One day he will have outgrown having his face painted like a tiger.
Even if he does make a really cute one.
Going to the zoo with his Mom will not even be a thought.
Spending the whole day with her to celebrate will only be a memory.
He will outgrow tiger cakes.
I want to cherish every birthday with my little boys because one day they will be men.
This beautiful tree was all lit up outside our zoo when we went this week.
I decided it would make an amazing backdrop for a couple pics with my boys.
I handed my oldest the camera first (I like to live on the edge like that).
My oldest could not figure out what to do with my auto focus camera!
He has an older camera that is completely manual.
He has a little trouble focusing but does amazing at adjusting all the settings!
Blows me away!
He likes to take a LOT of pictures!
It was making me laugh.
Then my boys switched and it was my youngest turn.
When I want them to take some pictures, I set the camera to the settings I want and tell them where to stand.
He did a really good job focusing.
Checking out the chimps.
We watched the baby Jaguars for a long time!
They are so cute!
I want one…
One of the zoo keepers were walking around with a Kite.
My youngest tried to pet it.
Thankfully he stopped him before he lost a finger.
No, we do not pet birds of prey…
Make sure you get in pictures with your kids!!!
Check out Emily at the Anderson Crew for more about getting in the shot.
We started off my youngest birthday with a trip to the zoo.
He bought this Alligator that he has wanted for a long time and I bought him Kaa (a stuffed snake).
That combo made for two very rowdy little boys.
There were a lot of snake vs. alligator battles going down.
Shere Kahn was in rare form.
We were calling everything by their Jungle Book names since that was his birthday theme.
Being constricted.
When we got home I did some finishing touches around the house and painted the boys faces.
They wanted everyone to know that they were nice tigers.
There was a lot of roaring and yowling going on.
Baloo and Kaa.
Here is my thing about parties, they scare me.
The thought of entertaining people makes me want to run for the hills.
So far the boys have been okay with the one friend only rule.
That keeps the panicking to a minimum.
Her mom painted her face to look like a peacock!
One of his gifts were those little pills that expand into a dinosaur shaped sponge.
It is amazing how long they just stood there staring at it floating in the water.
I am trying to convince my oldest not to have a party this year and go do something fun all day instead.
So far I have been unsuccessful.
He said, “my friends will not get any cake then”.
I can’t argue with him when he is thinking of others.