Fun filled days of summer

School starts next week so I thought I would make a tribute to our fun filled days of summer. We have been able to do many fun and educational activities while Jason has been busy with school and the kids have enjoyed doing things instead of just sitting at home. Even though summer is coming to an end, Jake is REALLY excited to start first grade.

Lake View Nature Center

Today I took the kids to Lake View Nature Center. It's actually not that far from us and we usually ride our bikes there. Every Wednesday in the summer they have a program called "Wild Wednesday" where they have about 15 minutes of stories/ puppet plays about animals and then they have someone come in with a live animal the kids can see and sometimes pet. Today was a great one! This girl brought in a Wallaby (that Jake is petting) and a Kinkajou (that I'm holding). Most of you know that I'm not an animal person (although they are interesting to learn about) and I certainly don't go around touching animals but today for some reason I really wanted to hold this little guy. He was really soft and I really enjoyed holding him. We can't wait for next week when they are scheduled to have a tarantula!

Children's Museum

We went to the children's museum today and had a great time! This is one of the places that Jake went on a field trip to when he was in kindergarten. Jake didn't want to leave after 4 hours but what do you do when the baby needs a nap? Olivia didn't really want to leave either but I can only put up with grouchy for so long before I turn into a grouch myself.