The mail is here, the mail is here! What treasures await me….

oh, rather disappointing to say the least.

A much different story for Annabelle & Gwyneth. Check out their Valentine’s loot! It was certainly a good mail day for them.

The girls had a blast opening their many Valentine’s. They also received their St. Louis Zoo animals. Each year Poppy personally selects an animal for each of the girls to sponsor. This is Gwyneth’s second. She’s a proud zoo mama to a zebra and now a penguin. You can see, she’s thrilled.This is Annabelle’s 3rd Valentine’s animal. She has a penguin, a zebra and my favorite – a warthog!

Poppy sponsors a zoo animal for each of his grandaughters each year. The St. Louis zoo is free and in order to remain free to the public they require donations to keep the animals cared for and fed. He has been donating since Madison was born and keeps adding animals and granddaughters! My guess, is that he’s sponsoring about 21 animals now. Next time we’re back in St. Louis the girls will be able to visit their animals at the zoo, which may actually be called the Poppy Paz Zoo soon enough!