Animals Galore

On Friday, I went with Beth and Baylor to the Wild Wilderness Drive Through Safari in Gentry, Ar. We had such a fabulous time! We saw every kind of animal you can think of. What do you think Emily's favorite exhibit was???????????????? These two kittens.
Yes. She ran up to them calling out," ohhh Sweeties" "Darling" "Little Friends." This was the highlight for my girl!
She also LOVED riding this pony!

It is so interesting to watch a chimpanzee. We stood right here for about 30 minutes.
Look at the beautiful 3 month old lion cub. Beth put her fingers in it's mouth. Beth was very impressed with herself and kept saying," I have my hand in a lions mouth." It is pretty cool to think about that little cub will be about 500 lbs in a year. Emily went in the cage with him. I had lots of reservation about Emily petting this lion, but then I thought, our own cat is of more harm than this lion cub.
A baboon in a diaper and sucking a bottle. I loved it!
Emily asked me if I thought this monkey was thinking. Yes it was.......thinking about jumping in Sarah Kate's lap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, this baboon baby jumped in Sarah Kate's lap.
I took this picture the second it jumped out of her lap. I was trying to capture her expression. She did not make a peep. She was STUNNED!!!!!!! Notice the mud on her leg that the baboon left.

We all got to pet this Lemur.

Sarah Kate spent the day pointing at animals saying, "look!"
I'll let you in on a little Laurie fact. I think people look like animals. And vice- versa. This has gotten me into a lot of trouble through the years. In college, I told one of my best friends mom that she looked like a donkey. As soon as it came out of my mouth I turned about 5 shades of red because I was so chawed. I used to think I looked like a baboon (my nose and face protrude in the same manner), but I am thinking I look more like a cat now.

I think I do this because I am an artist and I love to draw animals and people. I just see similarities.