Today was amazing, we went to Monkey Park (which my Dad has named monkey farm), which turned out to be the best zoo I’ve ever been too.

We went early, so we had the whole park to ourselves and you were free to walk through the enclosures with all the animals running around you.

We were given mixed bags of food to feed them with, but you had to work out which animals liked which food.

The squirrel monkeys were the friendliest animals in the park.

They liked crawling all over us and standing on our heads.

This one loved my Dad’s iPhone and managed to take a photo.

The lemurs were my favourite, with their super fluffy tails.

There were turtles too and lots of lizards.

There were hundreds of little guinea pigs running around, you had to be careful that you didn’t step on any of the animals when you walked.

Zoos are always so much better in foreign countries because of the lack of health & safety laws.

The park also had chimpanzees, panthers and a lot of parrots. We got to cradle this one like a baby, it was so soft and light.

Yesterday was my birthday and also the hottest day of the year, so Tom took me too the zoo to see the animals. I think they should give vegetarians and vegans a discount on the ticket price!

I really liked the giraffes, zebras, penguins, otters and lemur.

The meerkats were cute too. The zoo had aviaries and a butterfly tent, which you could walk through.

We took my SLR camera and huge paparazzi lens, which was awesome for snapping the animals.

If you’re around the Regent’s Park / Primrose Hill area, take a walk around the perimeter of the zoo, because you can see quite a few of the animals without having to pay. You can also get a river boat from Little Venice, straight to the zoo’s entrance.

After the zoo, we headed to Ladurée, where Tom bought me a box of super fancy macaroons.

It’s like a pic ‘n’ mix and all the flavors are really nice, but the black licorice ones are the best! The box is really pretty too, so I’m going to use it to keep jewelry in.

On the topic of jewelry, Tom got me a rainbow zip bracelet, I have wanted one for ages. He also got me a Play TV, so that I can record shows to watch during yoga, wireless microphones for Singstar (which make you feel like a proper rockstar), Buzz, and a voucher for MAC, where they’ll pick out make-up that suits me.

After the macaroons, we continues our sugar high, with a trip to Hummingbird Bakery in South Kensington.

We enjoyed red velvet and carrot cake, while sitting in the red velvet seats, mmmmm! Continuing our tradition of going to see cheesy girly films for my birthday, we went to see Band Slam, which was actually quite enjoyable.

In the evening we headed home and ended up playing Buzz with Emma until the early hours. The new game lets you play online, against other sofas and we won against almost every team we played, we felt so smart! Earlier in the day, Emma had left a lovely Chanel present outside the door for me to find.