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Daddy took the kids to School this morning. Only this time, He got a bit lost.

We’ve been members @ the Nashville zoo pretty much from the moment that Mary was born. One of the nice things they do is have members only events. This morning was the ‘Members’ morning. They open the zoo an hour early, allow free rides on the Carousel, and you get to watch the animals being released into their habitats.

We loaded the kids up as normal (but about 30 minutes earlier than usual… Good thing they don’t watch the clock). Ordinarily, Mary is VERY tuned into the route that she takes in the van. Today wasn’t much different, except that they got Cereal and Milk to eat in the Van… So obviously something wasn’t QUITE right.

Then Dad missed the turn.

“Dad, are you taking us to the Store? I think this is the way to the Store!” with a significant amount of fear in the voice…

“No, I know a SHORTCUT to School.”

“Oh”.

That worked for a while… She took great delight in passing cars on the Interstate (HOV lane during rush hour… Only way to go). And then she saw the sign.

“Dad… Don’t go straight! This is the Zoo way!”

“Well, would that be bad?”

“Just don’t go straight!, we can’t go to the Zoo, it’s not open on School days!”

Dad went Straight.

William continued to happily eat his cereal, wondering what his sister was freaking out over.

Soon, I don’t think Mary believed that this was much of a shortcut.

“Daddy thought you might like to come look at the Animals for a little bit before School. Is that ok?”

There wasn’t much resistance after pulling into the parking lot.

“Now Mary, what are you going to tell Mommy?”
“No! I’m not telling Mommy. I don’t want her to figure it out!”

Any bets that they want me to take them to School more often now?

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