How penguins made me momentarily glad to not have children

A couple of weeks ago hubs and I went to our local zoo to see a penguin walk.  On the weekends over the winter, weather permitting, the zoo lets the penguins outside to walk around.  On Saturday the sun was shining and it was beautiful (and above zero degrees for the first time in over a week) so I convinced hubs to go and see the penguins.  We ended up getting there a little bit early and got to talking to this other couple who had been to the penguin walk before so they knew the best place to stand.  And the woman warned us that we'd have to hold our ground because people with strollers would try to push us out of the way.

Anyway, the penguins came out and ran around and it was hilarious and fascinating and we enjoyed it a lot.  Then a two penguins decided to have a "romantic moment" on full display for everyone to see.  As I watched so many parents scrambling to either explain what was going on to their kids or to shield their eyes from it, I was momentarily thankful to not have children and not have to worry about how I would address this situation.  Though having grown up on a farm I received a pretty early education on how babies are made and probably would have done a much better job explaining it then the parents did.

The Happy Couple

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Klara and Loribeth recently shared the stories of why they chose not not to adopt.  You can read their stories here and here.  I love that there are so many women bravely sharing their stories.