Spring Photo

A "Wild" Night

Yesterday we drove up for a special "members only" evening at the zoo. It was a great time. After a quick turn through the aquatic buildings then playing for nearly an hour at the "bug park" playground, Georgia chose to go into the lorikeet habitat first where we fed the birds some sugar water.

The birds were positively ravenous! Brian had

FIVE birds on him at one point!  

Can't you just see how happy he was about that??

After feeding the lorikeets, we headed to the kangaroo habitat. There, Georgia stood within about a foot of a kangaroo munching on some clover.

Next we saw the komodo dragons. Brian and Georgia are loving the Discovery Channel series Life right now and just saw a piece about the komodo so they were very excited to see one up close.

He/she is ugly.

We made our way around and saw sea otters (so cute!), colobus monkeys, a cheetah, orangutans, gorillas, and the beautiful okapi.

After a spin on the carousel...

...we checked in on the penguins.  Most were "chilling" indoors
but this little guy happily swam back and forth alone.

After the zoo, we met Grandad and Nana at
Jeni’s for ice cream. Delicious! 

Thanks for treating, Grandad and Nana!
It was great to visit with you guys! 

Sidenote: Brian just learned that a nearby coffee shop
now carries our beloved Jeni’s ice cream
in pints!  We are so excited!

Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday to Carter & Stacy!!  Yesterday, the big man turned 6 and Stacy's turns 35 today!  They celebrated their special days with an overnight in the Windy City!  We hope it is/was great fun! 

Ballerina Hair

Today our friend Heather showed me how to put Georgia's hair

into a smooth bun for her ballet recital. I am not sure I will be able

to duplicate this but I will try!