Tuesday, October 12

Luke at almost 3 years old.

Luke at 2 years.

Luke on his 1st birthday with Shorty.

Luke at 6 months napping with Pop Pop.

Happy Birthday to You, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear LUKE, happy birthday to you. Today is Luke's 3rd birthday. I feel badly that we weren't able to get out to Delaware for his birthday but we just had too many appointments and things going on that it just didn't seem feasible to drive out 9 hours for a day and drive 9 hours back. I'm sure we can make up for it on our next trip. It was another beautiful day today and a lot of folks were taking advantage by visiting the zoo. We had over 4,ooo visitors by noon today. By the way, fall is one of the best times to visit the Columbus Zoo because the weather is still nice and there are not many school groups. Some of our new song birds were out of quarantine and were being released into the aviary. I had the pleasure of watching to see if they were acclimating to their new environment and finding the feeding stations and also making sure they weren't being bullied by other birds. Yes, we even have bullies in the bird world. Get outside and enjoy the weather, I'm thinking it isn't going to last much longer!