Gibbons and picnics

We visited the Gibbon Conservation Center in Saugus on Saturday, when it offered a Mother's Day open house with moms getting in free.

 I had been to the center before as a child, but it had been many years, and Stace and the girls had never been.

The center has nearly 40 gibbons from five different species, and is the most successful gibbon breeding facility in the world.

When we visited, there were several babies, including this little guy. Known as the singing apes, the gibbons raced back and forth in their compounds, swinging and singing with all their might. I was glad Violet wasn't scared of the noise. Cora, meanwhile, was very scared of the red ants here and there in the dirt.

The open house was well organized, with lots of volunteers on hand and free healthful snacks and water.
On the video clip, you can hear the singing.

 

Then, we went on to Heritage Park for the annual church picnic. Here, Cora insisted she could do the monkey bars all by herself, until she got to them.











Cora and Violet both liked having their face and arm painted with butterflies and Hello Kitties.