And she celebrated with a jungle-themed party at the zoo. Lots of yummy food
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.
Presents...
And more cake than someone knew what to do with.
And then off to the animals (this sign just sizzles).
Hey, check this out...
And I even got a picture of these four, looking surprisingly similar to flamingoes.
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.
