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As mentioned on the blog before, the folks that created the treat rock on Young’s Hill had some concrete left over, so they made a little replica of Mt. St. Helens. Foxie and Jody have both explored around the replica, but it also seems to be a nice little perch. Here’s a picture taken the other day of Annie sitting on top of the mountain:
Foxie likes to not only rub her trolls on her own belly (and other dolls like Dora or a stuffed animal with JB’s face on it), but she also likes to gently rub their bellies with her thumb. This is just a picture so you can’t really see the action, but even with the troll upside down she’s still rubbing its belly.
Here’s some really sweet photos of Foxie and Negra grooming in the warm greenhouse yesterday. I especially like the one where Foxie is poking Negra’s ear!
Annie spent a great deal of time this morning doing yoga stretches in her nest:
Then, as we were getting ready to let the chimps out on Young’s Hill, the chimps got so excited!
Annie offering reassurance to Missy:
Then they got so playful!
This video is a little longer than we usually make them, but Jackie and Sarah got so much great footage of yesterday’s party that I had trouble deciding what to leave out. Enjoy!
Today Jackie and I set up a giant spiderweb in the playroom with some ribbon and crepe paper. Foxie was pretty entertained! She spent at least 45 minutes pulling and slapping the web.
Annie and Missy have the goofiest friendship! They were having lots of fun on the catwalk the other day.
