Zoo Day

Wednesday my mom (Nonna) took Mae and me to the zoo.  It was a PERFECT day! School had started back for all the kids in the area so we were so happy to find that there were few others that had our idea to go (: The weather was perfect and we truly had a memorable day. I love our Atlanta Zoo and Mae had a terrific time. Can you guess what Mae's favorite animal was? Was it the elephants that put on a show? the pandas? the gorillas? Nope, nope, and nope.  It was the meerkat... to our surprise; although they are strangely cute. And one of the coolest things was getting to feed the birds while they perched on our little sticks. It was a great way to say goodbye to summer.

Isn't Summer Great?

Picnics in the park...

We love picnics in the park... It's a great (free) outing and our girl loves to run barefoot in the grass. I love, love, love watching Mae with her daddy.

Playgrounds, friends and sweetness...

Mae has a sweet Chinese friend named Heming. Heming speaks mandarin chinese and I don't think Mae understands anything that he tells her, but they play so well together! He will say in Chinese, " mei mei wait, let me hold your hand" (mei mei is little sister, or he will call her by the name she went by in China, "Juan Juan".) As you can see, they are quite adorable together.

And Mae's very favorite place to be is the swimming pool.

Mae is definetly our little water baby. She giggles and chatters the whole time she's kicking and swimming around. She immediately loved the water and wants to swim by herself beside us. It's precious to watch her. I LOVE her joy in everything... She is such a tough girl with spunk.