Look to the animals

I remember going to the San Diego Zoo (this is the Wild Animal Park) for the first time and watching a  baby gorilla crawl all over his mama and thinking to myself, "I know exactly what she is thinking."  It was pretty cute how he confidently climbed over her head and back.  She would lovingly swat him away, but he would just roll over and climb right back.  I am always surprised by how much of human family life seems to be played out in the animal world.  There as here the kids seem to sass their parents, give funny looks, express independence, but still confidently express need (confident that the need will be met).

 Should we start  him on solids?

 Of course we had to get bird shots in.

 Dressing herself!

 Greta is funny.  The older two would never have dreamed of speaking up in a crowd.  They barely sang at story time.  They were/are observers.  Greta engages.  Here she was talking to the keeper giving a talk on centipedes...which are enormous, by the way.  Greta just assumes that you care about whatever she has to say, in fact she assumes everyone cares.