Happy Name Day to Jonas!

Jonas took the day off from work to spend his birthday with us (I was already off, hooray!) Zara put 33 candles on his cake and we sang to him in the morning and opened gifts. Zara has been waiting weeks to do this, she adores birthdays. If we are out somewhere and there is even a note of the happy birthday song, she joins in. & this year Zara was able to be more involved in his birthday, she picked out a tie, made him a watercolor card and told me what to write in it and she picked out photos for a keepsake box we ordered. It was a good day!

A funny card I found on Etsy::

Jonas chose to go to the zoo because he knew Zara would love it. I was just thinking that one reason we work well as a couple is that we are always thinking of Zara first. It's probably not always a good thing but I am glad we are on the same page.

The butterfly exhibit is open! ::

Acting like the tortoise we love to spot in the addax enclosure::

RAWR!! ::

Z was laughing at the polar bear walking back and forth (& she was excited to have her Dad there) ::

I can't lift or help Zara as much as I usually do, Jonas did it all today::

50 years of the zoo! We were thinking that Zara will probably be around to see 100 years. Maybe us, maybe not::

We had dinner at one of our favorites- Das Gasthaus. They always have the best specialty salads::

Z loved the bread, butter and her tiny glass. They put a children's mat down for her every time we go and she always spills next to it, ha (also- we are sorry!)::

Happy Birthday to Jonas. Zara is sad it's over, as she keeps reminding us "It's not Daddy's birthday anymore."