And the Fun Continues

Just like last week, this week has been packed with fun, summer activities. Monday we had our weekly outing with Nana to the zoo! Chase was so excited to go and see a zebra and a crocodile. The Hogle Zoo just barely opened their new African Savannah exhibit with zebras (and giraffes and lions and other cool stuff). It's pretty hard to see, but in the picture of him below the zebras are in the background. Hudson was SO enthusiastic about the zoo. You can see him here, just trying to get over that fence and closer to the giraffes! Hudson favorite by far though was the bears. He didn't want to leave and he kept pointing at them and saying "bea-yas!" He had never said bear before, so they made quite the impact on him. The major highlight of the day was riding the newly refurbished zoo train! We made Chase wait until the end to ride it and he was so thrilled. Every time I've taken my boys to the zoo it has just gotten more fun and this time was no exception. They are so interested in the animals and I love seeing their little faces light up! 

On Tuesday we met our good friends Alyse and Ryder Bennett (and baby Drew who slept the whole time) at the Hill Airforce Base Museum. Chase loves this place! He's been a handful of times and it's great (and free!). We walked around the whole museum and Chase and Ryder ran excitedly from one aircraft to the next pointing out all their exciting features. There is something so magical about airplanes and little boys! 

Wednesday we had a ward playgroup activity to the fire station! A man in our ward is a fireman out at the airport and he took us on a tour. Chase was over the moon! He loves fire trucks and was so interested in everything the fireman said. He let Chase sit up on the firetruck, which was a major highlight for Chase. At the end he showed them how far and fast the hoses can spray water. Chase was slightly overwhelmed, but Hudson was throwing up his hands in the air and screaming in glee! 

And besides that we've spent a whole lot of time in the pool! These boys are water babies! On Saturday night my dad made a fire and we roasted marshmallows and Chase can't stop talking about it. We promised him it could be a Saturday night tradition, so he's anxiously awaiting next Saturday night. It really hadn't occurred to me until two weeks ago how much fun summer would be. Since we aren't in school yet it doesn't seem like it should be that different than our normal life, but it's been just the opposite. There is something magical about summertime.