{"id":163,"date":"2008-08-12T08:06:49","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T15:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/?p=163"},"modified":"2008-08-12T08:06:49","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T15:06:49","slug":"no-animals-were-harmed-in-the-photographing-of-these-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2008\/08\/12\/no-animals-were-harmed-in-the-photographing-of-these-children\/","title":{"rendered":"No animals were harmed in the photographing of these children."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weekends ago, I took the kids to the Zoo while Paul worked.\u00c2\u00a0 We went to the petting Zoo area, which is something we rarely do.\u00c2\u00a0 Mostly because I&#8217;m afraid of what Kate might do to the animals.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-158\" title=\"kidsinthezoo-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kidsinthezoo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kidsinthezoo-1.jpg 1408w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kidsinthezoo-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Okay, that&#8217;s not exactly true.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m just freaked about germs and the threat of her putting her hands in her mouth after picking up poo.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-160\" title=\"kidsinthezoo-3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kidsinthezoo-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"748\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kidsinthezoo-3.jpg 940w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kidsinthezoo-3-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Luckily, though, both kids remained very sanitary.\u00c2\u00a0 And both kids were incredibly gentle with all the animals.\u00c2\u00a0 Neither tried to ride them, hug them a-la Elmira, or put hair bows in their fur.\u00c2\u00a0 If Scout realized that a whole herd of animals got away with no-such insult to their general character or appearance, I feel confident he would march directly to their beds and hork up hairballs on the pillows.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-159\" title=\"kidsinthezoo-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kidsinthezoo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kidsinthezoo-2.jpg 1408w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kidsinthezoo-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Both kids tried to feed the goat hay.\u00c2\u00a0 The goats complied.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-161\" title=\"kidsinthezoo-4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kidsinthezoo-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"748\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kidsinthezoo-4.jpg 940w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kidsinthezoo-4-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was the first time I got to ride the carousel with BOTH kids.\u00c2\u00a0 Will is JUST tall enough (with his hair uncombed, he can pass for 48&#8243;&#8230; or maybe it&#8217;s 42&#8243;? whatever the cut-off point is for riding alone).\u00c2\u00a0 I was nervous that Kate would freak out at the moving animals, or she would randomly decide she was done riding half-way through.\u00c2\u00a0 She actually sat nicely through the whole thing!\u00c2\u00a0 I won&#8217;t say she sat STILL (she is Kate, after all) but she loved it.\u00c2\u00a0 Kate rode a Jaguar (I think).\u00c2\u00a0 Will rode a Rhino.\u00c2\u00a0 If you ask Kate, though, she&#8217;ll tell you she road the Hippo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kidsinthezoo-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-162\" title=\"kidsinthezoo-5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kidsinthezoo-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kidsinthezoo-5.jpg 1408w, http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/kidsinthezoo-5-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weekends ago, I took the kids to the Zoo while Paul worked.\u00c2\u00a0 We went to the petting Zoo area, which is something we rarely do.\u00c2\u00a0 Mostly because I&#8217;m afraid of what Kate might do to the animals. 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