Flamingos are very cool birds, and Mike taught me yesterday that they need to eat shrimp in order to maintain their bright color. The other reason they lose their color is when they are feeding their babies, they lose nourishment. I think that happens to us mommies sometimes-we get washed out!
I've always liked seeing the hippos, but they never seem to do anything because they are so fat. Yesterday was the most action I have ever seen from a hippo. He loved this plastic ball and chased it all around his pool. Apparently his brain isn't large enough to realize that he couldn't grab it in his mouth no matter how hard he tried! We stopped on the way home to have a picnic dinner. Serena was the only kid willing to have those helicopter things stuck on her nose!