We've had lots of good time at home with the boys for the past couple of weeks. The boys have probably been allowed to play too much DS and Wii, which they are thrilled about. We've just been doing the usual summer activities...playing with the neighborhood friends (baseball is very popular in our front yards), swimming at Gramma Honey's house, staying up late eating popcorn and watching movies...we're very laid back right now, and it feels great as I know school days are going to sneak up on us in what feels like no time at all!
Yesterday, the 3 boys and I went with my mom to the Dallas World Aquarium. I was especially excited because they have recently added a living rainforest to the exhibit. When we arrived, we were directed to an elevator that took us to the top, or canopy, layer of the rainforest. (I know, the emergent layer is actually the top layer, but since the place has a roof, they couldn't exactly include that in the display :) We were immediately greeted by howler monkeys swinging through the vines of the trees and colorful birds flying right above our heads. The path took us winding downward through all the layers of the forest, and we got to see various plant and animal life all along the trail. We even got to see the only sloth on exhibit in all of North America. It was sleeping, of course. Caden had several favorites...the sharks (we stood inside a tunnel that was completely underwater with the sharks swimming on all sides!), the sloth, and the monkeys. Jake was fascinated by the "saw tooth shark" as we named it. It had a 3 food rectangular "nose" sticking off the front of its face and all along the edge were pointy triangles. Amazing. Crew just wanted to run around as fast as he could, and, since he thinks all animals are dogs, he spent a lot of time barking! I think my favorite was the jaguar. I felt nervous as I trusteda 1/2 inch piece of glass to protect my boys from this beautiful animal!
This weekend we'll go visit J&W at Nana's house. It's always a nice and relaxing visit there. I just wish I could figure out why I always get sleepy there! ha!
Hope everyone is staying cool! I know I'll be thankful when we drop below 100 again!
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It sounds like a fun place to visit, especially in the hot summertime! We had a fabulous time in Orlando with Zachary, Heidi and the little girls. We swam, played hide and seek, read books and went to the Titanic exhibit at a museum. It was definitely worth seeing. More on our trip later. I want to learn how to have a blog spot too. Janice
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