"What I Did On My Birthday" by Lucas James Hlavaty

Thursday was my birthday. My FIRST birthday. And totally the best birthday so far. (Last year was completely traumatic...I don't even want to think about it!) Here is what I did.

First, I woke up and I was ONE YEAR OLD...no more baby!  Here is what I looked like when I turned one (after mom came in and sang me the birthday song):

Mommy and I ate some breakfast and then Ally and Miss Ashlea came over and we got in the car to go to the zoo.  I didn't know what a zoo was, but mom said it would be fun, so I put up with the LONG car ride.  When we finally got to the zoo Ally and I got ready to go meet all the animals. I had to bring my lion because I was a little scared of meeting the real lions:

The first thing we did was go and visit the giraffes...they were so cool!  We got to walk right up by them and could even pet their heads.  But, then one LICKED Ally!  Right on the face!  She cried, so we had to go behind the fence where it was safe from tongues.

Every time we got to a new exhibit, I made mom get me out of the stroller so I could knock on the windows to say hi to the animals. I know they could hear me and were talking back for sure.

So, we looked at a lot of animals. My favorite were giraffes, penguins, and chimps. But, then we found the playground area and there was MULCH. In case you don't know, I love mulch. It is great for throwing.  So, I threw some. And then I walked around and threw some more. (This was really a GREAT birthday!)



By the way, here is my date for the zoo.  Isn't she cute?!? She's my best friend :)

And here are my mommy and I right before we left.

So, the zoo was AWESOME and I can't wait to go back and take Daddy next time.  But, onto the rest of the day. Daddy came home early so I could play with him, which was super cool. I had to take a LONG nap because going to the zoo is hard. But, then I woke up and had dinner and it was spaghetti and it was the BEST DINNER EVER!!!

I was a little dirty after dinner, so I had to go straight to the bathtub. But that is ok because I like to splash in the bathtub.  After bath, I got an extra special birthday treat...ice cream. Me and mommy and daddy went to the ice cream store and I got to have bites off of BOTH of their cones. I also ran around the store in my pjs and said hi to everyone. 

So, as you can see, I had pretty much the best birthday in the history of all my birthdays. Too bad I have to wait a whole 'nother year until my next one!