Although Jackson was hesitant at first to go out with a larger group of kids, he quickly got into it and lead the group from one house to the next. His swagger was in full effect! He absolutely loved ringing the doorbells this year and could hardly keep from running to the next house. The kids also got a great kick out of Tom, who was playing up his role as Hulk - he'd bound from house to house in true Hulk fashion and then pretend to roar at the kids. As you can see below.....I think they liked it.
Our schedules have been so busy that we decided we needed to take a family day just for the three of us. It was such a wonderful day! We started out with what was supposed to be a really quick visit to our house. Our slab had been poured (more on that in a later post), so we wanted to take a look. Jackson's friend and new next-door neighbor, Claire, was home and so Jackson jumped the fence and they were playing together. So, Tom and I took the opportunity to walk through all of the new houses around our house. Almost 2 hours later, we realized that we needed to go on with our family fun day plans.
It was such a perfect day for the zoo. Tom made the smart decision of riding the train to the back of the zoo and then walking back to the front. That's the way to do it! Jackson loved riding the train, and I was surprised how many of the animals you could see on our ride.
Jackson really wanted to see the lions and tigers, so that was one of the first places we went. Here Tom and Jackson are pretending to be lions....I see a resemblance.
Here Jackson is teaching us how to be flamingos:
The new sea lion exhibit was really cool. I could have watched the two sea lions all day. They swam back and forth in front of us, twisting and turning all around. One even swam up on a rock in front of us, watching us as we posed for the camera.
Jackson was our tour guide and insisted on holding the map in his pockets.
No trip to the zoo is complete without a monkey pic!
After the zoo, we had a late lunch at Abuelos (their tropical salsa is wonderful!) and then caught an afternoon movie, "Wreck It Ralph". It was really a funny movie and had all three of us laughing out loud. It was one of the best days we have had as a family, and we are all so much more relaxed at the end. Can't wait for our next family fun day!
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