In looking through my pictures from the last month or so, many of them are of my kids in swings. We are definitely enjoying the summer weather and Hope & Jack have had many adventures to the various parks near and far.
Over July 4th weekend, we hit the Philadelphia Zoo, the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, had a BBQ at Granddad's and even found our way into a local July 4th stroller parade! No photos were taken at the zoo or the stroller parade . . . but here are a few shots from the aquarium:
The aquarium has a tunnel where you can walk through/underneath the shark tank. It was pretty cool. Hope was very captivated by the fish tanks. Here she is with her dad saying hello to a few shark friends.
We also have a new edition to our family room furniture. Initially I asked Kevin to take it back to Babies R Us as it really does not fit with my vision for the room as a whole. However, it was clear from the get-go that it was a huge hit with both kids and thus it stayed. :-)
Here's Jack meeting Elmo, Cookie, Bert and Ernie for the first time.
Here both kids are sharing a seat in what Kevin has coined the "reading corner." Jack is really happy to have full access to his books and really enjoys pulling all of them off the shelves many times a day in search of the perfect one to read.
Hope prefers the chair folded out so she can stretch her legs.
Here's Hope with one of her newest tricks -- holding her own bottle. Yay!
And snuggling with her dad . . . could there be anything more fun to do?
