Today we got to celebrate my beautiful Bella's birthday! To start the day, Craig made her favorite-- French toast-- which was a yummy way to start the day.
Bella decided that she wanted to go to the Los Angeles Zoo. We were so lucky because Craig got today off for Cesar Chavez day! It was a very nice day for the zoo--not too hot or cool, just perfect. Bella had made a list in advance of all the animals she wanted to see and checked them off as we saw them. She was so cute walking around with her clipboard! The first guy we saw was an alligator right near the entrance.
We were also delighted to find this adorable ladybug!
Soon we saw the meerkats and the flamingos. Both were fun to see.
Shortly after, we saw a few Koala Bears. They were so adorable sleeping all snuggly in their trees. They were Bella's favorite.
Another favorite were the Orangutans! There was a mom and a baby and they were so cute! A man went up to the mom and said "Why don't you throw me that stick?" and next thing we knew, she threw it at him!! So the man threw it back, and she threw it again!! This time it hit another man on the ear!! (I'm sure it hurt, but nothing serious.) So the man did not throw it back. But then, the Orangutan got another stick and threw it! I was almost to leave because I didn't want the girls to get hit! But then luckily she stopped. It was so surprising and funny!
We also loved watching the Gorillas strut around, the huge "baby" behind it's mama.
We loved the giraffe's--they were so cute! The girls loved the big banyon tree across the way. I could hardly get Ceci out of it--that's why I didn't get a picture of the giraffe eating leaves off the tree! I probably can't remember all we saw, but we saw a tiger, a camel, zebras, mountain goats, lions, tortoises, an elephant, a brown bear, a peacock, kangaroos and much more. The girls had a wonderful time. We stayed until after closing and had to run to make it to the gift shop before they closed!! Bella had her heart set on this little purse with a little Cheetah inside. I'm glad we could get it for her--she loves it.
So we went to Twohey's for dinner. We LOVE their bittersweet chocolate sundaes! It was great that Grandpa could join us, too! The girls love that at Twohey's they give you a coloring page and crayons so they were very happy. After dinner, we got our Sundaes and sang "Happy Birthday" to Bella. I CAN'T believe she's 8 years old!
Afterwards, we gave her her gift which was one of the things she'd requested-- a beautiful music/ jewelry box. It has a horse that goes round and round and plays "Claire de Lune." She loves it!
More celebrating tomorrow with Grandma!
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