Summer Fun

My summer break is about to come to an end. I am leaving for Vegas with my co-workers on Saturday for a differentiated instruction conference that will end on Wednesday. I have Thursday and Friday off, plus the weekend, and then I'm back on contract as of Monday. I'm kind of bummed about it because I felt like the break flew by! I wanted to share what's been happening since the July 4th weekend. We are having some issues with our good camera so most of these were taken with my blackberry. Excuse the blurry photos!

I have been trying to teach them how to brush their teeth and it's really not going well. If anyone has any advice to give me, please share! They really just kind of chew on the toothbrush, dip it in water, chew again...over and over again.

On Sunday, we took a trip to the downtown Aquarium. We had a nice time and the babies enjoyed themselves. I am the Partners In Education Liaison for my campus and I get all kinds of coupons. I had a buy one get one free pass for all rides and activities. Not bad!

This was kind of surreal...can't really describe it...go and you'll know why!

Riding the carousel...

Riding the Choo Choo...

It takes you through a shark tank. It was cool!

Such a sweetie..

Back at home surrounded by his favorite toys...

Cooper's new thing is to play hide and go seek. You can hear him giggling as you are searching for him.

"Where's Cooper? Dad, do you know where Cooper is? Chloe, do you?"

"There he is!"

While Mom and Cooper are playing, Chloe is relaxing with Reba...

On Monday, we headed to the Inflatable Zone where they have open play from 9:30 - 11:30. I was unsure how they would do and if they would like it. Well, it was the perfect activity for Cooper. He wore himself out and took a 3 1/2 hour nap and went to bed at his normal time for the night. We will definitely be going again. Chloe wasn't feeling well. She was getting over the croup so she was held by me most of the time.

Cooper climbed this thing over and over and had the cutest grin on his face as he slid down.

Giving it a try...

And the best thing that has happened this summer...

They give each other kisses!

I plan on taking them to the Tot Spot at the Children's Museum on Thursday and then summer fun with Mama is over. (sniff sniff) I do have a few Fridays off before the teachers return so that will be nice. Of course, we still have gymnastics in the evening that they are loving so much and there is always swimming!

Thanks goes to my friend Wendy for giving me all the inside scoop on what to do with toddlers in the area!