"Little" Cousins hit the Philadelphia Zoo

Today a WHOLE LOTTA Cousins got together for an fun-filled family outing at the Nations FIRST Zoo, the Philadelphia Zoo!

The Philadelphia Zoo opened its gates on July 1, 1874. The charter establishing the Zoological Society of Philadelphia was approved and signed on March 21, 1859. Due to the Civil War, however, it was another 15 years before America's first zoo was ready to open.The Philadelphia Zoo is located on a spacious 42-acre Victorian garden area in West Philadelphia near the Schuylkill River.

We were blessed with a Sunny but windy day in the low 60s, after a week of clouds and rain. As you will see everyone had a ball.

Here's a Group Shot of the majority of us,

{before the arrival of the Wiggins Family}:

(Back Row) Arnold, Sharrod, Ashley, Adrian, Dante,

(Second Row) Anra, Deniene, Jamila, Dare

(Bottom Row) Darius, Omar, Faith, Nina-Skye & Jayson

Today, the Zoo has more than 1,300 rare and endangered animals, and its attendance is approximately 1.1 million visitors a year...and here are some of it cutest visitors:

The "Littlest" Cousins: Faith, Anra, Jayson, Isabel, Omar, Nina-Skye, Maritza & IsabelDeniene, Dare and Jamila...YES...Even us BIG Cousins had a great time as well...

Nina-Skye sitting in a Pansy in the Zoo's Tree house:

Yikes! Nina-Skye & Isabel being hatched in the Zoo's Tree house:

Nina-Skye & her Daddy all smiles in the Zoo's Tree house:

Nina-Skye, Isabel & Maritza take a ride on a horse...

Ooohhh Weeeeee....Giddy-Up Cow Girls!

And of course we could not pass up on the opportunity of having all of our little faces painted! Here is an great artist working on transforming Nina-Skye into a beautiful butterfly.

TWO Beautiful Butterflies: Maritza & Nina-Skye

Anra, The Cute Little Tiger! Grrrr...lol!
An Artistic look of beauty on all of their little faces...even cousin Ashley who visited her brother Adrian, all the way from Spokane, WA got her face painted as well! What a pleasure it was to meet her!
Oh and I almost forgot about our other reason for going to the Zoo...it was to see some of their 1,300 rare and endangered animals! Here are a couple that I could not resist taking picture of... And the end result of our Little Cousin Day at the Philadelphia Zoo...Here is what I'm sure ALL of the kiddies looked like after our outing, dinner at Golden Corral and a car ride home to our various destinations...

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....................

Tricycle Triumph!

Today on a sunny 60+ degree day after school Nina-Skye rode her tricycle all the way to the playground WITHOUT any help! Yeah! This was a FIRST!

However during the 5-10 minute "Peddle Power Moments" she did blurt out two times...

"Wooooo my legs!"

This "little Chick-A-Dee" sure likes to climb!

{LOL!}

And here she is singing a little happy song with her little happy self once at the playground...ya gotta love it!

Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!

But I DON'T Wanna Smile!

Even during those "bad" moments, which thankfully are few and far between, Nina-Skye is still gorgeous to her Mommy & Daddy! Here is a moment captured by an "awesome" application on my iPhone...where you can see even though she started out "NOT" wanting to smile, by the last shot she was starting to ease up and get silly! She's such a funny little ham!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Our Cute Little Leprechaun wishes you a Happy St. Paddy's Day!

What Did She Say?!?!?!

This story is based on true events.

This morning as Arnold was getting ready to put Nina-Skye in the Car to go to school they saw a Metro Bus come and stop right near his car due to the traffic. Next, three people ran across the street to the bus door, but the Bus driver did not open the door (for two reasons we assume, he was not at a stop AND the Bus was full). That is when Nina-Skye asked Arnold, "Daddy, why didn't he let them on the bus. That was NOT appropriate!"

So again I ask..."What did she say!" LOL!

Krump Dance Battle

Nina-Skye and her Uncle Warren have a KRUMP Dance Battle...talk about hilarious...Don't know what Krumping is, just go to You Tube and search for it. Here is their version:

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha!

Cousin Jamila Gets Married

"Beautiful Bride"

INTRODUCING For the First Time Ever:

Mr. & Mrs. Sharrod Davis

Gorgeous Bride with (some of) her Beautiful Bridesmaids

Uncle Billy & Aunt Jakki...Both As Proud as Proud Can Be! This wonderful picture courtesy of our "Talented & Creative"
Cousin Darrick (from Cali)

and his iPhone...Thanks Cuz!

Go Jam! Go Jam! Go Jam...Go! Go! Go! Go!...Shake ya groove thang...lol!

We Are Family:

Aunt Jakki, Cousin Dante, Cousin Darrick, Cousin Ricky,

Cousin Tor & Cousin Cher

ALL SMILES: The Blushing Bride and Handsome Groom

Thank you for letting us share in your very special day, and for that we are grateful!

2 Visits 2 Pop-Pop's in 2 Weeks!

We visited Daddy, Boop (aka Grandmom Boop-Boop) & Junior first just to check-in and see how everyone was doing. Then we went back to visit so they could watch Nina-Skye while Arnold, Deniene and I went to Jamila & Sharrod's Wedding.

As you can see she has finally warmed up to her "Pop-Pop." He is responding to his chemo treatment well. He has had a few obstacles in the way, but is coming along slowly but surely. Here she is with "Pop-Pop" & her Uncle Warren enjoying Kung-Fu Panda.

Say Cheese!

Nina-Skye & her Uncle Warren Clownin' Around...

SNOW DAY!!!!!!!!

March roared in like a Lion when the Northeast was pounded with a late winter snow storm. DC received 4"-6" inches of snow and Nina-Skye got a Snow Day! Her school opened 2 hours late, but ALL the surrounding jurisdictions were closed...so we kept her home to enjoy the day with us.

Gusty & strong winds were complicating cleanup efforts as gusts were blowing just-plowed snow right back onto roads. The wind was blowing pretty hard in the picture of Nina-Skye above.

Posing EVEN IN the snow...lol! Ahhh aren't you suppose to be helping Daddy clean off the car?