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10 million parents and 5 kids:

Yesterday morning was the big registration fair for next year's ECFE classes in Edina. I have no idea why you have to register 7 months in advance, but you do. You also have to stand in one of two enormous lines: Line One is for Edina residents and is, naturally, catered with fresh coffee and cookies; Line Two is for non-residents and, to the best of my knowledge, requires that you bring your own snacks.

I dropped Libby off around 8:30. She made it to the front of the line around 10:30, did all the enrollment stuff, worked out a ride home with some other mom, and was walking in our front door around 11. That's two and a half hours, which sounds bad, but it really isn't when you consider that people start lining up at 10pm the night before for this thing. Woo wee, that's a long time in line. I hope your 15 month old ends up on the honor roll.

10 million kids and 5 parents:

In contrast, last Saturday morning - before The Big Sick infested our house - we went down to the Zoo to sip coffee with the dolphins and mingle with the monkeys and generally not wait in any ginormous lines. We got there pretty much right when it opened and it was quiet and peaceful in the beginning, but after an hour or so a tsunami of green-vested girls washed in to celebrate Girl Scout Day at the Zoo and the whole place kinda went bananas. I'm not saying it was bad, it just changed the vibe. It was actually kind of neat.

I took some zoo pics: