a giraffe, a chihuahua, & a maltese

What do a giraffe, a chihuahua and a Maltese (no, not the falcon) have in common?

My sister!

aka: Aunt "Ooh-p"


She came to visit a few weeks ago and we went to the Sacramento Zoo to see the giraffes...

And feed the giraffes! Did you know that giraffes have long, blue tongues?

Along with Hope came her little chihuahua, "Sami" - or as Hannah likes to say, "ah-mee-ssss"

and her Maltese puppy, "Max".

We had a very lively house that week!

the best things at the zoo

Today we took Hannah and some of her cousins to the zoo. It turns out that the best things at the zoo (in Hannah's mind) were:

a. her cousins (Reagan & Sydney)

b. the plastic animals on the carousel (even though it was her first time on the carousel she loved it!)

c. the water (although she did find the pink birds interesting)

Who can fathom the mind of a two year old?

P.S. I asked Matt to take some pictures of me with the kids this weekend and this is what he came up with

(not quite what I had in mind)