today dawned dark and rainy with an amber storm warning. i figured with the weather the way it was, we were in for a long day of being cooped up in the apartment, but i was wrong! we got out for some morning errands, but no play time because it was raining very hard. the kids survived all the delays and errands, and we were able to continue on with our afternoon as normal : school for livie and nap for quinn.
after nap, q and i headed out early to meet livie at school so that i could attend a parent-teacher conference while the monkeys played. the conference was great, and the classroom was still standing when i went to get the kids out of it. we waited for eons for a taxi to go home, but never saw one that was empty and on duty. the rain had slowed quite a bit, so we started walking to see if we could find a taxi lower down. we still didn't see any, so we just kept walking until we got to a park where the kids played for quite a while.
as we began walking home from that park, i realized we were very close to our apartment and there was no sense getting a cab, so we just kept hoofin' it. the route we were on took us right by the playground at the zoo, so we stopped in. the kids had a ball. it continued to rain lightly on and off, but by that point, we were already wet and did not care. the only issue was that the grounds at the zoo playground become pretty slippery when wet. i am super clumsy. the combination was not pretty. i wiped out pretty good landing on my bad wrist and my good knee. bleh. we still had a fantastic time looking at birds and lemurs before heading home.
on the way home, we picked up a takeout menu from an italian place near us. everything on the menu looked good, but we were a little wary b/c of previous bad experiences with other italian restaurants. also, the fact that the menu advertised "real italian taste" didn't bode well. we threw caution to the wind and ordered dinner delivery from this place...we were very pleasantly surprised to find that everything we ordered was absolutely DELICIOUS!
big bird at the zoo. he was intrigued with the kids and kept his eye on them the whole time we were standing there admiring him.
cute lemur
pretty flower at the zoo
crappy cell phone camera pic of a stunningly beautiful flower
spike, the plant. the kids insisted this was the scariest plant ever. 15 minutes later, they adopted it. 20 minutes after that, q removed all of those pokey things. he carried them home, stopping at least 3 times to rescue them after he dropped them on the sidewalk. we had to pry them out of his hands so he'd eat dinner, take a bath, and go to bed. i am not sure what these are, but i have seen a version of them in the wet markets...bigger, with red coloring, and just as spikey. the wet market version is some kind of fruit.
bug looking cute
q figuring out how this stepper works
notice my extra knee cap...lovely, isn't it? it has gone down now, but it's still sore. getting old sucks.
You are 'drop dead gorgeous' in multiple knee caps! ;-)
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PS it looks like Quinn's legs are twice the length they were when you left, have you considered reducing his food intake? (just kidding)
the red fruit is prob lychees. we LOVE them! (well, except for aadil.) we get them at the asian market here but they are quite expensive. if you ever wanna try it, peel the skin off, and scrape off the white pulp with your teeth - there's a big seed inside that you discard. the texture is kinda like chewable jello and they are usually sweet and juicy (if you pick the really red ones). ask at the wet market next time you go.. better yet, take a pic and I'll confirm.
ReplyDeleteyep, that's them! they are interestingly tasty. livie ate some, i ate some, but quinn flat out refused. we will try again with redder ones. the ones we got had a little green on them.
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