Swimming, Zoo, SKUNK update!

Connelly and Oaklyn have discovered a LOVE for swimming. I guess that comes with the territory of being in such a hot place. We stayed at a hotel for the first five days here, and we went swimming almost every day. We had a blast taking turns with them in the water. Connelly's favorite game is to play "batman" and Dan throws him as high as he can in the air. HE LOVES IT!


What a heart breaker he will be someday. I couldn't resist putting this cute picture of my handsome little man on here!!


The hotel room was interesting. We survived, but living in a tight space was a little challenging. Londyn learned quickly that if she stood on her tippy toes, she could see us from her port a crib. She stood there grinning at us as if to say, "I'm not EVER going to sleep!"


Londyn went swimming with us too for the first time. SHE LOVED IT!! She is such a water baby. She deliberately tries to stick her face in the water. It's so cute!


Last week, I got to take the kids to the zoo with their Grandma Julie. It was so fun. We went early in the morning and the animals were all so active. The leopard was INCHES from Oaklyn's face just pacing back and forth on the other side of the glass. It was sweet. The lions were roaring and the monkeys were SOOO loud. The kids had a blast, but I think I may have had more fun than them!!! I don't remember seeing the animals active like that!


Here are the kids sitting in front of the "skunk" (actually a monkey). I think they are a little obsessed with skunks because of the skunk incidence a few months back. By the way, I was informed that I never told the conclusion of that saga. After MANY attempts of catching him (or her), Dan finally just opened the crawl space access panel and left it open for the night...low and behold small muddy paw prints were found in the morning...we've never seen the *&$^ thing since! Sorry I didn't report properly! LOL!