Twins again I had a weekend of twins.  This time, I was asked by an ex-colleague of mine to take photos at her friend’s kids 9th birthday party at the Lion Park, north of Johannesburg.  Twins, Eloise and Chrissie, live in the UK and are in South Africa (with their parents of course) visiting family.

We had to do the cake thing quickly today (and they were the MOST magnificent cakes) because we had to go on a game drive around the Lion Park and then end off with petting the lion cubs.

What an awesome party for kids who don’t live in Africa… actually that’s a stupid statement… it’s awesome for any child.  I actually thoroughly enjoyed the game drive too, because we’ve only ever driven around the Park in our own car, and it was fabulous listening to the guide (think we’ll do that the next time we take the kids to the Lion Park)

The game drive started off spectacularly when one of the resident giraffes decided that it wanted to poke it’s nose into the vehicle, causing loads of squeals of laughter.

After the excitement of the lions being so up close and personal to the truck… we went to the wild dog enclosure and the cheetah enclosure… where the animals were more sedate

Chrissie got completely excited though (more than with the lions) when she spotted the meerkats .  Apparently her entire room is themed with meerkats, so this was such a treat for her.  It was the first time she’d actually seen them IRL.

And then we reached the front of the long queue… and petted the lion cubs for a bit

LOL I just love this shot

It was definitely a party that they’ll always remember.

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