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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

An April Visit to the Zoo!

The girls and I went with our friends Summer and Aubrey to the zoo one Tuesday in April. It was cooler weather than we'd hoped for, but thankfully the zoo is full of outdoor AND indoor exhibits so we managed!

We decided on a tour of the bird exhibit even though Summer is terrified of birds. As it turns out, the only thing she needed to be afraid of was this lady. No joke, she gave the girls a 5-minute lecture about "not climbing on the rocks and not touching the wires and don't scare the birds and don't run because you might fall on the birds and hurt them". Summer and I kept looking at each other like, we had no idea this was going to be such serious business. :)


Yeah, those birds really look threatened. :)

The indoor penguin exhibit is definitely a 
better experience than the outdoor one - too fun!
 
 Ohhh, creepy.


Peacocks are everywhere at the Milwaukee Zoo.


There is a bear in this picture... waaaaay in the back.


Very excited about her zebra shirt. :)
 


The selection of the wax sculpture is absolutely
the highlight of every zoo trip for Mallory. 
 
 
 


Can't forget to ride the train!
 


And, of course, the carousel!
Abby loved this - can't tell, can you?
She asked to go again. :)
 
 


It's safe to say our next trip will be equally as much fun,
and hopefully warmer.
We're hoping this will be our first summer with a zoo pass!
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012

March Easter Egg Hunt

Toward the end of March we went to an Easter Egg Hunt at a friend's church. The kids were in groups by age, so Casey walked ran around with Mallory and I followed Abby around while she figured out what this Easter egg thing was really about.
 
 
 
 


Aubrey and Mallory checking out their haul.


What candy? :)



Here are two extra pictures I found at the end of March. :)


I asked Mallory to go get some jammies
and she came back from her room in this fancy outfit. 
 
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Monday, July 5, 2010

3rd Annual 4th of July Party

Here's a summary of our 3rd annual 4th celebration... it was a great group of friends and family (though we did miss our IL family representation!)

The pool was a hit from the very beginning and throughout the day...
...enjoying the shade on this H.O.T. day...
Unusual Fact:
There was more water consumed at the party than beer.
...parade wave from the wagon...
Jill (Aug 3rd) & Me (July 16th)
Collectively, that's a lot of baby!
...Mallory putting rocks in the dogs' water dish...
...Ember's reaction after her daddy pulled a rock
(from the water dish) out of her mouth...
Eww.
...Rudy sporting his patriotic duds...
Ember helped me cut the
YUMMY
"chocolately strawberry angelfood goodness" that Jill brought.
"ring around the rosey"
"and we all fall DOWN"
...tiki torch casualty...
(this one is cracks me up - she is SASSY!)
...why you shouldn't wait until after bedtime to attempt a family photo...
(see our family photos as well)
We had a few sprinklings of rain throughout the day which made for quite a tolerable afternoon and evening. The girls hung in there until RIGHT before the fireworks (9pm-ish) but were all asleep by 9:30. We got to have a campfire and watch the fireworks from our backyard ... totally the way to go as far as we're concerned. Sadly, we were all too stuffed for smores - tragic, I know. Fun day with plenty of food and great company. (Mallory even slept a little later than normal this morning and took a four hour nap today ... no complaints here!)
We hope your 4th was as fun and enjoyable as ours!