Summer Fun: Week 2

Last week started out with a picnic in the park with our friends Amanda, Trey and Trent! After lunch and some time in the park we went to see the summer movie "Horton Hears A Who" - good movie by the way.

We even took bread to feed the ducks, but these lonely two ducks were all we found...surprising for Jerry Ivy Park...but, we improvised and fed the fish instead!

We also met up with an old high school friend of mine, Chandra, and her three kids - Mackenzie, Gage and Jace - at the Wichita Zoo! Luckily it wasn't extremely hot that day, so it was enjoyable.

We measured up with penguins, saw scary alligators, posed with every animal statue we ran into, saw all the big animals and the ugly ones too like the wart hog above.

We even fed the baby ducks. They were so fast. It was really funny...you can watch below.

The new tiger exhibit was pretty cool - this one was up close and personal with us.

The monkeys, gorillas and orangutans are still my favorite animals to see. This gorilla was NOT interested in us whatsoever, but the orangutan got down off of the play equipment and walked right up to where Maddie was sitting.



The trip went really well and it was a lot of fun for me to see an old friend and meet her kids, whom got along with mine like they have been friends forever. The only kink in the day was my mistake of letting Brooke out of the stroller early and when she decided she didn't want to walk anymore, she also decided that she didn't want to ride in the stroller and she threw some impressive fits when I tried to put her in. I did end up carrying her just a bit, but I finally forced (or maybe bribed) her to get in the stroller with some ice cream.

This is her - ASLEEP - holding her ice cream and it dripping all over her. Every time I tried to move it, she would wake back up. I finally had to wait until it was pretty much melted until she finally let me have it and she crashed completely.

The week ended with some old friends of our coming over on Saturday. We determined it had been almost 4 years since we've seen JC, Leslie and their boys Cole and Easton. It was nice catching up! The only bad part was the weather...it didn't cooperate very well, so we were stuck inside for most of the day. However, we made the best of it...watching Transformers while eating popsicles (notice the blanket to protect the floor - I'm no dummy!).

We did get to go outside - finally - at the end of the day and the kids enjoyed playing together on the bikes and scooters!

Another fun week of summer. More to come...