First of all, HAPPIEST OF ALL HAPPY BIRTHDAYS TO MY BEAUTIFUL ALEXANDRA!! My only daughter is a teenager today!! OMG – a teenager?!!? (Heaven help me now!!) Yesterday, we had a chance to experience a “Private Penguin Encounter” at the Living Planet Aquarium as one of her special birthday weekend activities. Check out these cool pics:
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| There's my cute girl - right in the middle of it all (as usual...)! |
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| Three in a row |
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| Aren't they CUTE!!? |
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| This girly bird had a thing for my husband... |
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| But her boyfriend was having none of that!! "Look, look - I'm bowing. I'm clealy AWESOME! Pick me, pick me!!" |
Penguins bow to their mating interest...a fun little fact for you all! These are Gentoo penguins, by the way. So adorable. They even gave my daughter a birthday present of their own:
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| Penguin ART! :) |
Totally awesome, right? We’re off later today for MORE fun, as today is her actually birth date. But, I thought I’d present this little post first:
My first EVER Giveaway!!! (aka – random generosity, or shameless ploy for more followers, or what have you…) Since today, my daughter’s birthday, is all about the presents and I’m in this generous mood – and we’re also on the heels of Thanksgiving (thank you!) and Christmas (more presents!) – here’s what I’m offering today:
#1 - A $30 gift card to your choice of Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble (OR a Mrs. Field’s gift card, because I’m looking at their Holiday catalog right now and drooling…YUM!)
But, wait! There’s MORE! (I can’t write that without channeling my inner-infomercial voice)
#2 – I will also dig deep into the bloggy archives of the winner and read/consider/mull over to determine the PERFECT Christmas ornament for you! (which I will mail along with your gift card) **for any winner who doesn’t celebrate Christmas or put up a tree (or have a blog...), please feel free to suggest an alternate Holiday treat.
Interested? Here’s what you have to do:
1 – be a current follower and comment on this post = 2 entries
2 – become a follower and comment on this post = 1 entry
3 – Bonus entries for: blogging about my Giveaway (+3), linking my Giveaway on your sidebar (+2) (*please note in comments if you do either/both)
That’s it! Easy enough, right? I hope this is something that appeals to all of you. It will be FUN for me!! I LOVE ornaments!!
And I’m going to go old-school and actually pick my winner from a hat. From this hat:
So, please spread the word, comment away and GOOD LUCK! *I’ll be running this for two weeks from today. Contest will conclude and winner chosen on Sunday, Dec. 5th. Woo hoo!! :)
