Animal lessons

This weekend we enjoyed a fun trip to the animal park to feed and pet the animals, and learned a few things along the way.

Pony rides are fun!

Pot-bellied pigs are funny!


Carrying the food guarantees animal stalking.

Never turn your back on a llama.

Watch where you step!

And a lesson on the birds and the bees... and turles. Owen and Reed weren't sure what to make of the "turtle wrestling", but they thought it was hilarious!

Clicky hips

One step forward and two steps back. While one of Grace's hips has improved, the other is still dislocated and so we start again in the harness full-time. Grace is a trooper, despite having her rolling put on hold, and we have high hopes this will soon be behind us.

Another mom we ran into at the park shared that she too had "clicky hips" as a baby and wore the same harness, and has been active and without a problem since. It was encouraging to hear, plus "clicky hips" (in a British accent) just sounds better than "hip dysplasia".

9/02/10

Happy 90210 day! Literally. Celebrate this once in a lifetime day by remembering the great days of shoulder pads, flannels, the Peach Pit, Color Me Badd and "Donna Martin graduates". Or tune into an old ep.

Da-na-na-na, da-na-na-na....

Summer Tumbles

This summer we beat the heat while blowing off some steam at JW Tumbles. So much fun to be had!

And energy burned.

Tumbles boys!!

Tumbles babes!

A stop at the "smoothie store" was always some extra fun...

well, until the sugar hit.

Cousins!

Owen and Grace pose for their first pic with cousin Finley.

Please excuse Owen's chocolate face/shirt.. Grandma brought him a giant chocolate chip cookie. Mmm.

First food!

We gave Gracie her first taste of rice cereal this weekend...

Not such a fan.

Aquarium Adventure

This week we took a family day trip to the Inner Harbor and visited one of Daddy's favorite places- the aquarium. Owen was fascinated and loved getting up close to see all the fish, turtles and sharks.

O was especially fascinated by the dolphin show, and afterwards said his favorite part was when the "mommy in the blue shirt swim in the pool".. aka, when the trainer swam with the dolphins.

Grace was just happy for a chance to sleep.

What a fun day!