Florence is 3!!!

Florence turned 3 today and after a morning at home opening presents and breakfast at Revolver, we celebrated with a brilliant day at Taronga Zoo, somewhere she hadn't visited since she was a baby. When Scarlett was little she went to the zoo most weeks as we had invested in an annual Zoo Pass, but typically, as the second child, Flo missed out as by the time she came along we were all a bit bored with the zoo.


We have always loved the bird show with its drop-dead, picture postcard view of Sydney harbour, the opera house and bridge and were keen to show Flo. Rob even managed to become part of the show volunteering to be the person in the audience who holds out a coin for a passing parrot to fly off with.

Since we last visited, there have been huge improvements, there's a new seal and penguin enlosure and two new baby elephants have been born. All together now - ahhhhhhhhhhh!. The most recent baby elephant arrived just last week, against the odds. After the mother had been examined by vets, an announcement was made to the media that the baby elephant had died in the womb, but within days the baby was born alive. It created quite a buzz here and we were thrilled to find the little chap already on display at the zoo today. He is super cute and stayed very much close to his mother, hiding underneath her tummy whenever possible. There is now a competition on to name him, but it will be hard to replace his nickname of Mr Shuffles.

After lunch we headed to the gondola for the ride over the zoo before Flo met the result of genetically modified breeding programmes, this huge, yet friendly koala.
Once home, Flo literally collapsed into bed for an impromptu afternoon nap and after picking up Scarlett from school we played with a few of the birthday toys and then walked to Annandale village for dinner on the upstairs verandah at Vicini with views across to the city. It was a day close to perfection, just like the birthday girl herself. Happy birthday Florence. xx