How do you celebrate food-loving Burrito’s birthday? A day in which the entire focus is on FOOD, of course! This morning we set up a huge forage in the playroom – coconuts, blackberries, pineapple chunks, nuts and seeds, and a pool of snow with blueberry juice drizzled over the top of it. The coconut elicited some of the loudest food squeaks I’ve ever heard and the chimps are still munching on the snow, taking breaks only for the occasional brain freeze. Volunteer Stephanie outdid herself yet again and brought several food-shaped pinatas and tons of decorations, both for the party and for the humans (naturally, we humans have been wearing glittery “happy birthday” hats, sunglasses and tiaras all day). I’m not so sure the chimps are too impressed with the human decor, but they were definitely impressed with the pinatas!
True to form, Jamie was first to go after them:
Annie used her foot to keep her ice cream cone-shaped pinata balanced:
Dick and Robbi Brown brought some pretty epic new enrichment, which definitely added to the excitement! Foxie loved a new troll doll:
Naturally, Burrito checked all the bags for food
some interest in a ukulele a while back and actually played it for a while, so Dick and Robbi (and several other folks) are always on the lookout for another one when they shop at Goodwill or other thrift stores. She was the first to pull the new one out of a gift bag and strummed it a couple of times. But I guess playing a ukulele is more of a thing you do in your spare time because after a few “notes” she went right back to the forage. Missy didn’t play it, but she was curious to see if we maybe hid some food inside (does it seem like everything had to do with food today??).
And speaking of food- the coconuts were definitely the focus this morning! And Burrito couldn’t have been happier!
And the party didn’t end there. Aside from the usual meals, we’ve been serving surprise snacks periodically throughout the day. About 30 minutes ago, we handed out a small handful of blueberries and Elizabeth is now serving gum. Thanks so much to Dick, Robbi, Stephanie, and to everyone that made Mr. B’s day so special! Way to go Team Burrito!!
Miss those moving pics!
Happy birthday to my favorite fellow Capricorn 🙂
Happy Birthday Burrito.
A very tasty and deliscious birthday to Mr. B.
Thank you for sharing Burritos special day. I agree with Mary. I love to see the videos of the chimps. Not to take away from Burritos special day, but I have yet to see pictures or video of Jody. Is she just shy or not as interactve? Thank you.
Hi Ivy,
I only got one decent picture of Jody yesterday and she was laying in a nest in a very discrete spot – all you could see was the very top of her head and I decided that it wasn’t worthy of the blog. 🙂 But Jody (and Negra for that matter) often lounge in hard-to-photograph locations so sometimes they get under-represented on the blog. However, you can search her name on the right side of this screen (either by typing her name in or selecting her under categories) and see some of the recent posts about her.
Thank you for your reply Jackie. I just think Jody is very beautiful and sweet. I LOVE Foxie! I cried when I read her bio. She is maturnal and I love her and her trolls. I really enjoy seeing all the videos. It’s like being right there with them. Keep up with all the great work, love and care for all the chimps. Bless all your hearts for your love and dedication to all 7 of the wonderful chimps!
Happy birthday sweet Burrito. I hope you had a wonderful day. Love you!
Happy Birthday Mr. B! Love you Buddy!!