HAPPY BIRTHDAY SU LIN!
Picture originally uploaded by kjdrill.
Her name means "A little bit of something cute" and she sure does live up to it!
While Tai Shan is a superstar in DC after fulfilling the National Zoo's longtime hopes for a panda cub, Su Lin attracted less attention during her first year in San Diego.
But today, on her first birthday, let's all be thankful for this pretty girl and all of the baby pandas she'll one day have!
To celebrate, the San Diego Zoo is giving her a party and us a treat!
Download a FREE Su Lin Screensaver from the San Diego Zoo!
And watch her birthday party later today here!
Writes the San Diego Zoo blog: "Su Lin’s first birthday is tomorrow, and the Zoo is celebrating by providing her with a custom-made birthday cake. For past cubs, the cake has been an ice sculpture, often with fruit frozen into the layers of the cake. Some enterprising Zoo employees once fashioned birthday candles out of bamboo and added flame-like pieces of yam on top. It is always neat to see what our staff dream up for events such as this!
And, once again, thanks so much to kjdrill for this perfect shot of Su Lin and letting the world see how adorable she is! See his other photos of Su Lin here...
Aww! Sooooo Cute!
Posted by: Chi-Chi | 08/14/2007 at 11:10 PM
Wow we share almost the same birthday! Mine's on August 1. Happy birthday, Su Lin!
I am confused though. How does her name actually mean "a little bit of something cute"? I speak both Chinese and English and this certainly doesn't ring any bell for me.
Posted by: Veron | 08/15/2006 at 05:41 AM
Happy birthday, pretty little girl! It was lots of fun to see her climb all over that cake and get all muddy, like kids of many species everywhere. And what a GORGEOUS photo of her!
Posted by: Marie | 08/03/2006 at 09:27 PM
Happy birthday, little lady!!!
Her keepers love her very much, and spoiled her rotten! I love that she got a box to play with, and I love how she climbed her icesicle cake! :-)
*kisses cute face*
Posted by: Lilo | 08/02/2006 at 10:03 PM