Mercer visits Central Park Zoo and FAO Schwarz

Pop sacrificed his fever-stricken body to accompany Mercer and Mom to the Central Park zoo today. It was such a beautiful day that it was hard to let something like a 102 degree fever stand in the way. We chugged down to Manhattan, avoiding Memorial Day parade street closures and parked in an overpriced garage after failing to find street parking.
We waited on line for tickets and Mercer thought it was a good idea to slip on some shades.
We saw some Snow Monkeys, which Mercer really liked. He wanted to jump over the railing, but after taking a look at the water, Mom and Pop didn't think that was such a great idea.

The Polar Bear was a huge hit. We got to see him swimming, which was a treat because when we saw him later on, he was just sunning himself on some rocks.
We also saw some Penguins and Puffins, which Mercer loved, but they moved too fast to get any decent pictures. We did see the seal feeding, which was a lot of fun. The seals climbed to the top of their rocks, and Mercer was yelling "Careful! Careful!" The seals did backflips into the water and caught sardines in their mouths, which Mercer giggled at.

Once we were done at the zoo, we decided to take a walk to FAO Schwarz, the world-famous toy store. Mercer was a very good boy while inside and he went crazy investigating all of the specialty toys. We wound up getting him a car (of course), but the highlight of the visit was Mercer playing on the giant piano made famous by the 1988 movie Big, starring John Heard and Robert Loggia.