The ZOO!

We went to the zoo with very good friends of ours – Sofia, Giovanni and their mom & dad.

The kids had a great time running around and checking out all the various animals. They really enjoyed the cockatiel exhibit/experience which essentially allowed them to enter the “cage” of dozens of cockatiels and feed them from sticks and also hold them or allow the birds to land on them. Rocco was surprisingly really good at staying still and luring the birds to his food stick. Several times he had birds walk up his arm. It was so much fun to see him relaxed and connecting with the birds in such a calm way. He’s usually so loud and physicial – it was almost like watching a different child. Gabby was probably a bit too eager to get the birds to land on her, so she didn’t have as many land on her as she would have liked. I felt a little bad for her… but every child has to learn the lesson of patience, I guess. Giuliana also really enjoyed looking around at the birds… but she didn’t feed any. They also had a great dinosaur exhibit… you know, the only zoo in the country where they have dinosaurs.