Princess Party!

Last week, Michaleigh, or should I say Cinderella, went to her first princess ball at the library. She gathered with lots of other little princes and princesses to make crafts like a sparkly wand, a ring and a princess tiara. They listened to a couple of stories about princes and princesses.

Here is "Cinderella" and Snow White doing a princess dance with scarves. It was cute to see all these little girls in their pretty dresses and their fancy shoes.

The librarians (a.k.a. Cinderella and Belle) taught the little girls to wave and curtsy like princesses. This day was actually Andy's birthday so after our trip to the ball, we went and visited Andy at work. Daddy was able to show off his little princess dressed like a princess and we kept trying to get her to show his co-workers her princess wave but of course, no luck.

Cinderella helping Cinderella put the lips on the frog...I know, you're thinking, what? Imagine Pin the Tail on the Donkey only with red lips and a frog. Get it?

At the end of the ball, all the little princes and princesses went on a parade through the library. Here is a picture of Michaleigh showing her princess wave.

The Seneca Park Zoo

Another one of our favorite places to go is the Seneca Park Zoo. It's a nice little zoo with a variety of animals. Here are a few photos from one of our trips.


Here is one of our favorite characters at the zoo...the river otter. He always looks like he is having so much fun and he seems to like to showoff for an audience.

Here are the white rhinos taking a sunbath. It is cool to see some of the animals that I used to teach about at the Oakes Museum...only these animals breathe and move!

Kristin and Michaleigh watching the orangutans.

This is another one of Michaleigh's favorite spots. They have an area set up for kids to pretend they are vets. They can select different stuffed animals to take care of. Michaleigh is weighing the penguin and later gave him a bath and looked at his x-rays. She could spend hours here!

I know, it's a nice view of the elephants. They were doing an educational program with these two African elephants.