Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Riding the train at Pete's Party Castle!

We love playing games!

William making faces from the Dragon's mouth

Emily and Caroline enjoying their chocolate cupcakes at Twist!

William and Hannah loved their cupcakes too!

Monday, July 11, 2011

Dauphin Island Sea Lab-learning about Horseshoe Crabs

Touching a Spider Crab

Deep Sea Diver William

William with the baby alligator!
After lunch heading to the beach- Fun on Boogie Boards William loved finding oyster shells!

Emily loved finding hermit crabs.

Saturday, July 09, 2011

Reptile Appreciation Day at Five Rivers-watching a large tortoise eat its lunch.

Holding a snake
A two year old alligator
Petting the alligator's tail

Petting a large monitor

Friday, July 08, 2011

Yeah! We have made it to Max's house for our spend the night party!

Everyone brought their favorite toy!
A fun afternoon playing outside!
William helping Max play in his new pool!

How many kids can fit in this little crab pool?

Emily had fun chasing her big brother with the hose!

We had a great pizza dinner, read bedtime stories, watched Finding Nemo and had a pillow fight! The kids actually slept well and woke up happy from our spend the night party! Now they are all ready for pancakes!

Tuesday, July 05, 2011

MOM'S club 4th of July meeting!
The kids made their own pinwheels!

William putting the finishing touches on his scooter!

Ready for our 4th of July Parade!

William is fast on his scooter!

Resting after our parade and now we are ready for popsicles!

Monday, July 04, 2011

Happy 4th of July Weekend!

Ready for our day at Cathedral Caverns!
Ready to go on the cave tour-this cave holds six world records! One is the widest cave entrance of any commercial cave in the world!

Goliath-the largest stalagmite in the world!
William looking at the frozen waterfalls!

The largest stalagmite forest in any cave in the world.

Our first time Gem Mining!

Hannah with her fancy rocks!
William had fun mining his gems!

Emily's beautiful stones!

The kids had fun trying to identify their gems!

A fun day at the McWaine Center in Birmingham

The kids loved the huge zip line!

Pappy and William in a wind tunnel

A serious paleontologist

We loved looking in the aquarium tanks and...

Petting baby sharks!

William loved making huge bubbles!

Dada made a huge bubble around all of them!

Hannah is in a bubble!

Now Emily is in a big bubble!

And of course the kids enjoyed a few sparklers and fireworks!