3rd Year Celebration

Yesterday we had our end of 3rd year celebration day. We took Avery to the zoo in the morning. It was pretty crowded, but still a lot of fun. Avery was more focused on the zoo train than the zoo animals...but still a lot of fun :)

Of course that all changed when we got to the penguin house. Avery was in fine form for her favorite animal. I had so many cute pictures of her that I couldn't resist posting quite a few. She was absolutely elated to be in there. Several times she grabbed the edge of the glass, about ready to hurdle herself over and join in on the swimming. We got splashed a few times when the penguins would dive into the water and Avery would just giggle and clap her hands in excitement.

The video is just a glimpse of Avery's happiness at the penguins. I love it when she laughs :)

After the zoo we went out to lunch for Afghani food. We went downtown to the 'nice part of the ghetto' to this little restaurant that Al had been to before with some of the residents he works with. The food was really good (think Indian food) and Avery was thoroughly entertained by the decor of the restaurant, which included bright red and orange paint, gold script on the walls, and tons of gold and ornate accessories hanging on the walls. Lunch was a success.

After an afternoon rest Avery helped me make pizza cups, something she learned in one of her cooking classes, and then we went to the DQ for some ice cream.

It was a great day and a great way to celebrate the end of Al's (and mine and Avery's!!!) third year of medicine!!! Only 1 more to go! It is weird to think that we will be moving in less than a year and starting an adventure somewhere else (who knows where!?!?)

We have a lot of fun things planned for Al's two week summer vacation and so I'm sure we will be posting more soon.