Peacocks

We spent three and a half hours at the zoo today. Good friends, gorgeous weather, and not a single appointment or errand in view. 'Twas lovely. 

These three are certain they are in charge, so they planned the route. It cracks me up that this zoo has a map because, as you can tell, it's just a big loop with a few short cuts. 

Turtle Trek is hands down our favorite. Today one of the mid/size turtles was slowly walking around and eating all the fallen yellow leaves, so we threw in a few more for him. 

We played for a loooong time in on the natural playground. It was awesome! A peacock wandered in, so you can imagine how Lewis felt about that. He ran to the top of the dirt pile and gathered his friends around him to feel safe. They stayed that way for quite a while as Lewis announced over and over that there was a peacock in the area. 

Lewis has a reoccurring nightmare about a purple peacock. The conversation goes like this in the middle of the night :

L: Mommy! Daddy!

Me: what? Why are you yelling at night?

L: me hear da purple peatock!

Me: that was me. I was going potty. 

L: no mommy. Me hear it. It come in me room and it...{gasps}...it touch me leg!!!

Me: Lewis I'm sitting on your bed. I touched your leg. 

L: no. It da purple peatock. 

So I sat down with him and drew what he told me the purple peacock looks like:

"It has a body like ours Mommy. And fee eyes here here here and two ears here and here and lellow and deen hair, not feders. And arms, more arms, more arms. And two legs, no feet."