Nick and I have a very limited number of mommy and Nick days left before Ben is out of school and then Nick starts kindergarten in August :( So, we took one of our days and went to the zoo for a brief trip. Nick got to run the show. We saw the aquarium (but wouldn't do the touch tank), saw the elephants, the construction on the giraffe's feeding area, tried to figure out where the grisly bears are going to be and saw the Tasmanian devils. Holy cow - I have never heard a noise like those things make! It was the most awful, blood curdling, screeching banshee cry I've ever heard. A little boy standing next to the exhibit burst into tears, which was the appropriate response, in my opinion.