boo zoo, the emergency room and penelope...

I know we do a lot with our kids, but lately, the days have been this crazy hodge podge of events/activities...

In the morning, Felix took the kids to the library to meet up with Boo Zoo...the mascot from the kids museum.  

They did a craft and got to make little mini Boo Zoos.

Meanwhile I was in the emergency room with grandpa working with the doctors trying to figure out where all his pain is coming from.

After all that, Felix and I met up on the road, consolidated into one car and made our way to Long Island to see Josh and Marika.  Andy was there with his pet pig Penelope...Lucas LOVED her and held her on hier leash for most of the day.

Me and baby Tristan....Marika and Josh's third.

Uh-oh....

Double uh-oh.....

a quick swim before yankee doodle.

Friday marked the last real day of work for me...while I do have to go in on Monday and Tuesday, my work is done.  The kids are gone, my grade book is closed, report cards entered online so not too sure what I am going to do for two days, but in I will go.

Due to that fact and the fact that it was so nice outside, we decided to make an evening of outdoor activities.

I took the kids to the pool for a quick swim before dinner.  

After changing, and grabbing a bite to eat at the pool (and meeting up with Felix) we all headed over to the Yankee Doodle Fair in Westport.  Melissa and Doug  (of Melissa and Doug toy fame) live in Westport and frequently sponsor kids' activities in the area.  They had a whole tent and play area at the fair.  

The kids are old enough now to go on most kid rides by themselves.  We weren't sure about these elephants though since they go up so high.  I could just see one of the screaming their heads off while their elephant was stuck in the air...

But they were great!  Had a ball!

The three of us went on the dizzy dragon ride.

More Melissa and Doug tent fun...

And we finished the night with two rides altogether down the big slide.

Museum Mile

Although it was raining, our spirits were not dampened.  After work, I got the twins ready and headed into Manhattan to meet Felix for Museum Mile.  Basically, admission to all museums is free and they close off a mile of 5th Avenue by Central Park and you can walk in the street, listen to music, visit the museums, etc.

Got our rain gear on!

Waiting for the train...this was the twins first Metro North train ride

We found Felix in Grand Central and we headed over to the museums.  I have to say, toting around two toddlers without a stroller is very interesting when in Manhattan.  Everyone moves so fast and they seem very impatient when they need to walk around you with your child.

The fountain outside the Met.

Looking at the map at the entrance to the Met.

I think splashing in the puddles with their boots was just as fun as the Met.

Yes, that's right....ten minutes before bedtime and he's standing outside the Guggenheim!

Felix had moved his car quite close to Central Park so it was a nice short walk to the car through some nice neighborhoods.

We let the kids watch a movie on the way home to keep them awake (didn't want them getting a second wind!)  They were completely wiped out when we got home and easily collapsed into bed.

Ahoy Matey!

Sunday was Pirate Day in Milford.  I get an email every Friday of kid events for the weekend in CT.  Pirate day sounded great.

Lucas got to meet Captain Hook!  They are really into this Disney Junior show Jake and the Neverland Pirates.  Captain Hook is a big part of that show, so Lucas was in seventh heaven.  Liliana on the other hand?  Not so much.

Each family got a treasure map that showed you which stores in Milford were participating in Pirate Day.

At each location, there was a "treasure".  Eye patches, candy, gold "coins" etc.  However,  the eye patches were the big hit.

At each place, you had to give your map over to get checked off and stamped..here's Lucas handing it over at a bookstore.

Hanging out on the town green...trying to beat the heat.

Happy 275th St. Pauls!

Our church is 275 years old this year and this weekend we had our celebration to mark this milestone.  Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate very well, but everyone still turned out and it only drizzled a little.  

They had great face painting...

And hat making...

I even joined in on the face painting fun...

I volunteered to be the "point person" for the bounce house.  So it basically meant I was "on" from 10:30 to 3:30 when we left (although I had a LOT of great volunteers that helped me) ....five hours of managing a bounce house can be a lot...but due to the rain, there were some nice lulls.  In this pic, Liliana and Lucas are actually bouncing with another set of twins, Taye and Dash.

The Governor stopped by...

Dancing to the bluegrass band...

Lucas and his hat counting rocks at the 9/11 memorial.

On our church grounds, we have a graveyard with gravestones that date back to the 1700's.  So some members of our church dressed up in period costumes and gave an historic tour of the graveyard (kinda wish I did that)

It was a great day, despite the weather.  We truly feel lucky to have found such a great church.