They're laughing at us...

We were all straining to get a glimpse of them. They were frolicking about, wading in the water, sunbathing on the warm rocks and just taking in the day. It was very crowded and they had quite an audience. Most of them didn't pay us any attention, as I'm sure that they were very used to being bothered. Jam and Mudd were peering out of the Urban Double with the sunshade that kept them deliciously shady, and made the stroller seem that much more cumbersome and overwhelming. We were getting pushed about some because we were taking up a ton of room. We situated ourselves at the ape exhibit although my eyes wandered to the next exhibit over because it was empty, and I longed to look at the gazelles instead. Gazelles don't exactly have the same cache to a two year old, not like apes, anyway. Jam wouldn't hear of it. "Apes, Mommy, look."
I was looking at the apes but I wasn't impressed. I knew that they were mocking us. "We really aren't that different, you and I," the big ape was saying. His wife put the kiddos on her back and moved to a rock that blocked our view. We were like the paparrazi gathering photos for the all time stupidest page in US Weekly, "Stars, they're just like us." You know, the page where they catch celebrities doing "normal" and "everyday" things like sneezing, drinking coffee et al. Uhh, yea..they're just people, people. These apes were looking at us and thinking "give us a break."
I so wanted to leave, but the boys were loving the spectacle, or lack thereof. Finally, the Momma ape had enough bothering for one day. She angled over to us, and then turned around and stuck her bottom in our faces. You go girl!