A lot of good people came together to pull off an awesome birthday/mother’s day bash for our Jody Chimpanzee! As always, two of the best chimp shoppers I know, Dick and Robbi Brown, brought gift bags full of new toys and decorations, long-time supporter Tamela sent us a donation to make sure the chimps had lots of yummy food, and volunteers Katelyn and Stephanie topped everything off with their awesome party ideas and additions!
Last week, I did some brainstorming with Katelyn and Stephanie, and we decided to make the day a “Spa Day”. Jody loves to lounge- we even recently caught her doing some serious lounging in the sandbox. She spends a lot of her time making very elaborate nests of 25 blankets or more and dives in them face first with a loud “ahh” sound (you may have heard us call this her dinosaur noise). Katelyn and Stephanie brought all the right ingredients for a spa day, including super-soft robes, magazines, slippers, eye pillows, plastic wine glasses, two big fluffy pillows and blankets. As if that isn’t enough, my new favorite florist, Terra Bella Flowers, an organic florist in Seattle, donated some food-grade quality roses for the chimps’ party. It was a girly, girly day! (sorry, you’re outnumbered, Mr. B!)
The following is a short video of some clips from the party, but see the photos below for the good stuff!
Annie going through a gift bag from Dick and Robbi Brown:
Burrito enjoying his mini bok choy
Foxie sending her mama love to her new troll baby:
Jody LOVED the banana blossoms! I had never heard of them before, but she was thrilled!
Terra Bella Flowers made Jody’s day with the roses they donated! She sat here with me the whole time I passed them out. I was even letting her pick out the ones she wanted out of the bunch. She is the birthday girl and all!
Negra enjoying her Terra Bella Rose:
Katelyn and Stephanie also bought a couple of pillows, which Jody spent some quality time with (once all the food and flowers were gone, of course!)
Thanks so much to volunteers Katelyn, Stephanie, and Grace; Dick and Robbi; Tamela; and Terra Bella Florist for making Jody’s day so special! Happy Mama’s Day to all the mama’s out there!
that was just plain lovely …
Once again the staff, volunteers and supporters made it a day to remember.
Thank you.
Awesome video and pictures! Thank you to everyone who made this day so special for the chimps. Happy Birthday, beautiful Jody! Pant hoots to the 7!
Every time I think you guys can’t top yourselves, you do it again! Well done!!!!
it is true … those chimpster’s have wonderful extended family members (and i don’t mean me) that always find such different food items for them … banana blossoms … and i know there have been others … we all are like doting grand parents for our beloved hairy grand kids (and i do mean me too) …
Brilliant!!! It brought tears to my eyes. I love how we spoil them; they SO deserve it!!!
What a great day! And lovely photos. 🙂
what great fun for all. god bless them all. hugs and love to all of them and all of the humans who made the day great for them.
Loved the stuffing out of the pillows in the last photo
That was awesome. Warms my heart to see the chimps so happy. And I so love my Burrito and Foxie girl. I love them all.
wonderful pictures ! and a wonderful party once again ! those drinks looks lovely 🙂 were the food squeaks Mr b ? thanks everyone for giving the 7 a brilliant party xxxx
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JODY!!