We were hoping to do the Amazon Adventure that Jeff and I did a few years ago, where you go inside an enclosure and get to feed parrots. Unfortunately, all of the tickets were sold out. But we still had a fun time.
I loved walking around and looking at the different kinds of birds. Birds are some of my favorite animals, because I had a pet bird when I was growing up.
We also attended a show about bird eggs. Audrey was selected to help feed an emu, which was pretty cool. Then they did a demonstration where they smashed a chicken egg. It took almost 50 pounds to do it! When we talked to the worker at the end of the show, we found out that this batch of eggs is weak - she said that it usually takes about 95 pounds to smash it. My favorite part of the show was at the end when they had a bird (I can't remember if it was a falcon or a hawk) swooping back and forth over our heads. It flew right by my cheek!
A few minutes after the show ended it started raining, along with thunder and lightning. We stayed indoors at an exhibit next to the amphitheater. While we were there, Cosette started getting a little restless. Here's a picture of Jeff entertaining her:
The rest of us started getting restless being cooped up inside, so we went outside to an area covered by a tent. It was still raining, though, so we waited a few more minutes before walking around to see the other exhibits. While we were waiting for the rain to clear up, we made a few videos with Cosette for entertainment.Audrey is the one playing peek-a-boo. Madeline is just out of sight to the right, and I think the big smile on Cosette's face was for her. At the end of the clip Jonathan pokes his head around to say hello.
