Tanganika

Last weekend my parents came to town to help us celebrate Easter. For something different, interesting, and fun to do we went to our local wild life park, Tanganika, on Friday. It's a smaller version of our local zoo, but a little more interactive. The giraffes don't have a fence around them, just a ditch dug out along their very large area. There's white tigers along with penguins, a camel (which you can pay to ride), various monkeys, birds, goats, lemurs, rabbits, tortoises, kangaroos, zebras, and lizards among many other animals at Tanganika.

So what do my kids think the top two attractions are?

Walking in the kangaroo pen? (Literally in their little area with them. No fences between us and the animals.) Watching the baby kangaroos hanging out of their mother's pouches?

Maybe it's hanging out with lemurs?

How about the penguins or giraffes?

Nope.

My kids loved the goats the most. Really? The goats?

The tortoises and rabbits were pretty fun, too, but not nearly as fun as the playground according to my kids.

Honestly, what are my kids thinking? Nothing against goats, rabbits and tortoises but come on. They aren't nearly as cool as a zebra or walking around with lemurs are they?
We live in Kansas. Both my husband and I grew up in small towns in Nebraska. We go to Nebraska several times a year. Farm animals are everywhere. I guess I should take comfort in knowing this.

Note to self: next time we go to Nebraska we need to drive out to a friend's farm and see the farm animals. This may make me a front runner for being Mother of the Year.