Colorado- June 2012: the zoo

We took lots of pictures in Colorado, so I will just start with one of our fun adventures.  Nana took us to the zoo on Cheyenne Mountain.  Hannah loved feeding the birds and riding the kiddie train!  We even fed the giraffes some lettuce- their tongues are pretty slimy.

March Review

Since March is drawing to a close- and since the last posts were about birthdays in February- I thought I would just put together a quick summary of March! Maybe April blogging will be better. . .

Here is Hannah reading with Aaron in his office.  He had been gone for a few days and Hannah couldn't wait to see him!

Here is Hannah in her very retro excercise outfit :)  She loves being outside and going "around the mullberry bush."

 I bought Hannah some orange play-doh for those rainy days.  She loves it!

 Hannah helped me make a St. Patrick's Day wreath.  She was the Official Glue Helper.  She now feels it is her duty to apply any glue that has to be applied on any project in the house!

 We visited the Ft. Worth zoo again this Spring Break.  Hannah and Aaron really enjoyed feeding the birds.

 Hannah was thrilled to discover sidewalk chalk!

That same afternoon, Aaron discovered a nest that had fallen from a tree.  We named it "The Best Nest" (in honor of one of Hannah's favorite books right now).  Then we added some fluff [a.k.a lint] and put the nest back in the tree in hopes that another bird will make use of it.  Hannah has been asking the see The Best Nest ever since!

This pic is so funny to me!! It occured after I made her pose for the 5th time of putting the fluff in the nest :)

Zoo Lights at the Denver Zoo

Burke invited us to see one of his favorite holiday sites: Zoo Lights at the Denver Zoo.  Pretty cold but pretty spectaular.  There are not a whole lot of pictures to show because it was so dark.  But there is a great story to share: while we admired the ice sculptures, two ladies started to do acrobatics hanging from fabric from the ceiling.  Pretty neat.  But not to Burke.  His reaction: "This doesn't make sense.  These ladies are stressing me out."  Love that boy!

Denver Zoo

While we were in Colorado we made our first visit to the Denver Zoo.  It was fun and exciting.  Hannah's favorites were the Artic foxes, the seals and the bears.  Burke had a great time as the tour guide- he loved informing everyone about all his favorite sites!

Fort Worth Zoo

Here are some pictures that Nana took during our trip to the Fort Worth zoo last week.  Hannah's first trip to a zoo was not all that thrilling- she did not see most of the animals (she couldn't focus on small animals in big enclosures and the barriers are really high).  But she loved the birds, the tiger, and the kangaroo.  Piper Jane and Hannah actually fell asleep during the last leg of the trip at the primate section.  We hope to make another trip to this amazing zoo in a few month- with Daddy in tow to lift Hannah up high enough to see!