Oklahoma City Zoo

Over spring break, my family and I went to the zoo.  Being a first grade teacher, I go once a year with my students at school but the rest of my gang hadn’t been in a number of years.  It was super crowded because of spring break but it was a beautiful day.  Here are few of our favorites of the day:

My daughter has a fascination with owls so here is her favorite.

What a great privilege it was for me to take Senior pictures of this young man.  I work with his mother and think she is wonderful.  I hope Shawn and his family enjoy this little sneak peek.  I have a lot more to look through but these were the first three that caught my eye.  Keep in touch, I’ll be taking Shawn’s brother’s pictures real soon!

I recently needed to take a picture for a project I am doing.  The picture needed to be of a childhood toy.  I thought of all the toys the kids have had over the years and the few I’ve kept from my childhood.  Nothing seemed to call to me.  A couple of days ago, I was texting with my sister (just a fun updating our recent lives chat). After we finished texting, I pulled out my to-do list (yes, I have a to-do list…..I’m weird like that) and saw “take a picture of a childhood toy” staring up at me.  With my mind humming from my sister’s recent chat and the words I’d just read, I immediately thought of Strawberry Shortcake.  My sister was a Strawberry Shortcake fanatic.  She had most if not all of the characters including the little strawberry house/case to store everything.  After she grew up and had kids of her own (all boys), she gave my daughter her set of Strawberry Shortcake characters. Strawberry Shortcake will always be a fond memory around our house.  Here’s to you Sis…….Strawberry Shortcake and her villain, Purple Pieman. lol Happy Memories!