A Birthday Party for Two at the Zoo

Theo and Elliot, the sons of my friend Jill, recently turned 3 years and 1 year respectively. Jill and her husband planned an amazing birthday party for them and invited their friends and family to the Franklin Park Zoo!

I met Jill through my friend Andee, so our family and Andee's family met up before the party. Maya, 3.8 years, is always really good with Zoe and Silas,

And new baby Jonah is cute as can be!

We checked out the zebras,

And the ostrich!

On our way to the party.

The tent was next to the playground. The kids had fun just taking it all in,

Inside the tent there was a table for the kids set up with stickers, paper, crayons, and markers.

Birthday boy Elliot

After eating pizza it was time for cake!

Jill, Elliot and Theo getting ready to blow out candles

Before we knew it S&Z got back in the wagon and were saying, "animals, animals"! It was time to say goodbye to our friends and go see the rest of the zoo!

There were flamingos,

Why do they smell so bad????

Lots of things that fly, like this Andean Condor. Silas called him a monkey and the condor looked less than pleased :-)

And of course some gorilla MADNESS.

We all enjoyed a wonderful morning at the zoo. Happy birthday Theo & Elliot!!!! Thanks for inviting us to your awesome birthday party!!!!!!

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