We pull up to the Giraffe House which is this little fenced in area just between Stellenbosch and Paarl. There is a cute giraffe on the sign and I thought I was in for a day of giraffe petting. Welp, I didn't get to pet a giraffe, but I got to 'pet' many other things.
After the preschoolers went mental looking at all of the different animals that they have there they settled down for the educational portion of the day. The Afrikaans curator brought out two big bins, but you couldn't see inside of them. Then LUCKY ME, he caught me talking while he was talking and made me come up to the front so I could be his show girl. Delightful. Because I'm not terrified to death of creepy crawlies, yea right. He also made mention that he's going to speak in Afrikaans so that the poor American doesn't understand what he's saying. Nice.
Round One:
I honestly thought he was going to give me a snake (and I really don't mind snakes) because of the hissing noise that was coming from inside his hand, but no... it was a madagascar hissing cockroach. Let's pretend for a second that I didn't freak out and start shaking while screaming bloody murder and that I just accepted the cockroaches and even thought they were cool... then stop pretending and remember that I HATE BUGS WITH ALL OF MY BEING.
GROSS ME GREEN.
Round 2: Turn a frog into a prince. My friend Mr. Curator actually pushed the frog into my lips, so yea... sorry Jorg :-/
Round 3: Mr. Curator says "really, with this one please don't freak out, you have to be very still.
Round 4: "Let's have Samantha stick her hand into my magic bag, then you guys say 'abra kadabra"... if you don't say it right a bunny won't come out, something worse will come out". So I looked at Mr. Curator... and I whispered "you better tell me right now if there is a bug in there because if there is there is no way in h-e-double hockey sticks that I am putting my hand in that bag." He assured me it wasn't a bug... so in I went.
Hahaha, the kids loved it.
He then had a few of the kids come up to the front...
Not going to lie, I did not expect to go to Giraffe House to face my biggest fear, but I did it and I lived to tell the story! Of course I must show you a picture of their token giraffe, Gerry. (Strange that this place was called Giraffe House and there was only one giraffe... and he didn't even live in a house?!?!? (chuckle chuckle)) The kids has a great time running along the fence with Gerry.
Before leaving for the day Mr. Curator stopped me on my way out to ask if I wanted to hold the python. YES SIR. So he let me hold the python and it was SO AWESOME.
All in all what a wonderful day!!
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