Madeline's birthday!

We had a fun animal presentation by Zoo 2 U for Madeline's birthday party.

We started with the pinata, which was a big hit.  

GET IT?!

All the kids were so excited to meet and hold the animals.  

We got so many good pictures of their reactions.

Claire really enjoyed touching the snake.

The snake kept sticking out its tongue and tickling my neck!

This rabbit was so fluffy, the kids could barely tell where her head was, except for a cute little purple bow.

Just as a note here, Claire was SO tired.  

We could barely keep her awake to enjoy the fact that she had a chinchilla on her shoulder.  

This bird absolutely LOVED Ryan.  She was grooming him and everything.  It was so fun to watch.

This cracks me up.  Madeline LOVES Michael Jackson's music.  We've watched so many of his music videos on youtube.  So Grandpa Patterson made her a couple of posters with pictures of him, and filled a memory stick with songs so she could listen to them over and over.

Madeline is such a special little girl.  She's such a good sister to Claire and I don't know what we'd do without her in our family.  She's so patient when things don't seem very fair and has become so independent.  We all love her so much and are excited to watch her learn and grow.