Zooropa 2

I don't have much to add to Shannon's report, except that she buried the lede. In the parking lot, while she was putting sunscreen to Cordelia, Carly decided to do this, totally unbidden:

And after that, they carried on pretty much as they always have at the zoo together:

In case you've forgotten, this was them last year:

Anyway, besides getting his first smooch, the other big change was that this year, Cody bought his stuffies with his own money! (Which he has earned by learning to break the habit of chewing on his fingernails. See the relevant previous episode here.)

The best part of this year's zoo trip from the perspective of animal watching was the Great Cats island. The big male lion made an appearance and then roared for maybe 60 seconds straight--which was an amazing, vaguely terrifying experience. The sound has so much bass to it that you can feel some of those low frequencies in the pit of your stomach. (If you look at the large version of Shannon's picture, you can see him, standing like he was posed by a Disney animator.)

We also saw the cheetahs up close and walking around. Cody was so taken with them that I was pretty sure we'd be bringing a cheetah home with us. But I was wrong. We brought two:

Which he paid for with his very own money. Sixteen dollars. All in singles.