Zoo trip

We went to the zoo today. "We" being Charis, my mom, her friend Sara, Sara's granddaughter, Addi, and I. Within about 3 minutes of being in the car together, Charis and Addi were friends. They were talking, comparing boo-boos, shoes, telling each other how old they were. That was it. After that, they were friends. Don't believe me. Here's the picture I took immediately after we got out of the car.

(ignore the random lady in the background)

 They were holding hands right before the picture above.

Seriously? Why aren't we like this as adults? "Hi, I'm Michelle. Let's be best friends!" I know I'm not the only one that has problems with this, am I? I met a girl within one week of us moving here, and I thought, I'd like to be her friend. You know when we actually hung out? This past Friday. Nearly a year later! Maybe it is just me. Am I that afraid of rejection, that I'm not willing to be a friend to someone? Who knows, that person who sits next to you at work every day may really need a friend. Maybe they're scared of asking you to go do something. Okay, enough of the rant. :) Here are some pictures of the animals we saw today in case you wanted to see that as well. :)

 Cute little sea lion. I think they said she is 2 years old

 The big guy. He weighs over 450 pounds, and was sent to the KC zoo from Sea World, Orlando, because of "bad behavior!"

 I don't care how old I get, and how many times I see an elephant, they still blow me away at how big they are.

 How is he standing like this??? How did he not topple over?

 The baby zebra (about 2 weeks old now) is the furthest away, kinda brownish looking.

 Flying over the giraffes.

 Rhinos. If you can believe it, one of these is the mommy and one is a "baby" - still huge!

 She didn't come over to the glass, but she did look right at me for a picture. These are another animal that I am still surprised at how big they are.

The trouble makers. You can always count on these guys to be doing SOMETHING no matter what time you go to the zoo, AND you can usually get them to look at you. I love the two on the right that look like they're wrestling.

And one more picture...the divas :)