Fun at the Zoo

Labor Day was one of the first beautiful days in forever.  So what is a family to do.  Well go to the zoo of course!!  Nicholas loved being outside all day and Nora just loved showing her brother the zoo!  I loved baby Jenny, the newest addition to the zoo.  Just the cutest little giraffe ever, especially when she was sticking her tongue out at us!  Great day.

Rainy Day and Sundays

Okay...so it wasn't Sunday and it didn't get us down!

And the Swimming Begins

Daddy's Company Picnic

Let's get this party started!!!

My 2nd Tattoo!!

Let's Pet Some Animals

Little Gym Parent's Night

Nora's Little Gym class put on a little performance to show us parents all they learned over the course of the class. It was the cutest thing ever!!! And I wish I could recall exactly what Mr. Armando said about Nora but to sum it up it was her perseverance. One time on the bars she let go mid-swing to "dismount" and landed flat on her face. She jumped right up, shook it off, and headed back to try again. That was a proud mama moment!!!

The gang with their Medals!!!

Nora and the Uneven Bars

The Balance Beam

The Teachers

Mr. Armando

Mr. Dillon

Butterfly Nora

We went to the zoo this weekend with the Gardner's. I had a ball, I hope the kids had as much fun.

I played a little with photo editing...

I love watching Nora and Ruby interact...they play off each other so much...I totally cracks me up. The entrance to the kid zoo had all these "critters" along the path. Eeek they would say at the snake and mice...the lizard they kind of picked at...Nora tried riding a duck...and they both love the Kangaroos (or are these Wallabies?).

Splashing in the wading "river" was the show stopper...or at least that is what we thought.

Until we went to leave the and merry-go-round was in full site...

I love this pic of Ruby...I wish I know what I did...the blurred background just makes her POP out of the picture!!! LOVE IT..

Nap/Bed Time Books

I like that Nora likes to read. So when she asks to read, after mom and dad read their books, and before nap or bedtime, we let her flip through a couple stories. What's the harm? I typically tell her when she is feeling tired to put her book up on the night stand. AND believe it or not, she typically puts it there. Here are two funny events from the weekend.

The first, Mommy and Daddy were raking and cleaning up the yard. This cleanup well extended until Nora's lunch and nap time. Well, after long nap delays, little miss thing thought she wasn't tired and wanted to read a book. The truth....

she was still on page 1!!! I think she was tired!!

Again...typically she is good about putting her book up before falling asleep. However, this time, she put up the book but decided to invite a few of her closest friends to bed.

Good thing she is cute or I think I'd be a little upset by now! Least she has them all tucked in nicely!!! Love you Pumpkin Pie!!!

Little Slugger

Snowman

Nora and Daddy starting the snowman.

Our work of art...or kind of...

And believe it or not, more than 3/4 of the yard was left untouched. Crazy!!