Author: Louanne

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We love the zoo and seem to go every time the Peterman’s visit. After the mini train ride we moved the cars up the road a bit and headed into the zoo. I think it was Evie’s idea that as many of us as possible wear superhero shirts which was really fun. It was a really nice day weather wise and we made our way casually through the zoo.

As we left the monkey house they started some construction on the roof and the Chimpanzee’s were not having ANY part of that. They all ended up outside looking suspiciously above their home.

Inside the MOLA exhibit.I have no idea if they learned anything on those phones, but they sure are cute!

Nadia took this photo of the adults and I think she did a great job!

After having lunch we headed home to get Amelie a nap while the Peterman’s stayed. Later we met up with them for our yummy meal at Pappasito’s. It was a great day and a blessing to celebrate Jessica’s birthday together!

We started out celebrating Jessica’s birthday by riding the Forest Park Mini Train.

After riding at the front of the train in December, Nadia declared that she wanted to ride the caboose next time. No one else was trying to get on the back so her and Evie had a great time.

All the girls at the end of the ride.  From there we went to the zoo (separate post) and for dinner we went to Pappasito’s which was Jessica’s birthday choice.

Amelie having fun drinking her milk. This is the only photo from Pappasito’s since we were all too busy eating.

Abby loves to cook and she is big enough now to plan out menus and help with all the cooking. While she was here she made waffles for breakfast, helped with the cake for her mom’s birthday and made “breakfast for dinner” for 3 families. We all headed over to our friends Bubba and Laura’s house. Abby had planned the meal, her parents bought the supplies and then her and Laura had a blast in Laura’s kitchen making the meal.

The menu included two kinds of sparkling juice drinks, yogurt parfaits and blueberry mini muffins.

This was the main dish which was a recipe her and her dad came up with called “breakfast lasagna”. It was layered bread flavored with cinnamon and sugar, black forest bacon and topped with brie. It was yummy! Afterwards we enjoyed Jessica’s birthday cake.

The girls favorite part of the night was playing in Bub and Laura’s new pool and hot tub in the backyard. It was a wonderful night!