Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to my mom! She is the best. Here we are at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens sharing a good book with some frog friends. I love you, Mom!

Happy Birthday Joey and Benny

Happy birthday to my baby brother, Joe! I hope you have a food birthday. We got to celebrate with Joe when we visited for the holidays. We made him this cake! We made a cute squirrel in top with a cookie cutter and minty green colored sugar. I would also like to wish Raoul's dad a happy birthday, too. His birthday was yesterday. Happy birthday, Benny!

My Zoo Birthday

On my birthday we went for a trip to Zoo Atlanta. We had so much fun. The zoo has many baby animals that were born within the last year, so I thought this was our chance to see the little ones in action. Here are some of the animals we saw that day.




Check out those eyelashes!










Here is the momma kangaroo - you can tell cos of her pouch. She had a baby joey six months ago.


You can see the baby's little back paw peeking out of the pouch in this photo. The zoo keepers told us the baby will come out within the next month or so.




Next were the pandas. There was a newborn panda, but we did not get to see it. I think it was hiding in another part of their home.








This is the three year old panda. They love to eat bamboo.


We also got to go to the petting zoo. Doesn't this goat have such a happy smile?


I love how the wooly sheep feel.










Then we came back around to the kangaroos. We got to see thet little joey peeking out of the pouch! What an exciting day!


Look how sweet they are - momma and baby!












Then we got to see the baby giraffe! This baby giraffe was born in July.






These two were helping each other reach the leaves. they also were very snuggly.


We also saw the baby gorillas. This is the younger of the two riding on the momma's back.








This is my best picture of the two tiger cubs, too. Notice the white spots on the back of their ears? Those are to make other animals think those are eyes.


I love the otters! They were very playful when we got to see them.






The little orangutan was showing off for everyone watching.




This is the baby orangutan and the momma. This is my best picture of them together.


This is one of my new favorite animals, the red panda!




The naked mole rats were so strange!


And here is my Dad and Mom enjoying their day at the zoo!

Happy Dad's Day

Happy Father's Day to my Dad! He is the best "duddee" anyone could ask for! Dad is always there to lend a helping hand and make my project ideas happen. He is the greatest at using power tools, installing ceiling fans, and cooking! I mean, just look at this picture ledge we made last time they were in town! Thank you Dad for all you do! We love and miss you!