So last week we went to the zoo.  We joined a group of all of 3 families who braved the cold to see but a few animals that they allow to brave the January temperatures.  (Not even the penguins were out.)

But we did get to go into the giraffe barn.

Have you ever heard a giraffe pee?  It sounds like a firehose.  As soon as I heard the sound of the tall mammal urinating and told Charming, he grabbed the kids and went running to witness the event. I couldn’t believe the speed of his reaction.  It was like someone said there was an available Nintendo Wii.

Now Engineer and Sugar have some pretty interesting prayers at times.  Engineers are usually understandable, with an initial "Dear Heavenly Father" and a closing "Amen".  But the stuff in the middle is sometimes a little muddled.  It’s as if he has interpreted what he thinks we said and translates it into how he thinks it sounds.  Sugar bases her prayers off of what Engineer says, so hers are even more random and unintelligible.

And yet the day after we went to the zoo, she felt it was important to tell Heavenly Father that giraffes, yes indeed, do pee.  Her prayer went something like this: "Blah, blah, hmm, hoo doo, And giraffes pee… and giraffes poop… hmm, hoo ha, Amen."

And then Engineer’s prayer this night was, "Dear Heavenly Father, I am thankful for this day.  Chocolate is so good and yummy, yummy and I can have a drink.  Name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Who taught these people how to pray?