Just another Tuesday morning

 Maceo and I drove downtown with Kate, as she was going to a fancy work shindig and Maceo and I were going to the Zoo! We parked the car at Macpherson Square, ditched Kate, and began the adventure. First off, walking along K st NW in the morning, there are, as Maceo can tell you, an inordinate amount of busses and trucks. This does not mean that Maceo didn't try to count them, though ordinal numbers are beyond his ken. He points out every truck and bus he can hear/see and asks you, "Unh?" It's pretty much his favorite thing. Once we got to Farragut North, we took the metro to Woodley Park and walked up Connecticut Ave, pointing out large vehicles en route. We arrived at the Zoo at a little before 9. Buildings don't open till 10, so we walked through a pretty much empty Zoo. We stopped to see the cheetahs, but couldn't find them. We did find the panda. Maceo stared intently.

Next up were the flamingoes. Maceo liked them because they made noise and they were right up next to the cage and therefore rather easy to see.

Down the path were the giant rheas, which I thought were emus. They walked towards us, which Maceo found interesting, but they didn't come very close, so we moved on.

Once we got to the bottom of the park, we went to the petting zoo and then the giant pizza. Maceo very much enjoyed the pizza, though he was frightened and bemused by the model cow that mooed when a button was pushed.

He's our little pimento. 

The walk back to Mt Pleasant knocked him out, and so he was asleep when we got on the glorious bus, but he soon woke and enjoyed watching through the windshield and grabbing for the call for a stop wire, and smacking any flat object within reach.

Once home, and after a lunch, he was out for a nap. When he woke up, he and Tupelo and I lolled on the bed for about half an hour. Tupes was very patient and Maceo was very pleased.

"I love you, man."

Finally, the next day, we watched some of the Spain-Portugal soccer game in the European Championships. While Maceo has been cheering on the Italians, he found this game quite entertaining, too.