Free Zoo Day- Journal 19

I think it is just really cool that the Springfield Zoo has a “free Zoo Day”! I think it gives the community something to do that is fun and not too expensive! We got there today; we had 10 kids with us! I had 2, my best friend had her 3, her niece and nephew, her oldest son’s friend and 2 kids she just started watching over the summer! Everybody seemed to get along pretty good. Oliver, my oldest and Katelyn, my best friends middle are so much like brother and sister. They antagonize each other! I know they love each other but the 2 of them can really get after it! I have never seen kids argue so much in my life! My kids are pretty easy to get along with! Oliver says he is going to marry Katelyn! We always laugh. I guess I do remember the days they said when a boy bothered you, that means he likes you! Oliver must really like Katelyn! He is always bothering her! After we left the zoo, we went to Jordan Valley Park. The kiddos played in the fountains! It was fun! There was also a group of kids there with special needs. Some in wheel chairs, some with Down syndrome. Some other mental disorders! I just watched the joy they have! They don’t know that they are different and really don’t seem to care! I did watch the innocence of kids. Some kids looked at them and laughed, some just ignored them, of course the proud moment when my boys walked up to a teenager with Down syndrome and sat next to him and played in the water with him! I had one experience where we went to Wal-Mart and there was a severely obese woman and my son asked me why she was so fat. I just explained to him that everyone is different. I hope they always have the outlook that it’s okay to be different and that just because some people don’t look the same or act the same doesn’t mean anything is “wrong” with them! Jesus just made us all different!
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