Introducing George the Sea Lion and his human side kick

The zoo was fun. (as if you had a doubt that it would be) And HUGE! We didn't see everything yet.

Towards the end of the day, we we to see the animal show and they needed a volunteer. Sonia and Kayla raised their hands.. Kayla was picked (from hundreds... or maybe a few dozen, lol)

We had no idea what she was volunteering for- but she got to give the sea lion a back rub, a hug and feed it fish and it gave her a kiss on a cheek. She was celebrity there at the park until we left- and she ate it all up. People would say, oh, isn't that Kayla? (the sea lion trainer asked her name) and she'd start telling them she saw the sea lion...etc... and the closer she got to them, the more they could smell the fish aroma on her.. lol..

Of course shortly before that we'd been in the petting corral, so they were pretty gross and smelly already, and Kayla somehow managed to sit in a patch of wet dirt, so her pants were filthy and wet.. thus why for the umpteeth outing the second half of the day picture show her in different shorts than the first half.. Every other time, I'd been putting her in her toddler brothers' change of clothes (they're the same size, if you can believe it) But that morning, my brain was awake enough to say 'pack HER a pair, too'. And JM was sticky from raisins and juice and was pasted with goat fur and dirt..
Ahh glad I listened to that voice.. we needed ALL changes of clothes yesterday..