Zoo on Judgement day
Last Saturday was Jewish yearly judgment day - iom kipur. Every Jew is supposed to fast, pray, and not do many things - as this day man's fate is decided for the next year. I am completely non religious but I have a long going tradition of not eating. (Hmm go figure why I am doing this...)
Judgment day or no Judgment day - I am taking the kids for the weekend. My kids do not like to fast even for half an hour, want entertainment no matter what day it is, and are not even technically Jewish. So Saturday became a Zoo day with a fasting dad.
Hmm truly Judgment day:
10:00 AM - Kids are fed. Dads hungry but proud.
11:00 AM - Going to the Zoo. Hungry and Proud forgot the stroller
11:30 AM - Arriving at the Zoo - Kiddos decide they are going to ride the dad to the entrance
11:45 AM - It is Judgment day so the line up is twice as long as any other day
12:00 - We got in. Renting a wagon. Zoo keepers have a strange notion of what children wagon is supposed to be. They assume that a blue box on wheels with shallow flat bottom is the masterpiece of children wagons. They get offended if someone tries to distort that vision even a bit.
12:30 - We are going to see the dinosaur's exhibit. There was a lot of noise about it in the summer. I heard that first weekend it was on, there was a huge traffic jam starting from 401 to the Zoo. Now there is a relatively thin stream of people going in - we managed to get in with our box on wheels.
1:00 PM - Going through the exhibit. Dinosaurs move, moan and groan and seem to be interested in a human dinner. Dad is mildly interested in the dinosaurs, definitely more interested in a dinner. Anna is very interested in dinosaurs, but also very scared - so she displays her interest from Dad's arms. Evan is sitting in the blue box with stone face. When asked he formulates: "I am not interested in dinosaurs". Brief investigation shows that he is interested in something to eat. Deeper investigation reveals that something equals ice cream.
1:30 PM - Something to eat becomes a question of life and death. Because it is Judgement day the lineup to pizza is more than to any other exhibit, ATM machines are permanently "temporarily out of duty", and there are fights over tables. Because we are a team we win the fight over a table, and slice through the line up.
2:00 PM Kids are eating - Dad is looking at them with hungry eyes.
2:30 PM Have you ever tried to get rid of garbage while kids are playing "lets run into different directions" game?
2:45 PM Looking through Americas exhibit. Evan is interested in flamingos. Anna is interested in running. Dad is also interested in flamingos but from a culinary perspective. Ice cream time
3:00 PM More exhibits. Evan is interested in pushing the blue box. Anna is interested in getting in and out of the blue box at the most unexpected time. Dad is interested in two things
1. What kind of "natural" color they put in an ice cream if it cannot be removed with wet napkins?
2. Where is my gun with one bullet so I can shoot myself.
3:45 Finally they get tired. Dad is considering monkeys from culinary perspective. Evan demands another restaurant. Going back to the car with arms full of kids. People think I am a giant.
4:00 Evan sits in the car - only after he is promised that we are going to the restaurant. He goes to sleep 35 seconds after. Anna goes to sleep 25 minutes after.
4:35 We are passing Innsfill. Picture of a juicy burger does not want to leave my mind.
5:35 We are passing Innsfill. Picture of a juicy burger does not want to leave my mind.
6:20 Evan wakes up. First question: "Are we at the restaurant yet?"
UFF. THAT WAS LOTS OF JUDGMENT DAY FUN.
Judgment day or no Judgment day - I am taking the kids for the weekend. My kids do not like to fast even for half an hour, want entertainment no matter what day it is, and are not even technically Jewish. So Saturday became a Zoo day with a fasting dad.
Hmm truly Judgment day:
10:00 AM - Kids are fed. Dads hungry but proud.
11:00 AM - Going to the Zoo. Hungry and Proud forgot the stroller
11:30 AM - Arriving at the Zoo - Kiddos decide they are going to ride the dad to the entrance
11:45 AM - It is Judgment day so the line up is twice as long as any other day
12:00 - We got in. Renting a wagon. Zoo keepers have a strange notion of what children wagon is supposed to be. They assume that a blue box on wheels with shallow flat bottom is the masterpiece of children wagons. They get offended if someone tries to distort that vision even a bit.
12:30 - We are going to see the dinosaur's exhibit. There was a lot of noise about it in the summer. I heard that first weekend it was on, there was a huge traffic jam starting from 401 to the Zoo. Now there is a relatively thin stream of people going in - we managed to get in with our box on wheels.
1:00 PM - Going through the exhibit. Dinosaurs move, moan and groan and seem to be interested in a human dinner. Dad is mildly interested in the dinosaurs, definitely more interested in a dinner. Anna is very interested in dinosaurs, but also very scared - so she displays her interest from Dad's arms. Evan is sitting in the blue box with stone face. When asked he formulates: "I am not interested in dinosaurs". Brief investigation shows that he is interested in something to eat. Deeper investigation reveals that something equals ice cream.
1:30 PM - Something to eat becomes a question of life and death. Because it is Judgement day the lineup to pizza is more than to any other exhibit, ATM machines are permanently "temporarily out of duty", and there are fights over tables. Because we are a team we win the fight over a table, and slice through the line up.
2:00 PM Kids are eating - Dad is looking at them with hungry eyes.
2:30 PM Have you ever tried to get rid of garbage while kids are playing "lets run into different directions" game?
2:45 PM Looking through Americas exhibit. Evan is interested in flamingos. Anna is interested in running. Dad is also interested in flamingos but from a culinary perspective. Ice cream time
3:00 PM More exhibits. Evan is interested in pushing the blue box. Anna is interested in getting in and out of the blue box at the most unexpected time. Dad is interested in two things
1. What kind of "natural" color they put in an ice cream if it cannot be removed with wet napkins?
2. Where is my gun with one bullet so I can shoot myself.
3:45 Finally they get tired. Dad is considering monkeys from culinary perspective. Evan demands another restaurant. Going back to the car with arms full of kids. People think I am a giant.
4:00 Evan sits in the car - only after he is promised that we are going to the restaurant. He goes to sleep 35 seconds after. Anna goes to sleep 25 minutes after.
4:35 We are passing Innsfill. Picture of a juicy burger does not want to leave my mind.
5:35 We are passing Innsfill. Picture of a juicy burger does not want to leave my mind.
6:20 Evan wakes up. First question: "Are we at the restaurant yet?"
UFF. THAT WAS LOTS OF JUDGMENT DAY FUN.
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