Zoo Camp - Summary

Collin had a great week at zoo camp.  I know he was active....nope, not because he took a nap when he got home....but because he had a new bruise or scrap on his legs every day when he got home.  He said one was because he fell looking at the Meerkats (my favorite too) and the others he could not remember. 

I know I enjoyed hearing about the animals he saw and what was going on with the exhibits at the zoo.  Just this morning on the way to breakfast, he said, out of the blue, "the zoo is going to add gorillas because they don't have them now.  They are building where they live".  Later he even added, "they are probably going to have a lot because they are building a big cage".  He also does not want to cut off the two wrist bands that he had to wear for camp showing which camp he was assigned to and his age.  He was classed as a Butterfly denoting that he was "6".....we know he is not but we wanted him to be in Jacob's class.

Each day, they learned about a different animal habitat.  Here is what I could get out of him:

Monday
Animals: Sharks and Sea lions and they made a water bottle fish

Tuesday
Animals:  Lions, giraffes, dogs and ostrich.  He made a Z for zebra.

Wednesday
Animals:  Reptiles and Children's zoo

Thursday:
Animals:  Jaguars, fossa (this was his favorite...I have no idea what these look like), and tigers

Friday:
Animals:  Primates and bird house.  He made a handprint monkey that was really cute.   Interesting because this is the day that he and Jacob stunk the most.  Wonder why? 

He told us that he wants to go back to the zoo, not necessarily for camp, to show us all of the things he saw.  I asked him where certain animals where located in the zoo and he could tell me even saying, "the elephants where over on this side (showing the left side) but they have been relocated to the back".  hmmmm....good to know.