Wild Animal Park

We had an awesome day at the Wild Animal Park.

All the animals were out and put on a great show for us.

Dane loved the elephants.
The babies were so cute and Mommy elephant was trumpeting in anger as one of the other elephants came a bit too close to her baby. It was pretty cool to hear them "fight!"

A few pics of the happiest baby on the block...

Auntie Mary & Auntie Lizey in action!
A HUGE thank you to both of them for coming with us. It really made it so much easier having Aunties there (and A LOT more fun!) ;)

Giraffes and lions, oh my!

All tuckered out...

I know it's a Thursday, but here's a fun video I took of this great musical group we saw at the Wild Animal Park.
As you'll see in the video, all the kids were mesmerized.

3 Little Monkeys Jumping in the Bed!

It's official - they're having FUN!

Happy Birthday Ella

This sweet angel turned 4 today. Is she not the sweetest thing ever?

Here's a glimpse of what we were up to today.

Lots of loving and kissing

The birthday girl LOVES Jaeger Ray and will make an excellent babysitter one day.

HOLY TORNADO!

Plenty of time spent playing in the California sun.

Pooped after a long day of playing.

Helping the kids finish their dinner so they can indulge in the birthday cupcakes.

Birthday celebration

And this is how the ladies indulged!

We made it!

It was a long day, but we were all so excited to be here. The kids made themselves at home immediately.


while we shared our first glass of wine. Delicious!

Blogging from 30,000 feet!

Besides missing our first flight and having to be rescheduled for a later flight*, our trip has been unbelievably smooth. I hate to jinx it as we still have an hour and half left of this flight, but the boys have been wonderful. Jaeger slept for about 35 minutes on the first flight and is currently entertaining himself with the abundance of toys I brought for him. Dane is out cold right next to me. I haven't even had to pull out Word World yet!!! We've been reading stories, playing with our new magnetic construction site, gazing out the window, and even having a few successes on the airplane potty. What more could a mommy ask for?

Here are a few pics of our morning.

Waiting patiently in Juneau

Dane has been such a good boy!

Unwrapping his first gift of the trip.

Success - Dane loves his new magnetic construction site!

A tender moment at the Seattle airport.

*I thought I was so organized and prepared for this trip!!! The one thing I didn't do is recheck my flight time yesterday and I went off memory. Huge mistake. What made me think I could actually remember my flight time is beyond me. I have the worst memory on the planet. I thought our flight was at 6:30 and we got there at 5:30 only to be informed it was leaving at 6:00. ARGH!! Thankfully, the woman at the Alaska Airlines was great and was able to get me on the 8:00 flight. Plus I was able to get an infant block for Jaeger which meant we've had an entire row for the 3 of us on both flights. Perhaps it all worked out for the best. Who knows if I would have been able to do that on the earlier flights. :) Just trying to make myself feel better and not like the complete imbecile I actually am.

So excited....

to see all these wonderful people!

Traveling alone with 2 kids under 3 will totally be worth it. :)

Famous!

Dane was in the paper on Sunday! We are participating in a summer reading program put on by our local library where you read 10 books at home, fill out the record sheet and then you get to pick out your very own book to take home. Not a shabby deal at all, especially since we're reading that many a day anyhow. ;) This is the photo that was featured in the paper. It's of Dane and his friend Maddy after story/craft time at the library.

Click here to see Dane in the paper.

And here are a few of the books Dane has chosen.

Okay, I'll be honest, I chose Duck Goes Potty. I had high hopes that Duck may help Dane go potty, but no such luck. :(