Polar bear cub

Do you like taking your kids to the Zoo? Do you need to convince them? Are they excited when you tell them that you are going to the zoo? What do your kids like about the zoo? What do you like about the zoo? Do your kids have a favorite animal to visit? Do they show surprise with any animal they see? Where do they like to spend most time? Tell me your story, here is mine...

"Papi, the polar bear has baby now, can we visit the baby polar bear?", asked the Little Girl.
"Where did you learn that?", asked Papi.
"On the TV News.", answered the Little Girl.
"You watch the new now?", asked the intrigued Papi.
"Yes, they give the news between cartoons on the TV!", answered the Little Girl.
"Ah! you mean the advertisements!"
"No, that is for us to buy things. I said news, they say things that happen now!", explained the Little Girl.
"OK, let's go to the zoo then, and find the baby polar bear!"

At the zoo...
"Hello baby giraffe, did you see the baby polar bear?", asked the Little Girl.
"Yes, we play at animal daycare, he plays with the baby monkey!", answered the baby giraffe.
At the monkeys...
"Hello baby monkey, did you see the baby polar bear?", asked the Little Girl.
"Yes, we play at animal daycare, he plays with the baby elephant!", answered the baby monkey.
At the elephants...
"Hello baby elephant, did you see the baby polar bear?", asked the Little Girl.
"Yes, we play at animal daycare, he plays with the baby goat!", answered the baby elephant.
At the goats...
"Hello baby goat, did you see the baby polar bear?", asked the Little Girl.
"Yes, we play at animal daycare, he plays with the baby lion!", answered the baby goat.
At the lions...
"Hello baby lion, did you see the baby polar bear?", asked the Little Girl.
"Yes, we play at animal daycare, he swims with the baby penguin!", answered the baby lion.
At the penguins...
"Hello baby penguin, did you see the baby polar bear?", asked the Little Girl.
"Yes, he his eating all our fish, can you take him away?", answered the baby penguin.
"Papi, can we take the baby polar bear home with us?", asked the Little Girl
"What? We can't have wild animals at our house!", answered Papi.
"Please Papi, Please!", begged the Little Girl.
"No we can't, why do you want to take the baby polar bear home?", asked Papi.
"Because he his eating all the penguin's fish, and the penguin asked me to take him home!", answered the Little Girl.
"You speak with animals?", asked Papi.
"Yes, but only with the small animals, the adults never answer me!", answered the Little Girl.

The monkey

What happens when your kids cross their favorite cartoons in real life ? Like walking in a shopping mall and suddenly crossing Mickey ? Or in a restaurant and finding bugs bunny ? Or in a theme park and finding the usual suspects ? Is your kids afraid of the characters ? Does he interact with them asking for autographs ? Simply trying to do some sort of conversation ? Or hiding behind your legs ? Tell me your story, here is mine...

The Little Girl was climbing the wall. Suddenly she saw a monkey. The monkey was coming in her direction. The Little Girl got afraid and fell of the wall. She ran away from the monkey. But the monkey could fly using the tree tops, soon he was near the Little Girl.

One moment of distraction, the Little Girl looked back to see if the monkey was still chasing her, and splof. The Little Girl tripped on a tree root and fell. The monkey approached the Little Girl. The monkey had a book in his hand, he wanted to give it to the Little Girl.
The Little Girl looked at monkey once more and ran away again. The monkey chased the Little Girl. The Little girl suddenly heard a loud shout and cry. She looked back and saw that the monkey had fallen and was crying.
The Little Girl approached the crying monkey. "Are you OK?", asked the Little Girl.
The monkey gave the book to the Little Girl. he stood up with his leg still hurting and went away.
The Little Girl ran to Papi, "Papi, the monkey gave me this book, can you read it for me ?".
"Off course Little Girl, let me see it!", said Papi grabbing the little book from the Little Girls hands.
"It is a book of how to save the jungle animals!", said Papi.
"Like how to help the animals if they fall ?", asked the Little Girl.
"Yes, you can say that little Girl".

Another Little GIrl

Has it happened to you that suddenly in a park your child is best friends with another child ? What do you do ? Do you encourage ? Do you talk to the other child parents ? Just exchange smiles ? Give your phone number to setup a playdate ? Tell me your story.
Here is mine...

The Little Girl was chasing the monkey in the tropical forest. It was difficult to keep pace with the monkey, it jumped fast over all the obstacles and the Little Girl had to climb over them, go under them, jump, duck, slide to avoid each different obstacle on the way. But the Little Girl was not alone, another Little Girl was also chasing the monkey, also having tough challenges to overcome each obstacle.

"You go that way and I go this way, we catch the monkey in the middle," - said the Little Girl in the red dress said to the Little Girl in the pink dress.
The monkey ran from the Red Girl and did not notice the Pink Girl. Suddenly the monkey was running straight into the Pink Girl.
"The monkey is coming, the monkey is coming!" - shouted the Pink Girl.
"Yes, catch him." - shouted and ran the Red Girl.
The monkey jumped into the air, caught a high branch, and passed high above the Pink Girl's head. The monkey landed just to get the Red Girl jump on it.
"We got the monkey!", shouted the Red Girl.
"Yes, we got the monkey!", agreed the Pink Girl.
"Look Papi, me and my best friend, we caught the monkey!", said the Red Girl while the Pink Girl was giggling.
"Look Papi, it's the first time I got the monkey!", said the Pink Girl very happily to the Pink Papi.
Red Papi and Pink Papi exchange smiles while the Little Girls ran through the maze with the monkey.
They both got out of the maze and went through the river with crocodiles.
The crocodile would chase the Red Girl and the Pink Girl called the attention of the crocodile. Then the other way around, the crocodile would chase the Pink Girl and the Red Girl distracted the crocodile. Playing this game the Red Girl and the pink Girl reached the other side of the river. Once on the other side both shouted happily jumping up and down.
The Red Girl and the Pink Girl reached the base of the volcano. the Red Girl climbed the first steps, gave the hand to the Pink Girl, and stone by stone, step by step both climbed the volcano. High up the volcano both Girls jumped up and down showing their conquest of the volcano. They waved their arms and Red Papi and Pink Papi could see them very cheerful.
The Red Girl and Pink Girl caught a lava burst and both slided down the volcano very fast. They reached the base of the volcano and both jumped together holding hands.
The Red Girl and the pink girl laughed, giggled, ran, played, jumped...

The Volcano

I always feel like my children are adventuring when we go to a theme park. Do you take your children to theme parks ? Do they get a feeling of exploring a new world ? Does it feel like an adventure always bringing new surprises ? Do your kids feel like it'S real life for them ? Do you role-play the adventure with them ? Do you make them play their part in the adventure ? Do you tell stories the next days enhancing the experience of the memories created ? Tell me your story, here is mine...

The Little Girl entered the dense forest. The forest was dense and as she walked through she had to get the giant palm leaves of her way. She couldn't see except for the next giant leaf in front of her. She remembered stories of people who used the giant leafs as plates to eat food. It was said the food was tastier when you ate the vegetables off the giant leafs with your own hands. Fried bananas on the leaves with rice was the favorite food of the Little Girl's friend.
She wondered what fruits she could see on the plants, she believed she saw bananas, mangoes and coconuts. And she liked all those fruits.
Another giant leaf in front of the Little Girl. The leaves were so big that it was hard for the Little Girl to push the leaves so she could pass. A monkey came by the Little Girl, he was standing in a branch just above the banana tree leaves. The monkey looked curious at the Little Girl, and the Little Girl looked back curious at the monkey.

The monkey gave a big shout and the Little Girl stopped. When the Little Girl looked down in front of her, she could see a river, and she was on a ledge. The monkey saved the little girl from falling. The Little Girl gave the monkey a big smile. The monkey came down from the branch and gave a piece of mango to the Little Girl. That piece of mango was so sweet, the Little Girl delighted herself with the sweet mango.

She started climbing down the ledge towards the river, and the monkey led her way down through a safe passage. The Little Girl climbed down the ledge excited, she could see other kids crossing the river in wooden rafts. She wanted to cross the river in a raft.
As she approached the river, there was a dock with an old man with a big beard. The old man looked like Nicholas, but was not dressed in the red suit the Little Girl found very funny. But it was not snowing, the red suit would be to hot now.
The old man said: "Hello Little Girl, do you have something for me ?". The Little Girl remembered the coin Papi gave her. She fetched the silver shiny coin from her pocket and gave it to the old man. the old man pulled a wooden raft and helped the Little Girl get on top. He then pushed the raft to the river with a long staff. The Little Girl was excited has she crossed the river. The monkey sat on the raft, sticking it's fingers in the water as to test the temperature. She reached the other side of the river and continued her journey. The monkey followed her.
The trail was full of dangers, first a big pit, the Little Girl needed to swing on a rope to cross the pit. The was a muddy slide, as the Little Girl slide down, she could feel the increasing speed and the shouts of the monkey behind her. They soon reached the bottom of the slide and continued the muddy trail. They had to push many balls that where in their path to reach the other side. Once they reached it they found a huge net which they climbed. A narrow passage was in front of them, and the Little Girl just ran sideways into it. Soon after they reached the end of the trail, and they saw a majestic volcano.
Guarding the path to the volcano was a mighty dragon. Each of the dragon's teeth was the size of the little girl. But that did not inspire any fear on the Little Girl's heart, instead she leaned forward with the monkey and jumped on each giant leaf surrounding the mighty dragon, the leaves acted like a trampoline and the Little girl jumped high enough to go over the head of the mighty dragon as it breathed the fire. She followed the monkey. She jumped once on the dragon's head and slide down the dragon's tail. She was again in the path of the volcano, and nothing more to stop her from reaching it.
The volcano laid in front of them, and the Little Girl started to climb, but the climb was slippery, for the volcano spit a liquid mud that made the climbing difficult. The monkey could not climb any further, but the Little Girl did not quit trying, she continued to climb. At a moment it looked like for each step she gave forward that she slide back two steps. But she continued, she insisted, and as the climb became more slanted the Little Girl climbed more slowly and more carefully selecting with precision each placeholder for the hands and feet. She climbed, some moments she almost felt quit, but somehow she felt encouraged to continue. She saw other kids failing to reach the top, one after another she saw them returning to the volcano base. But not her, she continued and pressed on with all her courage and determination.
She reached the top of the volcano! She sat for a while, admiring the surrounding, seeing everybody from high above, seeing the other kids failing halfway. She was victorious. Today was her day.