Saturday
1. Full Tank of Gas - check2. music for the road- check
3. bottles for Teddy- check
4. raided the pantry and refrigerator for something to eat for lunch- check
5. charged the camera battery- check
6. drive to Fossil Rim for some animal lovin-check
7. lovely time for just the 4 of us- check.
We have an "animal safari" about an hour or so from our house. We have been several times and thought we should head down on Saturday. We had a great time. Lulu and I lip synced to my iPod on the drive down. Mamma Mia (a current favorite), Journey, Joe Purdy, and of course Disney tunes were belted out using lipstick containers as microphones.
Inside the park you drive slow enough that you can take the kids out of their seats and let them run free (inside the car). We enjoyed zebras, ostriches (not so much), giraffes, and countless other African animals roaming free. You drive through in your own car and you can feed them too. My favorite part of the trip is always the giraffes. If you are patient enough they will put their head in your car. LOVE IT.
We stopped mid-way through the park and ate lunch. The strawberries and raspberries with whipped cream, wheat thin crackers, apples, and carrots were delicious (there wasn't much in our refrigerator or pantry). We hopped back in and finished the tour. Teddy even learned how to drive.
Sunday
The Menu
Salmon w/raisin, lemon, pine nut dressing
Cantaloupe
Prickly Pear, Pomegranate, Sicilian Lemon, and Blood Orange Italian Sodas
Dessert
Lemon and Raspberry Cupcakes
Individual Blue Bell Ice Cream
More Cantaloupe
Remains of the delicious chocolate cake used to celebrate another birthday boy
The Decorations
Homemade banner for Teddy Bear (thanks for the blue print Rachel)
The Party Guests
Lots of our lovely friends and their kids for a total of 12 Adults and 15 kids.
The MAN of the HOUR
Happy First Birthday Teddy
6 comments:
I love the pictures of the giraffe poking its head in your car! Your lunch at the park sounds pretty good to me. Anytime there's berries and cream...
Yummy looking party for Teddy! I demand those flavors of ice cream sodas! Happy birthday to the little guy, I cannot believe he is 1 already.
Love the pictures. Happy Birthday Teddy boy. I can't believe it has already been a year. I am awful for some reason I thought his birthday was this coming weekend. We love you buddy, wish we could have been there
that young boy's father must be quite a guy.
Wow, the giraffe pictures are amazing!
wow look at those flowers! love all the decorations and goodies!
We tried the orange blueberry today. I think I like it . . . It was a delicious meal.
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