Hogle Zoo June 2009

I just love the Hogle Zoo! We had a really good time. Jackson loved the crocodiles & elephants, Skyler loved the giraffes, and I love the penguins. Grandpa came with us and the kids had a great time with him. We bought kettle corn popcorn which Jackson couldn't stop eating. I took him to see the Orangutangs, and when we got back, Aaron fibbed and told him the popcorn was all gone. Later Jackson found it in the stroller and we couldn't ever get the bag away from him again. Aaron kept rushing through the park and I was trying to call to him to come a different way or we'd miss the apes. He of course "couldn't hear" me, so in the middle of a large crowd, Jackson screamed the top of his lungs "AAAAARRRROOOONNN!!!" and well that got the attention of not only Aaron, but everyone around. I couldn't help but laugh. Skyler was really tired that day and spent most of it in the bike trailer/stroller while Jackson literally ran through the entire zoo, excited to see what was next. It was a great day topped of by dinner at Famous Dave's BBQ, my fav. Mmmm. . . mmmm.....

June 2009

Skyler finished up the First grade! Yea! They sang lots of songs about all the things they learned this last year, and I was really sad to see my little girl grow another year older. The best part of the assembly was a rock song they sang with their cardboard glitter gutiars. Skyler headbanged throughout the entire song. Made her mama proud. I received several comments for that one.

Summer is here and we have enlisted Skyler into gymnastics at the University. (I'll post more as this progresses). She has only attended one class so far and already loves it. She climbed the rope to the top to ring a cow bell and can do cartwheels with the help of her teacher. Hopefully this will help keep her occupied.

Skyler and Jackson have taken to many of our kitchen items for play. Here they are with my oven mits used for boxing each other. Skyler usually lets Jackson win, but he plays dead until she counts to 10 for a knockout.

This is Jackson posing as a transformer.