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Josh’s Birthday Part One: The Zoo

Posted by: Maggie

For Josh’s birthday last week, Josh took the day off work and we went to the Los Angeles Zoo. We took a different route through the zoo than last time so Eleanor got to see some animals that we didn’t get to see on our last trip.

Pelicans, not condors. They stank like fish.

We checked out the petting zoo at the children’s area. Eleanor go to pet a goat, but not for long. I was concerned that because of the multitudes of running, screaming children, the goats, although appearing to be pretty docile, would go on a rampage with children being tossed about by headbutting goats. Goats have a reputation for that type of behavior right?

Maybe those beards just make me leery.

After pretending to be groundhogs, we got to pet some other animals at petting stations throughout the park.

Eleanor was pretty excited about the monkeys. I’m pretty sure they remind her of Curious George, even though George is a chimp and therefore technically an ape and not a monkey, but what do toddlers know anyway.

Because it was a weekday, the park was fairly empty aside from the occasional roaming pack of field trip students. Which meant that Eleanor was able to run free for most of the day, rather than being held, strapped into her stroller, or forced to hold our hands.

She was pretty happy about that.

The meerkats are fun because they are always out basking in the sun on this rock.

Eleanor loved them and decided to try to climb in to get a closer look, or perhaps join their meerkat family.

Like everywhere we go Eleanor made some friends. As usual they were offended by her lack of respect for their personal space, as she gets right up in their faces to examine them and the bows in their hair.

Also as usual, they take off running when they’ve decided that they are through with her intrusions.

Eleanor was exhausted after our long morning at the zoo, and fell to sleep immediately upon being strapped into the car and slept the whole ride home.

Up next: a swimming lesson for Eleanor, and a birthday dinner.

Happy Birthday Josh!

Posted by: Maggie

Today is my husband’s birthday. Happy birthday baby! I love you more than all of the ice cream in the world, well except maybe for that cinnamon ice cream we had at that restaurant in Marina del Rey like four years ago. Okay, okay, even more than the cinnamon ice cream, but that was really, really good right?! You are just about the very best husband a woman (or man, really) could ask for. Although, you could probably clean something once in a while, maybe make the bed, but besides that the absolute best husband, really.

I want you to know how much I love and appreciate you for going to work every day to take care of your family even though that was supposed to be my job. I know that we had a deal. I was going to graduate, pass the bar, and then get a job that supports the family so that you could be a stay-at-home-dad. But so far I haven’t been able to keep my side of the bargain. Sorry about that, and thanks for picking up my slack.

You are also the best Daddy ever, just ask Eleanor. She asks for you all day and her little face lights up when she hears you at the door. She is crazy about you and
so am I!

Happy Birthday to my favorite potential ManBaby!

Happy Birthday Betsy!

Posted by: Maggie

I went out to dinner, sans baby and husband, Friday night with my very best friends in the world, Betsy and Andrew, to celebrate Betsy’s birthday, which is today.

We went to our favorite Silverlake restaurant, Cliff’s Edge. I highly recommend it, beautiful outdoor seating and fantastic pumpkin ravioli! We had fun drinking champagne and talking about Twilight, Zombies, and how old we must be to have already been friends for 12 years.

The squiggly lines mean that we have been drinking.

Super squiggly.

p.s. I will never buy mascara that is not waterproof again. I bought some new mascara last week and forgot to make sure that it was waterproof. At the end of Friday evening I looked like a raccoon. I must have unusually sweaty eyelids because I don’t know how anyone wears mascara that is not waterproof without having it melt all over their face.

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