with the blast shield down

I don't think this was meant to represent any of the Chinese Zodiac, as Years of the Teapot or the Jedi Training Ball are not known things. The lantern show at the zoo entertained one child and irritated the other, but they both liked the acrobatic show and didn't whine too much despite basically wandering up and down a hill in the persistent rain for two hours. I missed their bedtime to pop to a rare post-work thing with work people past and present.