Day at the Zoo

Today we ventured to the Zoo. The same Safari Zoo we hit 2 1/2 years ago when we were here for Kelly. We knew it was a risk, all of us just feeling better, and Drew making it for a few hours at a time without meltdowns, but we had already arranged it and the "bigs" wanted to go again and the "littles" seemed ok for the moment. We went and had a ball. The "zoo" was as amazing as last time: more white tigers than you could count, scary animals so close you could touch them, and lots and lots of baby animals. All features you wouldn't find in a zoo in the U.S. Cory and Jamie fed giraffes, lions, tigers, and elephants. We saw the tiger show and lived to tell the tale (both times I've done this, I spent the whole show thinking how easy it'd be for all those really big tigers to push down the measley wire fence they are in for the show and eat my kids...ok, I'm crazy, but you should see this place...ripe for lawsuits and mayhem.
Anyway, it was a beautiful day, hardly any people for the first few hours, Drew had only one meltdown, and Kelly came back to the hotel now a tiger instead of a Lion King. And for those of you who know Kelly, Lion King is the best of the best, so these tigers must've been pretty cool! The other great part of the day was that Drew continued to open up, smile, laugh, feed me and Ron, and actually enjoyed being kissed!!! She now loves her bath with Kelly, loves to put on her shoes, and loves to be naked. She knows a few signs, has shaken her head "no" and pretended to make food. Amazing. She is as cute as a button when smiling, and can tease too. Whew, while she still has no language at all, as least we can see that she understands and is interacting, all great things. Now off to bed early, as tomorrow is an early day at the Consulate for some final stages of paperwork, maybe a little shopping then the next day pack and leave...yippee!!! We are ALL really done here, really really done. Want to be home and with our family and friends. Soon.