Hot Hot Heat!

With temperatures in the 90's lately, we have been doing everything we can to keep cool, which means a lot of outdoor water play. On Saturday we went to the zoo, which happens to have some of those randomly spurting fountains that kids (and some adults) love to play around in.

Right next to the fountains they have a thing that you can pay to go in that has piles and piles of foam to play in. So far we haven't tried it out, I figure the boys will get enough experience with foam parties on Spring break in college. Whenever the wind blew, some of the foam would come over the side and the kids would run after it.

After drying off, the boys went for a ride on the carousel.

Then we went for a walk in an area of the zoo known as "Alabama Wilds." We usually skip over this area, because it's a little boring (beavers, turtles, birds, etc..), but it was a perfect day to walk in the shaded woods.

There is a little dinosaur fossil dig place that I had forgotten about.

At the end of the trail is a rustic log-cabin that you can explore.

And then, of course, the Outhouse...

Sunday was even hotter, so we broke out the sprinklers again. This time Rob had the genius idea to set it up on the front lawn, that way we're watering the grass instead of the drive way. I'm not sure why we didn't think of this before.

The boys love this thing. Even I put on my suit and joined them for a little while (not pictured).

Finally, here is a picture that Beck drew of the "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse." You can see Mickey, Donald, Daisy, Goofy, and the rest of the gang.

You can tell who they are, right??!! This picture cracks me up, as do most of the things that Beck does lately. Yesterday at lunch, Beck pointed to the almonds on his plate and said "Daddy, these almonds are driving me nuts!" We love our little guys. It's so much fun watching them grow up and develop their creativity and humor.