dreams really do come true!

while there was magic a-plenty in DC, there was one moment that took the cake. and that was when i got to stand in front of a window peering into a small room decorated with rocks, bamboo, and a mural of hazy mountains to see a real. live. PANDA. EATING. BAMBOO! mind = blown.

toddler panda consuming 50 pounds of bamboo sysematically = tru luv:


dan, alan, and jon were perfect gems, letting me ooh and aah for as long as i wanted, perhaps even getting minorly excited about seeing that precious little bear.

oh, and we got to the great apes house just in time to see a two hour old baby gorilla being cradled in its mother's arms.

i so fully love DC.