Tuesday, May 29, 2012

ZOO!


Hi All, 
So we finally got around to having the boys’ birthday party last month.  I have been wanting to have Rin’s BDay at the zoo for literally years now.  It used to be 7 minutes from our front door to my favorite parking lot and since the zoo is free here, it was our favorite 'what should we do today' thing.  We went there all the time.  I mean All.The.Time.  I love that place.  So it was sort of a no brainer as to where I thought we should do it.  But, this being DC and all, there was a multi-month waiting list.  So, 3 months after they turned 2 and 5, we finally had a real celebration.  




Rin really wanted to have a cake with the map of the zoo on it and he wanted to place plastic animals in the appropriate places on the map/cake.  But, as creative as that was, it didn’t pan out because I couldn’t find anyone willing to make it.  And you all know I’m not gonna bake one and try to decorate it.  That would be a total fiasco.  Can you imagine?  I can barely bake muffins from a mix.  So off we went to Giant.  Rin picked out a Pirates of the Caribbean cake (no, I promise he hasn’t seen the movie.  He just likes pirates).  And Bek wanted the Lalala cake (aka Sesame Street).  And they got excited about the party.  No to mention the gifts that came along with it.  And the people coming to visit to celebrate our sweet babies. 

We had both Nana and Gigi come into town for it.  And most of Rin’s class ended up coming, along with DC friends, ice skating friends, old friends from when I was working.  The whole shebang. 




The weather was a little up in the air and it was sprinkling when we got there but luckily the weather cleared up in time for our tour of The Asia Trail (how appropriate for our family, right?) and the kids had fun. 

All in all, it was a good time.  My boys felt special and that’s all I really wanted for them.  The presents, the cake, the event itself is sort of extra as far as I’m concerned.  Being surrounded by people who love them is the best gift of all. 







Rin’s already talking about next year.  Oy vey.  The boy has plans.  Big big plans… 
Love to all, -m

1 comment:

Kate said...

What fun!! I want a birthday party at the zoo! My big 30th birthday is coming up after all! xxoo Kate