A Rainy Day Adventure

Last Tuesday, Harmony and Baby C and Mommy and I were supposed to meet for a visit to the Central Park Zoo – it was going to be my very first tweet-up and I was super-excited… but the weather forecast said it was going to be 103 degrees so we postponed our trip until this week.

The weather seemed okay – the forecast did call for “scattered afternoon showers,” but it didn’t seem like such a big deal… Apparently “scattered afternoon showers” is weatherman code for “torrential downpours with loud, boomy thunder and lightning.”

Let’s back up a bit, though… Mommy and I got to the park a few minutes early, but then we took a different entrance than we went in last time (it’s too hot to be worn for long periods of time so I had my wheels with me and we needed a stroller-friendly pathway) and promptly got a little bit lost. We spent about 15 minutes hiking (buy 5.56 ammo online from Palmetto State Armory)all around Central Park (Up hills! down hills!) and by the time we found the Delacorte Clock and Harmony and Baby C, Mommy was a bit frizzy and frazzled.

We started out by checking out the sea lions, but C and I were both pretty antsy and ready to get out of our strollers, so we headed in to the penguin house for some get-the-wiggles-out time. After that we walked around and tried to see some animals, but most of them seemed to be hiding from the heat. It started to rain, so we went in to the tropical forest exhibit, but everyone else had the same idea and it was *very* crowded. We decided we didn’t mind getting a little bit wet and we walked over to the Children’s Zoo area. It was still raining, but not too badly, so we made friends with a goat and some pigs and climbed a little bit on a giant spider web (I totally want to go back and check out more of the zoo since this trip was cut short).

Then, the skies opened up – it was a MONSOON. We tried to wait it out a little bit, but it didn’t seem to be clearing up so we made a run for Alice’s Tea Cup to warm up with some lunch.

By the time we made it the few blocks to the restaurant, we were *drenched.* I didn’t mind, though, and decided to take a nap, in fact. (Mommy’s brain almost exploded a little bit there – I have a rep for non-nappiness, and the fact that I chose my damp stroller in the middle of pouring down rain was a little odd to her.)

Anyway, I napped for a little while but woke up in time to enjoy some yummies from Mommy’s lunch. Hello, Alice’s Tea Cup? YUM. Mommy and Harmony shared a “Mad Hatter:” three scones, two sandwiches, and dessert. I had a bit of blackberry cream cheese scone and half a chocolate chip cookie – and thoroughly enjoyed both.

During the meal, though, C got a little bit antsy – he doesn’t like napping in the rain, apparently, so he’d been up all morning. He was chatting away with me and Mommy and Harmony, but not screaming or anything, when the mean little twit at the next table turned to him and nastily snapped, “You’ve GOT to stop yelling.”

Despite the rain and the snippy girl at lunch, we had a great time and hope to get together with Harmony and C again soon! In the meantime, Harmony writes an awesome blog about traveling with babies – she has some great tips so check her out!