Hey Everyone! Kendra has asked me to contribute a "guest entry" to her blog - which I am more than happy to do, since Alexis, Zac (my boyfriend), and I had one of the best days in Central Park.
We had been wanting to take Lexi on a field trip for quite some time now, but with everyone's busy schedule it has always been hard to coordinate. Miraculously, we all had this past Saturday available, and so a decision was made to take her to lunch, the Central Park Zoo, and then some ice cream after. Another miracle, when my mom e-mailed me telling me she had free passes to the Zoo the very day we were planning on going! Que dicha!! (that means "what happiness" in Spanish).
The day went fabulously! After my welcome was completely quashed by Zac's presence (Lexi came running down the hall and i got on my knees to give her a hug, only for her to run right past me screaming "ZAC!!!" and jumping into his arms), we set off for the Subway and some lunch at a diner near the Park. We ordered Lexi a grilled cheese, but she was very distressed because she wanted chicken nuggets.... they did not have any. So she refused to take even a bite of her sandwich, and we were very grateful to the kind server who did not charge us for her uneaten meal. On our way out the door we met another little girl named Lexi, and the family was very nice - they were entering upon us leaving, and heard me calling after Lexi.
After lunch, we went to the Park, and Lexi and Zac ran around like crazy hooligans. Lexi kept taking off running, screaming behind her, "Can't catch me, I'm the PORKA-DOT-DOT!"...
"what's a Porka-dot-dot?!"
"well, it's got 100 legs, 100 leaves, and 100 eyes on the leaves. It's kind of like a Centipede."
She played in the playground and in the sand with some other kids for an hour or so, and we continued on through the Park running around chasing the Porka-dot-dot, and looking for the zoo...
Success! We found it! We saw the penguins, monkeys, sea lions, all sorts of birds in the Rain forest section, and even some polar bears! We even ran into Lexi's new friend Lexi (from the diner) - and our Lexi promptly asked said Lexi if they could hold hands. It was so cute!
We left the Zoo around 4 pm, got some ice cream, and then the thunderstorm rolled in - and boy oh boy did it rain! It rained cats and dogs, spaghetti and meatballs, and I swear i even saw a Porka-dot-dot fall from the sky during a loud crack of thunder. We took shelter in a very nice hair salon (I attribute their kindness to Lexi's pure cuteness).... Once the rain subsided, we took the Subway back home to Kendie & Matt's, and called it a day.
We all had such a great time, and can't wait to take Lexi out on another field trip! Next stop, Shea stadium!
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