Stone Zoo Part 2

For some reason the previous post wouldn't let me post, so here goes try TWO......

Stone Zoo Part 1

Saturday we ventured off to the Stone Zoo for a birthday party for a classmate of Isabella's. It was the first of the hot days we have had lately, but a good time was had by all. It was nice to get out as a family and enjoy some sunshine. The kids had a blast at the party and zoo and I must say Isabella had one mean swing at the pinata !!! Watch out !!! Jaxson loved his freedom (we didn't bring the stroller) so he was a man on a mission !!!

Germination

Wow, less than a week and the seeds have sprouted !!! Now that's good germination. We have 4 pumpkins and lots of zinnia's. The marigolds didn't seem to fair as well, but there are a couple. Isabella was excited to see they actually came up. Not bad for $5.00 greenhouse at Wal-Mart !!!

My Little Picasso's

Here we are trying out our new paintbrushes. The paint is in the paintbrushes, ingenious. As you can see both kids got into the painting, very detailed. I should also show you whatelse Jaxson painted on the backporch: the gate, the wood, the backdoor, himself. Good thing it is washable !!

Planting flower seeds

How to keep kids busy on school vacation........ I truely didn't realize that the two hours of pre-school Monday thru Wednesday really does make Isabella tired. She always tells me "school makes me tired." I love school.... because the three days we have been school free she is a different child, WOW !!! Lot of energy and no downtime for Mommy. Well today we went on the back porch to plants some seeds (marigolds and zinnias and a couple of pumpkin seeds) we'll see how they germinate. Well it kept the kids occupied for say, 10 minutes.... Then we painted with these new paintbrushes that have the paint in them made by Elmer's. Pretty good invention, minimizes the mess and clean up at least.

Playing on the Slide...

Enjoying a rest on the lawn

So this is how it went, " Here Jaxson, this chair is for you, and this chair is for me, let's rest." "I'll sit in the princess chair and you sit in the Dora chair, see there's Boots the monkey." She must have pointed out Boots to show that it really wasn't a neon pink "girly" chair. Well the rest lasted as long as it took for the shutter to take this picture and they were off running again.