Tuesday, June 9, 2009

No more elephants.

Elephants have always been Poppy's favorite animal. She can't get enough of them at the zoo, she pretends to be an elephant at home, and she has an assortment of books that all have elephants in them that we have to read on a daily basis. So when we found out the zoo was having a special elephant demonstration this weekend, we knew we had to be there. Well, apparently Poppy only likes elephants when they are contained behind large bars or when they are in books, because she was totally freaked out by how close we got to this elephant...IMG_6503

We got to feed the elephant a cracker and the whole time she kept saying "no-no mama" while she clung to me with the death grip.

Then they gave the elephant a hose to play with and he pretty much looked right at us and sprayed us with it. Poppy was not happy, at all.

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And now ever since Saturday, all day long, she keeps saying, "No elephant! No wa-wa! No elephant wa-wa!" And as soon as she gets to a part of a book that has a picture of an elephant, she says "Bye-bye!" and turns the page real quick. I think it's gonna be a while before we go back to the zoo.

9 comments:

Christine said...

Look at her clinging to you! It's so sad, and so funny... all at once. Poor Poppy!

saintlouisfricks said...

Poor girl. Reality bites sometimes :)

Kelly said...

Too cute! Although that would be a little scary in real life. :)

kristin said...

ohmigosh... that is the cutest story! (and a little sad...) poor poppy. :(

Chandra said...

*L* Oh no. That's horrible that her love of elephants has been ruined. Hopefully she'll recover soon. I can see in the photos how tightly she is gripping you!

Courtney said...

OMG! That is so cute. Poor Precious Poppy, tell her Auntie Courtney will protect her from that Elephant with the Wa-Wa!

stollmyheart said...

oh no! i can see her death grip on your shirt in that picture...hopefully it's a quick passing phase. lol.

Michelle said...

Who would have thought elephants could be so evil?!

dana said...

oh sweet baby girl!!

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