Mom's Special Birthday

	Toni's special birthday started with a brunch at her favorite place, the Country Gourmet on El Camino.
	She skipped breakfast so that she could order pancakes, and eggs and orange juice and...
	Then we went back to the house where Kristy from the Happy Hollow Zoo came to introduce some of her animal friends to Toni!
	First, came Giza, the African Pygmy hedgehog, who was a little shy and wanted to curl into a ball.
	But Giza did peek out because she was so curious, but she jumped a little bit when we touched her.
	Then, Toni met Munda, a Prehensile Tailed Skink from the Solomon Islands.
	Munda stayed on his branch as he looked around and met all of us!
	Everyone got to pet Munda, he was very smooth and cool to the touch!
	Not all of us liked Arana, the Mexican Red Knee Tarantula. Good thing my camera has a good zoom lens, Toni wanted her to crawl up her arm.
	We were a lot more comfortable with Pooka, the Rex Rabbit. Pooka had the softest fur that anyone had ever touched!
	Last was Cleo, the Ferret. She was very well behaved and everyone got to pet her as well.
	After the animals left, Toni had to unpack the rest of her presents.
	She really liked the special tile that we made and had fired just for her.
	Here's the tile, you can see why she liked it. She told us that it was the best birthday she ever had - and she has a lot of new (animal) friends.