We weren't quite sure what to expect when we spent the day at the San Diego Zoo, but have to say, we all were pleasantly surprised and really enjoyed seeing the animals. We loved seeing the Panda's! Couldn't believe they could actually sleep comfortably in the tree.. This panda was fast asleep and didn't seem to be bothered by all the people from the line who were talking and taking pictures... Amazing! Loved this snap shot of Joe and our boys by the Alligator section of the park... One of Joe's favorites to visit at the Zoo was the enormous elephants! Isaac and Charlie loved crawling all over the plastic Elephants.. Great relaxing day at the Zoo!
Exploring SeaWorld with our boys was such a hoot... We had a great time watching them explore the place with great excitement! "Shamu" was the family highlight of the day of course... Isaac & Charlie were grinning from ear to ear watching the whales in action... oh, and of course eating there cinnamon popcorn! They loved riding the rides together and even met the "Famous" Polar bear!
One of our FAVORITE bowling HOT spots is CEDAR Lanes.... Laid back family FRIENDLY enviorment and our BOYS love there BURGERS, FRIES & Old Fashioned SNACK bar... This place brings GOOD TIMES to our family every time we go. With Charlie's technique of RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN and drop the ball.. To Isaac's Side WhIneDERS... To Joe's HURDLING the ball HALFWAY down the lane and SMASHING the balls... To my very LAID back approach... (Aim for the center, let it LOOSE and let's just SEE what happens)... For our family BOWLING brings to us an evening of one HILARIOUS move after another.
Wishes of a "FOUR" year old on his BIRTHDAY... Charlie could HARDLE wait to open his PRESENTS... (DELIGHT radiated from HEAD to TOE that something came in the MAIL for him..... (THANKS to our Awesome families) So, for this year and turning the BIG 4 Charlie's Birthday WISHES were as follows, BIRTHDAY BREAKFAST (with pancakes), Preschool Party with FRIENDS.... (Which consisted of taking treats (Choc. Chip Cookies to his preschool buddies on this birthday!) ONE WORD for how he looked when I picked him up from preschool "BEAMING"! And his FINAL Birthday WISH was to go BOWLING as a family.... HAPPY to SAY all his Birthday WISHES were GRANTED... It's a BLESSING for us to Celebrate the LIVES of those who bring you so much LOVE, JOY and LAUGHTER to our day's....
I am sure you can all remember those early morning Easter Egg hunts that we all so eagerly went to as kids.. I have to say that much has changed for me... I still love early morning Easter egg hunts and I have to say if they had a section for adults, I would be there with my BIG OL' Easter Basket. But of course as every parent must, we have to start living through our children in matters like these.... So we had a little Easter Egg hunt for just our little family and Isaac was the LUCKY ONE of the bunch to find the GOLDEN EGG.... And so of course as all Mother's do I took a quick snap shot of this very GREAT moment with Isaac and his new found treasure... The Golden Easter Egg!
So, just the other day Isaac & Charlie had gone out back in the yard to play.... As I glanced out the window because it was SO QUIET I found two little boys who had neatly layed out my patio cushions for a bed for them and our dog Kiara. They were all tucked together in a blanket they had taken from the linen closest. It was so sweet to watch them with her and taking care of her and one another... Childhood moment-Priceless..
Charlie loves riding his scooter. From the time he could walk he's been zipping around on it as fast as he could make it go... A little BOY who HAS a NEED for SPEED!
