it was 62 degrees today and Aiden said to me "i wanna go see the animals."  i thought about it and decided - why not hit the zoo?  so i packed up Aiden & Sadie for the adventure.  little did i know, i'd get a lil more than i bargained for with my $11 trip.

 

10 minutes into our arrival, we're check'n out the snow leopard.  Sadie in her baby daze sit'n behind us in the stroller...Aiden & I focusing up close on the leopard.  i was holding Aiden as he sat on a lil fence.  he's all excited and says "mama - look at the tiger!" ... and this is where it got interesting very quickly...

 

the lil boy standing next to us (i'm guessing the same age as Aiden) says: "it's not a tiger, it's a snow leopard."

me:  "that's right - Aiden, it is a leopard."

Aiden: "mama - look at that leopard!"

random boy: "it's NOT a leopard, it's a snow leopard!"

Aiden: "the leopard is laying down."

random boy (at the top of his lungs): "IT'S NOT A LEOPARD - IT'S A SNOW LEOPARD!!!" 

 

then the boy proceeds to grab Aiden's hand and bite it.  i'm not kidding - it was f'n crazy.  i grab Aiden's hand out of Dahmer's mouth and push him away from my kid.  i say "you don't bite people - that's unacceptable!"  then i instantly lose interest in Dahmer, and focus on my kid.  i make sure Aiden (who is completely in shock) knows that he didn't do anything wrong and that Dahmer was behaving very badly.  then we quickly vacate.  i had no interest in discussing with the kid's father how he should just institutionalize his freak kid now, bc he clearly has got a great life ahead of him.  i wanted to set the example for Aiden that we aren't going to associate with crazy or let it ruin our fun.  i think i was successful.  good grief.

 

so, anyway, the rest of the zoo trip was wonderful.  we had a blast.  and yes, i disinfected the hand wound.  below are a few shots...