We celebrated Greg's birthday with a trip to the zoo. (Because what else would you do when it's 27 degrees outside?)
It turned out to be a great time to visit the zoo. The animals were all as busy as animals in a zoo can be. So it sure beat visiting on a hot summer afternoon when the animals are hiding in the shade. We even saw the whole lion family out and scampering about--and that daddy lion sure has a mighty roar.
Pictures from our outing...
Look! That grizzly looks just like my kids. David and Mary like to have really big claws too! From now on when they refuse to have their fingernails trimmed, we get to call them "Grizzly."
The highlight of the our trip was visiting the red pandas. I've been to our little zoo a million times, but I've never bothered to wander over to the red pandas. Little did I know what I've been missing: They are so cute! So cute, so cute, so cute! I'm not one to get caught up in cuteness like watching YouTube videos of kittens, but these little guys had me squealing like a ten-year-old in love with Mr. Bieber.
And now, because every blog needs a dozen pictures of red pandas taken by a 6-year-old (really! every blog does--it will increase its cuteness factor by 3000), I present to you a dozen pictures of red pandas taken by a 6-year-old:
Okay, so that wasn't quite a dozen. But you get the idea, right? And are you not dying from the cuteness or what?!! (We all agreed that they look like some cute Pokemon. Can you tell we have Pokemon on the brain in our house? Yikes.)
It was a happy trip to the zoo on a happy birthday!
Happy Birthday, Greg!
P.S. Okay, so if it weren't for the red pandas (Red Panda to the rescue!), it probably would have been a pretty lame birthday. BUT the day after Greg's birthday, we did drag the kids to The Muppets. Hooray! Oh, and Greg is getting a NEW CAR. So he's not complaining about anything.
