a fine and fancy ramble

my adorable niece, sadie bug, has been feeling a little left out now that all the other kids are starting school again, so on wednesday i took her and madden on a "field trip" to the zoo.  this is about how it went down.....

{these 2 little stinks insisted we rent a stroller and taunted me the whole time for not pushing them fast enough up the steep hills. "come on old lady!"}

{it was the perfect day to go. the animals were all outside and the kids got to see baby zuri (the elephant) playing with her ball and the tigers and gorillas play fighting.}

{love that face=)}

{just the cutest, little tutti fruitti tongan beauty}

{yes, i insisted they pose by the indian star(r) tortoise.;)} 

{"auntie, is that real?" -sade in her most precious voice}

{sadie also took quite a few pictures.=)}

{darlings}

{with cupcakes to follow, i think it was a pretty good first "field trip" for miss sadie rose.}