As a kid I always loved
"See you later alligator"
to which my mother would say...
"After While crocodile"
Back in 1956 when we spend nearly a year in Northern Ireland I learned another line:
"Not tonight it's gellic night"
Not much use for that line when I returned back to Louisiana!!! Thank goodness!!!
But back to the gators.... For years we'd love to see the Alligators in Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. As a kid it was free to enter the zoo and we'd go almost every afternoon after we got home from school; we only lived a few blocks away. This past Tuesday all the schools were closed due to the schools being used as voting polls. Originally we had BIG plans to do some home canning at Erin's house but.... (there's always a but) since the kiddie's were out of school we put off those plans and loaded up the kids and headed to the Jennings Oil and Gas Park to see the Alligators. Much more fun! And personally I think it's an insane idea to try and can with ALL of the kids underfoot. Anyway the decision was made to make a lovely day of it at the Alligator house. It took about 20 minutes to find everyone's shoes and get them ON the kids and then get the kids IN the van. That's the one great thing about being a Gramma, you don't have to hunt down shoes and struggle to get them on kids all of the time. Bless the mama's out there, nothing is quick and easy. All outings are filled with hurry up and wait, where's your shoes, come back, here, who needs to go to the toilet, hurry. By the time you have most of the kids loaded there's always one who has left the scene and needs to be shephered back.
Son in law said to take the little man with us because he wasn't sleepy AT ALL, and he didn't need a nap. Yeah right!!! Doesn't look awake to me.
Once inside the Alligator House we were told not to scream or make any loud noises as it would disturb the baby alligator and someone might get bit. My big fear was that little man might wake up.... he didn't and none of us got bit either. It really was fun seeing the kids hold the little gator.
It was a fun day. Got lots of brochures and plan on going back that way soon. Next time I'll bring hubby along. Then I'll suggest we stop at Fezzo's for lunch. Now they have some good food over there! The smells will just about make you think you've died and gone to heaven. You know I hope they have some good cajun food in heaven!!! When we eat at Fezzo's I never make it to dessert. I'm always stuffed from the main course. Oh man, I'm making myself hungry just thinking about their fried catfish and their crawfish bisque.
