Zoo

Saturday I took the boys to the zoo while Tim worked on the boat he recently bought from his boss. When I asked John later what his favorite part had been he said "riding the tiger." He's referring to a statue. In fact, the most memorable parts of the day weren't very zoo-like. John enjoyed playing on the playground (several times), eating ice-cream, and seeing a movie. He had his first experience in a movie theater and with a 3-D movie. We watched a 6-minute SpongeBob SquarePants movie. If you've ever seen SpongeBob SquarePants, you know 6 minutes is a long time.
We did see bears, baby lion cubs, koalas, lots of monkeys, an alligator, giraffes, zebras, and one lone, very scrawny rabbit in the Gorilla's habitat, but no Gorillas. I guess those Gorillas keep that bunny hoppin'!

Summer Fun

We've had lots of visitors recently. Mom came and took care of David while we were out of town and Dad came for a visit this month as well. Mom brought her little Chihuahuas and they got along with Sophie and the kids. David is walking with the assistance of anything he can push. He pushed a little chair across the kitchen floor and then walked across the kitchen with a little rolling toy. He'll be walking on his own soon!

Dancing and Pirates

Here are a few pictures from this month. David isn't content just sitting and looking around. Here he is dancing at Granny and PePaw's house.
Friday, July 18th was Pirate Day at John's school. Since he is very interested in pirates right now, we went all out and he wore a pirate costume, had an eye patch, and a few tattoos. I almost lost it when he said he wanted to take it all off as we were getting in the car to go to school. But I convinced him to wear it into school and I think he was relieved to not be the only child whose mother had dressed him funny. Most of the kids were all decked out.

Palmetto Falls

Tim and I took John and Jamison to Palmetto Falls waterpark on Fort Jackson on Tuesday, July 1. We all had a blast. The water was shallow enough that they could stand up. They enjoyed the water slide and John insisted that I not catch him when he got to the bottom of the slide! We played on the playground right before we left. The picture in the car is of one tired little boy.