Belize: September month end

Ok, so this has become my favorite time of the month. I love showing off all the pictures that haven't fit anywhere this month but are cool. This is our September in 'photos.

Let's start with hurricane Felix. This is what it looked like when it finally got here as nothing more than a blustery day. And what were Brynn and Kori doing during this dastardly storm? Swimming of course!

Then, on the 7th, Alfred and I celebrated our 16th anniversary with dinner out. These are the flowers he managed to scrounge up for me. It was an amazingly beautiful bouquet!

Here are some of my favorite wild animal pics for the month. If I've posted any of them before, just enjoy them again.

This guy was sunning himself on the road and was kind enough to pose for me.

And here's a pelican in Belize City. I just love pelicans. They are so awkward looking and they fish by diving head first at top speed into the water. It looks like they should break their necks but so far I haven't seen that happen.

Now some pics of the not-so-wild animals from our zoo trip.

The locals call these animals 'squash' but I think the official name is 'coaties'. They are kind of like Belizean badgers. Really nasty. I have heard of one squash killing a german shepherd dog.

This is a scarlet maccaw. In a few months we will take the trek to Red Bank and see hundreds of these in the wild. They stop every year here on their way to or from wherever they go.

And what do we do when the kids get bored? We take them outside to torment the crabs, of course!