Jr. Zookeeper

Greetings from Norman. In my quest to keep this blog up to date I will give everyone a brief over view of what went on today.

Marie started Jr. Zookeeper at the Little River Zoo here in Norman. She has done this two other times. The main point of this program is to teach children about how to take care of animals and how to respect them. This zoo is unique because all of their animals have been abandoned or were rescued. Each animal has a story about how they got to where they are today. What I love about this zoo is that when you visit everyone gets a tour guide who takes you around and tells you all about the animals.

Marie herself has so many different stories to tell about these animals. The one I got to hear about today was the animal named Toby. It is so named because its mom pulled off two of its toes. What I also love about this experience is that Marie is worked very hard. They have them doing the jobs that a zookeeper would do. They clean out cages (poop and all), they feed the animals, and they have special little places they go in the zoo to rest and relax. During the summer when she went she actually was on the news being a pooper scooper girl. We will have to make that DVD available for everyone to see.

When I picked her up from the zoo she looked beat and had a bird feather sticking out of her braid. We got home and played fetch with Roman. Actually I threw the toys and she chashed after them for about 30 minutes. Roman and I had a nice time watching her! I have her well trained. She is in the shower now and dinner will be ready as soon as she is done. In case anyone is wondering we are having sweet and sour meatballs with rice and then probably strawberries and grapes and maybe some carrots.

I have to tell everyone about where we got the dinner we are having. There is a place here called Dish it up. You go and prepare the food and then freeze it. We decided to try it this month since JJ is normally the main cook. The food is really good and many of the things like our meatballs can just be thrown in the crock pot. On Monday and Wednesday when we are at the gym until after 6 these make an easy meal to come home to. I know most cities have some sort of place like this. They offered a discount to teachers (since I sub I got to have it) and they actually delivered the food to my school. It is worth trying. Makes our life a lot easier. I also think this would be a fun business to have. Something think about in the future.

Ok I need to go and hurry her up. Love to all! I will try to take some pictures of the tired and dirty girl tomorrow. If I don't get any tomorrow then at her graduation on Saturday I will get some.

Love to all.