Tyler Family 4!: January 2011

First off - please ignore the date on the pics.. I got a new camera & don't really know how to work it..
SO!
I have to say - This was one of the top 3 coolest days of my life..
(kids being born each get a day - this ranked #3 on the neato-ometer)

Dan's boss's son is a fancy-schmancy movie producer.. or something along the lines of that.. I'm not really all that sure...
SO, one way or another - he's got his hands on some penguins for a movie they just finished filming - and asked his father if he wanted to make a trip to NYC to play with the little flightless birdies.
In turn - Dan's boss invited the kids & us to come & see.. because honestly, when would you ever get to play with penguins.
The most I can hope for is the kids remember the cool day they got to hang out in a fishy smelling freezer in Brooklyn & play penguins.

I really couldn't get over their little tushies.. I wanted to grab that little nubbin tail..

and I thought that was my favorite penguin feature -

until we went thru and looked at all the picture - and I discovered the bottoms of their little feet are black

Black little footprints SO outranks a little nubbin tail any day!

but the tail was pretty cute

These little buggers were so nosey - I was in heaven!!

They're especially lucky I didn't grab one & hug it..

maybe if they got one penguin step closer I would have

The really followed the bucket of fish around..

funny how that works

They each had a little band on their wingie that let you know who was who..

and for the love of ivy - I don't know why I didn't ask if they had names..

(probably because I'd be heartbroken if the penguin-guy told me "This one is Orange, this one is Green, this one is YellowStripes..")

So they would mooch a few fishies..

pose for a few photos...

then hop into their little pool for a swim..

then rinse & repeat...

I have to say - there's not much better than a penguin walking by with his little wingies out for balance...

Both kids were a little nervous at first, when the guy comes over with the bucket of fish -

so do 10 eager penguins.. which can be a little intimadating for a kid..

but once they saw these guys had no interest in their toddler fingers - they warmed up to them

(As much as a kid can warm up in a refridgerated box car)

Girl explaining to Dan "Daddy, they're smelly"

Fish guy

Once the fishies were all gobbled ... this guy just hung out & waited nicely

and once all the fishies were gobbled -

I knew they would come over at the slightest sign of food..

I figured one of two things could happen:

1) The penguin would chomp my finger & not hurt because honestly - I didn't think they had teeth.. sort of the same concept as the chickens..

2) The penguins would have ferocious teeth - and I would walk around for the rest of my life with a nub.. but I would be able to tell people a penguin bit my finger off.

it was a win win

no teeth