Zoo Visit

Saturday was his first visit to a zoo. This one was the National Zoo. It was the first weekend with nice weather we've had, so we decided to go. Unfortunately, so did about half of everybody who lives anywhere near.

We saw some animals we hadn't seen before, like this maned wolf from South America:

Not sure why, but there was a fire engine in the zoo, also.

We saw the famous pandas.

An Indian elephant:

I'm not sure how, but his mom gets the animals to look right at the camera.


They even had a dinosaur. It's a movie called The Enormous Egg from 1967. Elijah liked it.


Then he got to ride a bear.

We saw an alligator. We kept our distance.

Then we saw a dragon.

The whole trip was predictably exhausting for the little guy.

First Haircut

His hair finally got long enough to need cutting.

He got to sit on a big cushion.

Then he got this big sheet that covered his hands.

He really didn't like getting his hair wet.

Actually, he didn't like any part of it after that point.

Just a quick aside, but this guy had the most useful tattoo I've seen, especially for somebody who cuts hair:

Finally, it finished, and his mom took that sheet thing off.

Weekends

These weekends are sure tiring. It takes all a kid can do to keep from falling asleep when he's playing.

But, then sometimes his dad will make some cake and strawberries and that makes the weekend better.

We went to another birthday party, this one for a 2-year old. Elijah got to eat his very own pizza.


He then played while the birthday girl opened her presents.

This picture has nothing to do with anything.

Then, this morning, he got his very own blueberry pancakes.

Another Birthday Party

Not Elijah's party. We've had enough of those. He slept through while his parents ate lunch, so he got his kid's meal after we got to church.

He got to wear an Elmo hat.

You can take the hat off, or put it back on.

You can even smash the hat.

Then, you can pull it apart.

Hats are such fun.

He got a rubber duckie and an Elmo.

Much fun was had by all (also cake and ice cream).

More Snow. Also pizza.

We had more snow in the middle of last week.
I think the car on the left here is mine.



After that, we had some serious cabin fever. Fortunately, somebody had a birthday party at a pizza place.

He had fun there.

He ate almost two whole pieces of pizza.

Then this huge guy came by, and Elijah got to grab his nose.

Lots of fun.

Snow Day

So, Elijah got a chance to see some more snow.

He was a bit too active to watch it fall.

We got a lot of it.

Then, before it all could go away, we got some more.


We'll try to dig our way out later. It might be hard, the snow behind the car is up to my waist.