Stripes, Anyone?

So . . . Wednesday. Once we got back to Oakville, we had a great time in the pool with the kids. Or rather, Hubby did - I went for a massage with my mom's massage therapist. My neck/shoulder have still been bothering me - the RMT that I saw in lieu of my regular one was okay, but did not release the knot completely, so it rebounded (and it came back even worse). Well, Libby certainly knows what she's doing! A lot of massage therapists shy away from deep tissue work in the neck. But that's what I NEED! And let me tell you, that's what I got. Not exactly comfortable, but yoga breathing helped, and it's awesome to be able to move without twingy pain. There's still a bit of a knot left, but she released so many others that I'm not having rebound issues.

Wednesday evening, we attempted to deep fry a turkey. We were test-running it before Thanksgiving in October - I mean, who wants to screw up Thanksgiving dinner, right? Good thing - the instructions were not AS specific as they could have been, and the breast and wings cooked fine, but the legs weren't completely done. That's okay - there was enough to eat, and we cooked the rest in a pot on the stove. We'll do it again, but not for Thanksgiving, because if it rains at all, you have to shut everything off and cover it. There was wine, more on the deck once the kids went to bed, and I really should have had more water.

Hangover Thursday - we went to African Lion Safari. We drove through in our own vehicle, and the kids were dying for one of the baboons to climb onto our car. Unfortunately, the car in front was opening the windows and feeding the animals (totally not allowed - they were even asked to stop by a park ranger, and did - until he was out of sight). They actually caused a screaming, chasing fight between the baboons. We finally got one to climb up, and the kids were thrilled. We also saw the giraffes, and the rhinos, and the lions, and the cheetahs. And the zebras. Ah, the zebras. One male was standing quite proudly, displaying his rather impressive manhood. Of course, Corwin noticed and said "what's that? Poop?" And Clara said,"no, Corwin, it's a penis". "No it's not, it's poop!". I had to say that yes, Clara was correct. And Corwin's response - "it's too big! And it's just black - it should be black and white striped!" Anyone else giggling at that visual?

Once through the game reserve, we had lunch and then checked out some of the other attractions. We saw the parrot show, went to the petting zoo, and we were just on our way to see the elephants when the thunderstorm really hit. We just got into the car before the rain started. So. . . we drove through the game reserve again. It was really awesome - the cheetahs were all walking around, the lions were alert . . . and the giraffes had disappeared. I guess they put them away somewhere due to the likelihood that they would get hit by lightning in a storm. We headed home after that. Gotta love it when the kids totally crash on the way home. Ahhh. . . no more questions to answer!