henry doorly zoo: the next generation

earlier this week, ben and i enjoyed a play date with elena, keyan, and joni at the good old henry doorly. joni and i kept saying how crazy it was to be there, where we often played as kids, with our own little ones. although ben's a bit too little to really get into the exhibits, he did particularly love meeting keyan (lately ben's been frightening other babies away with his enthusiastic roars - he recently reduced little aaron to tears at a graduation party - but keyan was brave enough to grab his foot and smile). and elena is a lovely, sweet little person with an eye for butterflies and the colorful coral in the acquarium exhibit. although the opportunity for grownup conversation was limited, it was really fun, and sort of surreal, to be there together with the next generation of zoo-goers.