For Arielle's birthday this year we went to the Dallas World Aquarium which has both fish and animals. We saw a manatee, alligator, otter, monkeys, birds, and a whole lot more. I made Arielle a chocolate cake with coffee frosting and toasted coconut.
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| Arielle with a sloth |
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| Arielle w/ a manatee and a catfish |
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| Penguins in the background |
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| Arielle opening presents |
It has been fairly hot in Dallas but we've been trying to get outside as much as possible. We've been walking at a nature area and have seen some cool animals. We've seen three tarantulas that were about 4" across, a normal turtle, a snapping turtle, and a pair of bark scorpions doing a mating dance. Arielle wasn't too thrilled about the spiders though.
For the 4th of July we viewed Kaboom Town on July 3rd from a city away so we didn't have to deal with the traffic and a second fireworks show on the 4th. The city where it is held is smaller than Post Falls, ID but during Kaboom Town they had a total of 500,000 people show up. They ended up running out of space and had to turn people away. Kaboom town was rated #2 best firework shows this year by Yahoo. I made a blueberry pie as well.
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| Blueberry Pie |
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| Kaboom Town from Carrollton |
