Pie!

Happy Hippo Thanksgiving to all;

I hope everyone celebrated with all the pie you can eat!

Frankie Is Thankful

Frankie is thankful for Thanksgiving vacation.

Frankie is thankful for car rides.

Frankie is thankful for rest stops.

Frankie is thankful for cranberries.

Frankie is thankful for pie.

Frankie is thankful for games.

Frankie is thankful for kitties.

Frankie is thankful for leftovers.

Frankie is thankful for returning home after a fun trip.

Hippo Thanksgiving!

Just a few of the many, many things I am thankful for:

Warm bed and a remote


Warm friends


Road Trips!


Hats (especially my 2 sombreros!)


Hot Chocolate


Being a hippo!


and, of course, hippo-lovers, hippo caretakers, and my adoring hippo fans!

Happy Hippo Thanksgiving!

Holly

Hippo's new friend Holly sent holiday greetings from snowy Ann Arbor, Michigan.

She wanted to show Hippo what the University of Michigan campus looks like in cold weather. There's a definite lack of salsa dancing hippopotamuses on the plaza.

But Triton and the kids are still playing in the fountain.

Holly tried to catch snowflakes on her tongue.

Then she warmed up with a fresh Mexican lunch.

Holly nuzzled a puma on the way into the Exhibit Museum of Natural History.

There she learned how hippopotamuses are related to whales. An animal called Artiodactyl began adapting to an aquatic habitat 55 million years ago. Some of its descendants evolved into swimming hunters which later became whales and dolphins. Others evolved into wading grazers like the hippopotamus.

Holly is a beautiful example of Hippopotamus amphibius.

She left an impression on Ann Arbor by making hippo prints in the snow.

Happy Hippo Thanksgiving!

Over the river and through the woods to Grammy's house we go! (Well, we really just took the car, but we did have to drive over a creek and through some woods to get there)


Hippos love Thanksgiving--hippos love any holiday that is all about eating! Hippos are vegetarians, so we don't eat turkey. Personally, I think that it is all about the pumpkin pie! It was hard work choosing the perfect one to bake.



I like the biggest one.


I practiced my manners all day so I could be a good, polite hippo during dinner.



...And worked up a good appetite playing in the leaves.



By the time dinner was served, I was really hungry.



After a few helpings, I was stuffed!


But there is always room for leftovers.