I have never really been a fan of the “greeting card invented” days such as “Mothers Day”, “Fathers Day” or “Birthdays” if it comes to that – where is “Grandfathers day” or “Poor Day” I ask; anyway I digress. I had planned to take my wife and daughter to Dublin zoo for some while now and mothers day (provided the weather was good) was an ideal opportunity. It proved to be a treasure. We all enjoyed it – Tigers, Wolves,Elephants and Meerkats being my favourites. The look of sheer joy on Maeves face when she first saw a real monkey was one I will remember for a long time. Maeve ran pretty much all the three hours we spent in the zoo – so for the first time Maeve fell asleep at 19:00 and slept though till 08:00 the next morning.

Here are the latest pictures of my Daughter – she is growing up fast now, and her English is expanding daily: