A thousand pictures can say one word...

FINALLY! and on with the show...

made it to Disney and Norah immediately warmed up to Pops. Now it's time to surprise the rest of the family.

See them waaay over there? SURPRISE!

off to the safari and Norah found her place on Uncle Ben's lap.

we saw huge horned cattle

Hi Samborambo!

the guide said these guys were pretty rare and almost extinct.

we even had rhinos blocking our path. How cool is that?

Snuggle time, while Sammie sniffs out an opportunity...

DRUMS!

Niece snuggles.

Nieces playing.

Nieces tickling.

awww isn't that cute.

time at the coolest sand box you will ever see, Norah keep your shoes on (thanks for the pic Pops)



a long day first day and tuckered out

partied at night at the German haus

after a quick nap, it's time for Halloween! (Norah's sleeves and pants had to be cut since it was sweltering hot at 7pm) Han and Ewok.

snuggles before the bus ride

The whole Star Wars clan!

R2D2 on the slide...

and her sidekick Ewok!

run away, run away, run away (Norah had a tendency to wait until you weren't watching and then run away as fast as she could. She did this many many times)

aaahhh

then she resorted to crawling away

Hi guys!

Sammie and friends joined the fun.

Eating time for all!

Good Morning Pops and Norah!

Waiting for the buses.

Fruit bats. So neat.

:)

This bird (Sarus Crane) no joke was over 6 feet tall, and really loud. It sounded like a dinosaur. It's reported to be the tallest flying bird in the world.

little ones watching Finding Nemo (musical)

Dada and Norah playing with the water snakes.





More DRUMS!

Milky milk time.

See my pretties? New toys: Figment and kitty bell.

Move or you might get wet!

ah, it's just a little

oooh a little bit bigger

a great BIG SPLASH!

Crazies

more water fun.




Ok, that's it. She's gone crazy and it's time to go home.


Made it home, and so did those 30 spider rings that we played with on the airplane ride home.


Thank you Pops for a once in a lifetime opportunity! Glad we could visit everyone and looking forward to future visits to come. xoxo

Ewok!

Oh what is that creature in our backyard??

Ewok!
thank's for the lovely pose. ;)
oh you want me to look that way?
Hey where's your hunting stick? I don't think Ewoks have wands.
...all this in anticipation of surprising my brother and family at Disney over Halloween (thanks to Dad and those who were involved in the surprise). I had to have Norah match the family in Halloween attire...Star Wars theme.

me and my spy camera

Just a few sneaky shots I got at home.

Norah playing before bedtime, with her Rambo headband and playing with her musical running reindeer from last Christmas.

Caught you!

Norah has found her bouncer from when she was a wee baby and loves to sit in it and chill.

Zoo (x's 2!)

2 zoo trips merged into 1 post

Huge grazing area for most of the big animals

Well they kinda look like raccoons. good guess!

A few pics of the bigger animals



and Norah get's to ride one!

when rocks were nearby, Norah was most interested in those!

and rocks with holes in them

and sticks

exotic flowers in the greenhouse


looking at the turtles...

...and feeding the turtles (Norah I don't know if turtles eat honey)

Sea lions!


exotic birds


with shrunken heads?



Bears!

aww nice picture

Whoa, geyser!

Hey, you didn't tell me about that part!

a curious gorilla

fun trip(s), and now it is time to go home

fast asleep at last :)

discovered a new park close by

Norah and I found a nearby park that has a lot of neat things to do and see...and a ton of teeny tiny ticks too!


whatcha see?


running, running, running is so much fun.

Where's Norah?

there she is!

are you sure there's something there?

Turtles!

cooking and helping

Since we haven't posted in a while, there will be an explosion of posts. Enjoy!

Norah's & my last time cooking in the rental house.





our only moving picture...we didn't really want to remember how fun moving was. ;)


Cooking in the new house!




...and eating too!