A Real Live Turkeyhead

Today I took the kids down to Chelsea to visit Battersea Park Children's Zoo. Kate was really excited about getting there "before the monkeys take their nap".

We had a lovely day out, and both of the kids had a blast.
Michael shrieked with laughter and excitement at the monkeys. I think they must remind him of someone he knows. Kate was amazed to discover that the little spider monkey had hands "just like ours, but smaller. Smaller even than Baby Alex's hands".

Her favorite animals by far were the pigs and the emus. She even tried to climb into the pig pen.





When I told her that these were Turkeys, she started cracking up and didn't believe me. "A real live turkeyhead? Nooooo mommy!". She even told me to take a photo of her next to the turkey and send it to Tyler, Lesley & Alex.



(We love to call people turkeyheads for those of you who are wondering what the deal is with Turkeys).


Petting the world's biggest bunny. "Please Mommy, can we bring him home?"




They had a meerkat manor, and there was this tunnel you could crawl through and then stand up and you were in a bubble that was in the middle of the meerkat compound.



Michael was too young for the playground, but he did enjoy the mulch: