HOT HOT HOT
This morning Bret had to do some work. The kids played pretty well for a little while then we headed outside. The kids helped me wash my car. It was so hot though. After drying the car Justin played with the hose. The kids played in the backyard for a while with ice and big cups. It kept them occupied for a long time. Then we headed to Aliya’s 3rd birthday party at the Santa Ana Zoo. The kids loved it as it was a Curious George theme. It was really cute. Nicole got a monkey painted on her face. We rode the train and the carousal. The kids couldn’t wait for the cake. After the party we hung around the zoo for a bit and the kids played. They loved feeding the goats and playing with the hand washing station. The kids are showing us what big kids they are by drinking with no lids. I can’t believe how big they are getting. We came home and the kiddos watched TV. Since it was so hot after TV we played with water in the backyard. We got out the little swimming pool and water table. The kids had so much fun. The part they enjoyed best was splashing the basketballs in the pool. Justin loved splashing us. Nicole hid in the play house. She looked out the window and we pretended to order food (drive thru). So fun watching them play in the water. Bees started coming over to the water so we hid inside. The kids were busy chasing daddy all over the house so we played on the green belt. We ran around with the kiddos and played hide n seek. We went to Red Robin for dinner and had a nice family meal. Jusitn branched out and ordered a chicken quesidilla (usually he gets corn dogs there). Also all of a sudden Justin decided to try salad and he liked it. Nicole tried a little bite. Justin kept eating off dad’s salad and both kids tried tomatoes. We went over to the frog fountains and played. Dad gave Justin advice, don’t spend too much time with one frog, there are plenty of frogs in the fountain. We came home and the kids seemed pretty tired. I packed a little while the kids played. Justin was so happy he finally got to wear his shark jammies and Nicole her ice cream ones. However, it took a half hour to get them to bed tonight. Justin kept calling me to tell me Nicole called him a sneaker.