Amy took the day off a few weeks ago to accompany the kids on a field trip to Animal Kingdom. It was a fairly cool day - quite lovely to be out there compared to the heat of summer!
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| The adventure is about to begin! In front of the tree of life! |
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| These monkeys were fun to watch romping around their structure |
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| These two love each other bunches and bunches! |
We were there with other friends of course - Bergherms and Biris - the kids always enjoy having their friends along with them!
Although the moms were a bit embarrassed when getting onto the safari ride...Amy tried to take a picture of the group so was standing up in her row while passengers got on, which was apparently against the rules so the driver kept saying "Please sit down ma'am" but Amy didn't realize that she was speaking to her, so nope - didn't sit down! Poor Vasti was hanging her head saying "I don't know that lady!" As you can see, the picture didn't turn out as envisioned other than capturing Vasti and Jennifer's faces! 😊
The cool weather was perfect for the safari - tons of animals were out and about - including this precious baby hippo in the back of this picture beside the larger hippo (there are three hippos)
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| We are just missing Zachary - we miss you buddy! |
Amy agreed to take the kids on a whirl-a-gig - almost whirled her stomach right out of her mouth! Ha ha ha - it wasn't that bad, but it did go in a lot of circles!
Apparently this tree of life is the best place to take a picture because it keeps cropping up in all of our pictures! The first of these pictures is just a family shot but the second with our big thumbs up......is because of the new stroller that we got!!!! Addison is 5 - certainly big enough to walk but she inherited Amy's tired knees and legs and feet and always wants to be carried, so rather than have to lug her around all day, we decided to take the stroller (easier to keep track of her and take our stuff around as well). Anywho - our old red stroller has been broken for years and is horrific to push - it gets stuck all the time and is super hard to steer, but we kept it because it seemed silly to get a new one for our last kid....but finally at the previous SeaWorld trip Amy decided that she couldn't bear it any longer and got a new one and this one was SO MUCH BETTER - so easy to push! It was a dream come true! :)
We had the distinct pleasure of going over to the Ngs place for Friday dinner one evening recently. They served us arapas, which were like pita pockets and they were delicious - along with sauteed zucchini, it was delicious! The kids had a lovely time playing, and were very comfortable seeing as the Js were there as well. Addison and Elin really do play so nicely together.
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| Sweet little friends |
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| While Kaylee, Kaleb, Eric and Keenan hung out over here |
Speaking of Elin and Addison - they are in Pre-K together on Mondays and enjoy being together. It is a small class and they have lots of fun - although the ABC Show and Tell is a lot of work for Mommy each week! :)
And one last special outing that Addison got to do - she went with Jennifer one morning up to Blue Springs park where the manatee were! There were several hundred that day, and it was again a nice cool day to be out there in the park!
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| Evan, Addison and London. Addison does love her London! |
And to wrap up our week - Addison came out of her room wearing her ballet dress one morning, along with a few "inserts" into it. Gotta love it - this girl is never dull! :)
