survived.  I am still in awe that I got to sleep next to the giraffes, my favorite :0)

After a wonderful pancake, sausage, fruit salad breakfast (and fruit loops), we were back on the road again.

Ashleigh's silhouette.

Creating electricity.

The ever so adorable penguins.

Giraffes make me happy.

The gigantic hippos!  There was only one close encounter with their flying poo!

I could not get enough pictures of the giraffes.

The two of them together.  One was a female in her twentys and the other was a younger male.

There was an evening program where the children had a guided tour of the building we stayed the night in (meer cats and other animals were also inside).  Then they listened to a presentation on the African Savanah, did a craft, learned some drumming and a dance and also took part in a skit!  This was all wrapped up my 10:10pm and then we set up the cots and winded down for the night.  It was late, but an amazing experience!