Sometimes I think Che feels like a caged animal when he is at home all day.  So, Friday I took him to the zoo, along with a few other kids I happen to know.  He really enjoyed himself while he was there.  Climbing on the statues, chasing the goats, squaking at the chickens, trying to catch butterflies, an waiting for the lions and gorillas to actually move.

The thing is, whenever Che as a new stimulus overload day like the zoo, he tends to cry out at night.  While many people would worry that he is having nightmares, I think it is just him dreaming about everything he saw and being a little sad that he isn’t still there.

Train Through the Outback Trail

Excited to Actually Touch an Animal

This is the only picture we could actually get of Che with the butterflies. The ones that were flying were to fast for the camera

When Che is at a playground, he likes to pretend  he is Mr. Invincible.  He will climb up anything, jump from almost anything, and is not afriad to play with the big kids.  Looking back at my childhood and what I have heard of my husbands childhood summers, I shouldn’t be surprised.  Yes, Che climbed both up and down the ladder pictured below.  In fact he did it so fast, I couldn’t even get around the jungle-gym fast enough to stop him.

Mr. Invincible

Halfway torn between pride and terror, I’ve been remembering all the things I did with my brothers and sisters that my mom still doesn’t know about, and wondering whether or not Che will show us all up.