Zoo and Water Babies

Now that it's seeming more like spring is a possibility, we've been exploring more of what our new city has to offer. We signed Owen up for swim "lessons" on the advice of a new friend. It was fine, but the water was too cold for the little ones. He did great floating and holding onto the ball, but he was shivering the whole time! Maybe a baby wet suit is in order...?

I also took Owen on his first trip to the zoo! Unbelievably, we were snowed upon while there. It's a cute little zoo, and they had lots of baby animals on display. Here's a baby serval.

And a baby lemur (the little face on the left).

Owen scoping out the tiger

And having a face-off with an emu. He started imitating the pecking and squawking that the emu was doing. Pretty amusing!

In other news, Owen's working on his canines, so it's been an interesting week. We go to sleep with our fingers crossed each night that we'll wake up in the morning without having been interrupted at 2 AM. For a while, I think he thought that was a new play time, but I think it's waning now. (Knock on wood!)

He's also been down to one afternoon nap each day for the last couple of months, and is a pretty picky eater. He can reject food just by looking at it (if it's green) or by giving it a poke (if it's meat). We've been sneaking in some of these forbidden foods by hiding them in other foods, but he eventually catches on and then rejects all foods party to the shenanigan, so we have to be careful!