The birthday girl in the birthday hat.
Opening a present in the morning, with help , of course.
Okay, Okay, opening 2 presents in the morning - with help and onlookers.
Peter taking a turn with the birthday hat, although he couldn't quite get it to stay on right.
I always wished I had a sister. These are lucky girls.
Peter is fascinated by the monkeys. It was hard to get him to move on to the other animals.
A little ride on some horses.
The birthday girl got a chance to ride all by herself.
The birthday got even better when the Marsh cousins joined us. There are some things we always have to do at the zoo, and one of them is to see how much the kids weigh collectively. (Once again, Peter was pretty unhappy to be back in the stroller, but we had to get the photo, you know?)
Everyone loved the lemurs, because there were 2 new babies that were so active and jumping and chasing all around. Peter and this guy had a nice conversation.
More monkey watching by our monkeys.
And somehow, Amelia convinced me that she should ride too. Maybe to keep Duffy company or something?
The T-Rex. (Every time I see a T-Rex, I think of the line in Toy Story 2, when Rex says, "Somebody cover my eyes!" because his little, stubby arms are too short. I guess that makes this guy seem a little less ferocious.)
Duff took full cover in the stroller basket for this one.
She wouldn't even get out long enough for a picture.
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And just because we are gluttons for punishment, we tried for another group photo on our way out. Once again, I gave up after 3. (It wasn't very nice how we were asking them to look directly into the sun, I have to admit.)
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After the zoo, it was back home to finish opening presents (apparently, while eating watermelon.)







Sadly, the cake boss and assistant (that would be me) didn't pull through on this one. (A day spent at the pool and at the zoo left no time for baking.) So, instead we went to Top It for frozen yogurt. We ran into the Boydens there, who also made a big deal of it being her birthday, so it worked out nicely.)
She was pretty happy with her haul, I think.
Jonas was bored by the whole affair.
She is a dress girl, and we were running out of dresses that still fit her, so she was thrilled to get 2 new ones.
A little cheesin' for the camera.
No 5 year old birthday is complete without a princess outfit.
The next day, I took her on a special date to Barnes and Noble for her free birthday cupcake.


Happy Birthday Duff!
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