Sunday, July 29, 2012

We had a week vacation at Pappy and Mimi's house!
Enjoying icecream with friends in Birmingham!
The kids love catching fireflies!
Our first adventure is to the Chattanooga Aquarium
 The kids are in the piranha tank!
 Touching a large sturgeon
William loved the huge turtle shell
Sitting in front of blue macaws-the girls love Rio!
Butterfly Garden
The kids enjoyed watching the penguins!
Hannah could not believe the Giant Spider Crab was a real animal
Next stop:  The Creative Discovery Museum!  William found a secret lever in the water zone that dumped water on kids below. 
We love Dinosaur Digs!
 The view of Downtown Chattanooga from the Lookout Tower
 William loved watching a bee hive
 Hannah is our Queen Bee.  The kids dressed up like bees and played in a honeycomb!
 A day at the Birmingham Zoo with our friend Max-waiting for the sea lion show!
The kids love their "Aunt" Ashley
 On a camel ride...
 The kids said it was a little bumpy!
 Emily holding a Lorikeet
 Hannah's turn
And William with a Lorikeet
 At the McWane Center-The kids love the wind tunnel
 Dora and Diego Special Exhibit
Our favorite is still the bubble exhibit!
 Meeting friends at Noccalula Falls
 Petting a deer
The girls loved holding and hugging a bunny
 Our little Indians!
 Playing on the rocks and water before the waterfall
So much fun spending a day catching up an old friend!

Sunday, July 22, 2012

 Friday Fun Day at Soccer Camp!
 Ballerina and Batman playing soccer!
 Hannah had a great week at camp!
 I could hear these girls asking William to be the prince on their team.  He made this face and politely said, "I am not a prince-I am Batman!"  And then he walked to the boys!
Driving to score a goal!  Hannah is behind him playing goalie for their team!
Emily played on the sidelines with a baby frog
We visited Sea, Sand and Stars twice this week!  This was the only week that the Orange Beach Elementary School Planetarium and Aquarium was open to the public.  The kids touched sting rays, ramora, flounder and crabs in a touch tank. We watched two IMAX movies and learned so much about our beaches and all the fish and animals that live here!
 William listening to waves in a large shell
 Playing in the sand with our friends from Huntsville!
A sunset dinner on the bay!
 The restaurant had a great playground so the four adults had a nice dinner while the kiddos played!
 Little Crab Hunters...
 Here they go!
 Finding sand crabs
The boys caught so many crabs that we filled three buckets!
 Hannah found a baby crab the next morning
 William has a fish on...
 It is a Shark!
William reeled in a 30 inch black tip shark all by himself!
 Shark face
 The girls enjoyed a fun party with their school friends...
at the Little Gym.