Our incredibly cute granddaughter, Charlotte, turned 3 today.
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And she celebrated with a jungle-themed party at the zoo. Lots of yummy food
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Safari hats for keeping the hot sun off your head and binoculars for siting all the animals. A cooler day would have been nice, but the weather wanted to play along too, so we had a jungle-like hot and steamy day.
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Presents...
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And more cake than someone knew what to do with.
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And then off to the animals (this sign just sizzles).
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Hey, check this out...
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And I even got a picture of these four, looking surprisingly similar to flamingoes.
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Every time we asked Charlotte what she wanted for her birthday, she always said, "chocolate and a yoyo." So a bag full of chocolate kisses and Grandpa's blue yoyo, and then we continued with an art theme. Colored pencils that smelled like root beer, bubble gum, oranges. A great little crayon wallet, complete with crayons and a pad of paper that I got from
Sew Fantastic, and an artist's apron that I made from
Anna Maria Horner's most wonderful oilcloth. (If you can find some of this fabric, grab it!)
(Side note: In keeping with the whole jungle theme, tonight I sewed bindings on two quilts: a quilt for Levi made from lots of jungle animal prints, and a bright floral quilt where I used black and white zebra print called "party animal," which would have also been a good post title, now that I think about it...)
Happy Birthday, Charlotte. You're getting so big, and we love you so much.
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September 20, 2009 at 6:09 AM
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Grandma G
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September 20, 2009 at 6:28 AM
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September 21, 2009 at 8:55 AM
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September 21, 2009 at 10:09 AM
we don't have a zoo in our town... but I love them!!
I take my boys every year to visit one.
Happy birthday cute girl!
What a great party! Happy Birthday, Charlotte!!
Looks like the party-goers had a wildly good time.
Best blog title ever. Or at least til the new one.
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