The weather was gorgeous...77, sunny with a cool breeze. We could not have asked for better weather and better company. Most of our family was there, with an exception of a few, who were missed.
The Zoo was busier than normal because of Easter. There were fun festivities for the kids - face painting, petting area with rabbits and ducklings, games, inflatable bouncers. The only downside to the extra fun stuff was we, the birthday party, got placed inside a building, rather than have it outside as we normally would. The building we were in goes by the name of "Creepy Crawlies". So yeah, you can only imagine how "excited" momma was to have her beautiful daughter's party in a room full of bugs. Much less a room that smelled like animal poop, mixed with a little bit of fish smell. It stunk...to say the least. But yet, the party continued on and we made the best of the "crappy" room.
As plates and cups were being set out, we all mingled and everyone caught up on the past year. A few of the people at the party had not seen each other since Elizabeth's birthday party, last year.
It was finally time to sing to the Birthday girl, and I made the wise decision to hold her because she always tears up when a ton of people sing. I think it's too loud. She kind of shied away, but had a little smile on her face the entire time we were singing to her. She blew out out the candles and then Tina (my SIL) cut the cake and and I passed it out. Everyone raved about how delicious it was...and it really was. Thank you Jay's Bakery for adding 5 lbs. to my derriere.
After we got done eating, and visiting, we decided to skip opening the presents because the smell in the room was getting increasingly worse. So at that point, everyone made their way outside. Some, such as my grandparents, did not want to ride the train, so we departed from a few of the birthday guests and made our way to the train. Elizabeth was gleaming when she saw it pulling up. She could not wait to take a ride.
The train ride was all it could be and more for the birthday girl. She did so well and was just in awe of all the wildlife running free. Especially the Zebra's. She had been talking about seeing the Zebra's for weeks and her chance had finally arrived. She pointed and smiled and laughed...and I was doing the same thing, but mostly directed towards Elizabeth because watching her excitement, made me so incredibly happy. At one point on the train ride, we were able to get off and go see the Hippo's and Gorilla's.
The train ride had to come to an end and we were now excited to walk around the Zoo, and see the rest of the animals. But before we did that, we had to get a picture with the Easter bunny. Elizabeth would have it no other way. She didn't give us much of a choice because as soon as she saw the Easter bunny, she bolted towards him and he scooped her up. Thankfully there was no one waiting in line at that time. She did not want to leave his lap and asked him a few times if he would like to go see the "aMinals" with her. It was precious.
After picture time, we finally began the journey. She was just so amazed at the monkeys and tigers. She watched them and would say repeatedly, "They're so cute!". It took a little over an hour to see everything, but we finally made it through and although we were happy to be done, Liz was not ready to leave. So, we decided to take her to the slide area and let her play some more. We found some family members and chatted with them while Liz played with her cousins/friends. After a half hour or so, we finally said our goodbye's, thanked everyone for coming, and headed out.
The Birthday girl was exhausted. She fell asleep not 3 min. after getting in the car.
It was a perfect day and I am extremely pleased at the way things turned out. We could not have asked for a better birthday for Elizabeth and she deserves every bit of it.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGEL!
Momma loves you!
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