We went to the zoo today. The kids got their faces painted. Maggie got a butterfly.

Adam chose a turtle.

And Luke picked a tiger. The whole time his face was getting painted he kept saying, “You’re tickling me” and wiggling around, so it’s a bit of a wibbly wobbly tiger.

This elephant just relocated from Orlando a few months ago and she was having a blast in the water. She splashed around and completely submerged herself a few times too. It was so fun to watch.

All of the kids loved watching the sea lions.

We even managed to get a nice picture of all five kids (the two cuties in the front are my nephews – they’re awesome).

It was the perfect day for a trip to the zoo. I’m so glad we were all able to go.

Maggie adores her little cousins.

We visited a playground after basketball camp one day.

The boys and I went to the movies.

Luke is crazy about my brother’s dog, Bruzer.

The boys borrowed Bruzer’s dog lead. They took turns attaching it to their clothes so they could safely rock climb.

Adam and Luke have both been all about superheroes lately.

I stole five of their superhero figurines and froze them. It was their job to free them from the ice.

Adam and my mom won $5 playing the grocery store version of Monopoly. Adam was pretty excited, mainly because Mabel let him use the money to buy a new kickball.

I had the perfect thing for Maggie to wear on the 4th of July. When I tried to put it on her that morning though, she refused. Instead, she shoved a tutu at me and said, “princess!”

Princess indeed.

I was finally able to talk her into the red, white, and blue outfit three days later.

My brother-in-law runs a week long basketball camp each summer. This year, Adam was finally old enough to go to it.

He had an awesome time. He learned a lot too – not just about basketball, but about sportsmanship too. Rob really does a phenomenal job with the camp.

He even got a certificate at the end of the week. He was the “Dribble Duck Duck Goose” champ for his age group.

“Please mom, can I go for basketball? I’m wearing my basketball shirt, my basketball underpants, and my basketball shorts.”