save the rainforest

tonight we attended a "meet the rainforest" night at the elementary school. i saw it advertised in the newspaper and they said there would be a monkey. Q has been a big monkey fan lately so we figured it might be worth the $10. for 2 hours, we got to sit on the floor of the gymnasium with a few hundred of our townsfolk which made the place so warm, it felt like we were actually in the rainforest. it ended up being much better than we expected - worth the cash and the sore rumps. -

quentin awaits the start of the show

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the scarlet macaw - i know this from go diego go

this one freaked quentin out. it was the first animal to come out and it flew out into the gym and circled the crowd. i don't think he was expecting that!

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another macaw named kelly -

- python!

the dude had some kids volunteer to come up on stage and then the crew brought this guy out. the guy then said, "ooh this guy's getting angry" and the little boy holding the head flipped out. too funny. then he explained how pythons suffocate their prey and asked if anyone wanted to volunteer to demonstrate that - most of the kids in attendance raised their hands. -

- quentin's reaction to the enormous snake - - the python being naughty based on the guy's reaction, i don't think the snake's antics were planned -

- gators! -

- as Q said, "big gator" -

- kinkajous - another critter we've seen diego save on nick jr.

they are not monkeys. but they were close enough for Q. -

- a serval - a creepy vicious cat thing -

- and what we came for... the capuchin monkey... drinking from a sippy cup

quentin immediately reached for his cup so he could drink like the monkey -

- and caroline was there! -