Rilled Duckie & other killer birds

Our lovely trip into town to the zoo was a very interesting one. On the way to meet up with Kami Brown and her little ones we saw this bird eating a mouse after beating it against a branch. Brenner thought it was so awesome and little did we know it would set the tone for the day.
After meeting up with the gang we then had our next run in with the attacking peacock. Sitting here eating our food like so many other zoo goers of the day and this random bird zooms in and takes Brenner's PB&J out of his hand. Mama bear kicks in and I kick the dang thing. Let me tell you bird but does not feel good on your toes. The bird is airborne, not by his own accord, and drops most of the sandwich. Brenner screaming, "MY sandwich you bird!" On the re-entry to land he comes crashing into Kami and Preston. Kami yells and dives to cover her baby so he isn't the next snack and shoos him away. I'm the only one cracking up. But the bird won't go away. The PB&J is just too much for him. He makes another couple laps casually passing through. I threaten to kick again and he backs up. Then right before we leave he bee lines it from 10 ft. out and snags the last of the bread that fell from his mouth the first time.
We then had birds following us all day. I kept my foot out and the baby out of their reach. Brenner then was really nervous with them all day. I mean it's his favorite sandwich of all time. So we turn the corner at one part and he comes face to beak with a ginourmous peacock. It is literally looking him in the eyes. I turn the corner and hear. "Uhhh mom?!" I had to physically pull him away and kick at that bird too. However, as we walked by the Bird House exhibit, Brenner asked why we weren't going in. I said, "You won't like it." "Yeah I will. What is it?" "It's the Bird House. And no we're not going in." I'm thinking, "I can't kick that many birds! Are you kidding me kid?" but say, "Brenner. It's a big huge bird cage that we go into and all the birds are just flying around. You won't like it." "A what? Where are they?" I explained three more times and as soon as he finally understood it he dropped the door handle and said," Oh man I am NOT going in there!"

We saw all kinds of animals and loved it all. Brenner took some great pics of all of us and Beckett actually slept in the stroller. Not for long but he was seriously chill with his whole look. I love the shades. But hey, it's a great day when in October you're outside at 83 degrees and NEEDING sunblock.

But in the end we all know that the view only changes if you're the lead elephant. That and kicking a bird in the butt is effective but all together a very gross experience for yourself and I'm sure for the bird as well.

EmilieAn