More hanging around the house

Sydney red hot after being outside for about 15 miuntes... maybe less.

As always one curl down the mddle of her forhead.
Mom and Lincoln, I think the first day they were here.
Lincoln began to be more and more awake as their visit went on. I know that they loved that.

Miami Metro Zoo

Through out my parents journeys around the world they have been to MANY zoos. I hadn't realised how many or how unexcited they were to go to ours till we got there. Turns out... we have an amazing zoo. I like it but my mom couldn't stop with the compliments. I was thrilled. She says its definitely in the top 10 and close tot he top. She said it was absolutely beautiful. And it really is. We rented a bike because that's the only way to hit up this zoo and pedaled our way around. Unfortunately with the kids melting down before our eyes we had to call it before we got to feed the giraffes.
I'm only putting the tigers on here but there are many more pics. But tigers are my favorite. If you double click the pic you can see the white one laying on the roots to the left. Besides the otters and we couldn't get a good shot of them. One thing my mom loved besides all the birds (she loved the birds) was the fact that you can't see any of the animals nightly enclosures. I have to admit that is cool.
This is a picture to show how strong Lincoln is with his head already.

Oh and the weather was perfect. We were afraid we were going to get thrashed by a huge thunderstorm but it by passed the zoo. So we just got the cool breeze from it. But by afternoon it was back to the 90s and HOT! But that was just about when we were leaving.

DIEGO!!!!!!!!!! We got there just in time to see Diego at the gift shop. Sydney was too shy for a hug but mustard up enough courage for a high five!!
A little scenery of the Zoo to help explain why my mom thought it was so beautiful. And Yes that Lincoln in my sweet 'HOT SLING'. They are great. I tried slings with my other kids with no luck. If you want your kids to be sling babies start them right away. I love my 'hot sling'.
This is Sydney in the middle of the road around nap time. No she's not napping but throwing a HUGE fit. She woke up that morning at 5 am and fell a sleep right when we pulled into the zoo only to wake up 2 minutes later. Ahhh Fun times!!

double click for the full affect.

There's a place in the Zoo where they have these life size statues that look like the are immersed in water. Every time we go the kids climb all over them.
A 'must' stop is the sprinkler park they have there. Especially when its over 90 degrees outside. Sydney opted for the playground across they way where I pushed her on the swings in the hot sun. I'm such a loving mom. Although I did set the timer on my watch for 5 minutes. No more then that.

MIAMI INK

One of the stops dad insisted we make was to the Miami Ink tattoo parlor from TLC. Actually this is just a gift shop now. They're really tattoo shop we think is across the street.

As we were finishing up our pictures mom turned around and saw the owner walking toward the shop. We followed him inside where he posed for a picture with a bunch of hot girls and then graciously posed for one with the touring Grandma and Grandpa. I thought it was great and so did they. This tourist stop was a hit!!

July 4th

The Davie Fire Dpt. supplied foam for all the kids to play in. They all had a blast as you can see below.
The kids got tatoos. Sydney a res white and blue heart and Isaac got a fire cracker.
Isaac in the fire foam.
Sydney never made it in further then her waist.

"I have a mustache?!" This is Josh thinking he's funny by drawing muxtaches on the kids. And actually it is pretty funny. I'll be up dating more tomorrow but for now I'm going to bed!!!!
"hoh hoh hoh!" in a french accent!!