Day at the zoo

We went to the Brookfield Zoo and Hannah came along with us. It turned out to be a beautiful day. Not too warm and a nice cool breeze. We were able to see some baby pigs and baby chicks and even a baby camel.

The kids wanted to pose in front of the "elefun" because "elephants are fun"...get it?? Guess you had to be there. They thought it was hilarious.

Posing in the giant Kangaroo.


Andrew on his tiger,


Abbie on her anteater &


Hannah on her Snow Leopard.

We went into the butterfly house. The kids sat still and didn't make a sound for the longest time.

Here are pictures of the different butterflies that I took. I think they turned out kind of cool.

Childrens Museum

We spent the day at the childrens museum and the kids had a great time. They were very busy all day and I don't think Andrew stopped running from the second we walked into the museum. There were so many fun and creative things for the kids to do. Abigail asked when we were coming back before we even left the parking lot!

Fun in the wind tunnel.

Can you tell how excited Andrew is???

Abigail loved standing in the water bubble!

Andrew was very busy trying to figure out how everything worked.

Abigail and Andrew really loved the water table.

Random goodness

Here are a few random pictures I had on my camera.

Whoever said "less is more" wasn't referring to hair bows!

Andrew got into the candy jar (obviously). He unwrapped every sucker that was in it and licked each of them. When I asked him who did it he said Abbie did it which I found funny because she wasn't home at the time.

A frog in my Dad's pond. Just thought it was a neat picture.



Abbie and Hannah being silly.

Vacation

We all went to Virginia Beach for vacation to visit my Aunt Gigi, Uncle Alan and cousin Casey in June. Victor came along with us. It was a lot of fun but definitely not long enough. We spent a lot of time on the beach and just relaxing. The kids had a ton of fun and so did we. Here are a few of the many pictures we took.

Andrew building a sand castle and digging in the sand. He would have stayed here all day playing if we let him.

Daddy and Uncle Victor showed Abigail how to dig for little crabs in the sand.

She caught one and was bringing it to show everyone.

She also "found" some great seashells and starfish in the sand! She was thrilled! (Uncle Alan secretly buried some for her.)

My little mermaid!

Aye Matey!!

They loved the beach!!

This is the view from our hotel. It was beautiful!!

Daddy, Andrew, Casey and Uncle Victor buried Abigail in the sand. I was surprised she sat still long enough to let them do it!

Andrew working on his tan. He didn't get far though with SPF 1,000! Gotta protect that Irish skin!

Daddy and Abbie playing in the ocean.

All of us in Uncle Alan and Aunt Gigi's pool.