Rowen the Lion

Rowen's newest obsession is lions. I am not really sure how this new interest came about. Santa brought him safari animals for Christmas and he has literally not stopped playing with them ever since! I am serious. All of his other toys have taken a backseat to the safari animals but especially to his beloved lion. He rarely plays with his lightning McQueen or other cars anymore.

Ro pretends to be a lion for much of the day. He walks around on all fours, roars at us, nuzzles us, tries to eat us, chases us, and just pretty much has the time of his life being a big, strong lion! Grammy gave him two of her scarves to wear as a mane and as a tail. He wears these most days on and off.

Recently Rowen has grown out of several pairs of his cute little boy jammies. Fortunately, I found two pairs of LION pajamas at Costco! I couldn't believe it- it was meant to be :). He adores them and wants to wear them all day long.

We have been planning a trip to the zoo over spring vacation but we couldn't wait that long so we took Ro to Cat Tales this past weekend. In true Rowen fashion he was very quiet and reserved while there, in fact I was thinking the entire time that maybe it was a waste of time and money because he didn't seem impressed really. However, he hasn't stopped talking about it since we got home. Rowen likes to really take things in, ponder and wonder, ask questions then he gets excited- after the fact! This is amazing to me because I am the opposite, he definitely gets this from his dad. He was disappointed that there was not a male lion there but we did see a female lion and many tigers! It was pretty cool. We went at "feeding time" so that we could observe how they feed the tigers. It was pretty intense- those tigers eat a ton of raw meat :). And, the funniest part was when Daddy almost got sprayed by the white tiger! I guess she wanted to mark her territory ;). Rowen thinks this is so funny and has been telling anyone who will listen that "Daddy almost got pottied on by a tiger"!

Introducing, Rowen the Lion...







Here, Rowen is watching the tigers get fed. Daddy's shoulders make the best seat in the house!


Rowen and one of the tigers.


Here is the female lion and one of the tigers.

This is the only male lion we could find. Rowen was thrilled!

This little boy continues to bring so much fun to our lives. We wonder what the next big interest will be?