Thursday, June 28, 2012

father's day rewind

here's a quick little recap of father's day weekend :)
we had a surprise for daddy right away in the morning...henry couldn't wait--the second Austin woke up he wanted to give him his present!
 A whole bunch of goodies--Austin's favorites
The pic isn't the best so I'll let you know what the wording says:

Happy Father's Day Daddy! Thanks for being such a fungi!

I took a four pack of starbuck fraps (and after enjoying them) I painted the holder and took the stickers off of the bottles.  Then, Henry and I covered the caps with playdough to make them look like mushrooms :)  Then, we filled them with goodies of course.  Henry filled one with jellybelly jellybeans....one at a time.
 get it?  fungi?  hehehe
 oh and we also had to include some dad's root beer of course.
then we went to the reptile gardens.  raaaaawr.
sorry honey, i just had to. :) love you.
we checked out the snake show
here we have henry jumping to his feet (he is in the bright green hat)....
.....and excitedly shouting :"that's a huuuuge snake daddy!"
then the alligator show
i think that one of henry's favorite parts was getting up close and personal with the critters in the dome
a daddy turtle with his baby  :) or soooo we decided.
and we are always a big fan of birds.  the guy on the left does blend in a little but if you look close it isn't a leaf, it's a bird they are looking at :)
and his most favorite of all, the giant turtles.  he was a bit hesitant at first, but then he really became attached and enjoyed petting his neck.
love my lovies!  
happy father's day again :)

Monday, June 25, 2012

east river visit

at the beginning of June we went back east to spend time with family and be there during my dad's surgery.  we went to the zoo with nana and met up with great grandpa and grandma.

i didn't take quite so many photos but here are a few.  henry gets pretty busy at the zoo :) i think his favorite was the tiger and riding the carousel--I couldn't get him off of it!
 riding with great-grandpa Paul and holding on tight!
 milking the cow...
 :D

Most of our time was just spent hanging out in the backyard with gunka

swinging
 riding four-wheeler
 and watering all the plants

we visited uncle george's and played guitar
 and played at the park across the street

AND we got to squeeze in a horse ride with gunka too!
 and a little snuggle :)