| Brodie Turns 4 March 5th & 6th, 2016 |
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March days you could imagine one Saturday, which thankfully fell on the
day Brodie was to visit the Tulsa Zoo for his 4th birthday. I got to
join the trip and had a great time trying to keep up with him. We
then went back to Gore to spend another day at Keith & Desirae's.
We sadly missed his official party, but we got in a lot of good visiting
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| These statues at the entrance captivated him for a while | Brodie using his camera I gave him for Christmas |
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| Enjoying the fake elephants | Then getting up close and personal with a real elephant |
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| Now we're VERY personal with the elephant, as he shows us his bottom | "Finally, an animal that's not locked in a cage so I can chase it!" |
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| I think he was OK with the rattlesnake being behind glass | Sea horses are one of the coolest things. God is very imaginative. |
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| The monkeys were playing on their little bridge | Speaking of imaginative creations, these Flamingos certainly qualify |
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| Bad picture, but I wanted to capture the way their knees bend backward | The train was probably the highlight of the zoo for Brodie, he loves rides |
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| Lovin' the train, but not the whistle | All aboard - woo hoo! |
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| Here he really gets into driving the boat | He knows how this works from playing in PePaw's boat all the time |
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| Brodie was thrilled with his front row seat... | Until the sea lion got a little too close for comfort |
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| Brodie is as interested in watching people as penguins, just like his MeMaw | Driving the "honk honk" |
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| Checking to see if he had run over me | Man on the move |
 He needed a hug from Mom when the lion started roaring |
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| Rock climbing! This is what Uncle Eric did all day that Saturday. | |
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| Topping out the route | King of the mountain |
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| I wanna do it again! | And again, and again... |
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We arrived back in Gore in time for an epic water balloon fight with his Mom.
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| He started very strong | On the attack |
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| Here he comes again | He's not even touching the ground! |
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 Time to fill another set of balloons |
| Moment of impact | |
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| Here he comes again | With great intensity |
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| His Mom unleashes the big splash on him | He's just a bit wet, but he loved every minute of it |
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| Now Uncle Eric has joined us. Here he keeps Brodie company
while he eats. The next morning I heard Brodie ask, "Who will sit with me while I eat?" |
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| It's Brodie's birthday! Here he jumps up and down at his first look at his presents. | He got a real working dump truck from his Granny & Pa Bloomer |
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| Eric, helping him get into one of his many gifts | Since he was a baby he's always had that snarl that he uses on special occasions |
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| Getting serious about opening the gifts | Woo hoo - a Dinosaur Explorer! He loved it. Good job Mom and Dad. |
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| The best way to play with new toys is to line them up. | Including army men. It was about an hour's work to set up
the army, and about 4 minutes to knock them all down. |
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| Watching the 'growing animal capsules' with great interest | Nuzzling on Uncle Eric's beard a little as he started to get sleepy |
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| The big reveal of PePaw & MeMaw's gift of a 4-wheeler
(or 4-layler in Brodie-speak.) I'm told he said, "What do we have here? I will ride this when I grow up to be a young man." |
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