Zoo and Other Pics Update

Well hello, August.  
July was horrid, with infinitely long days, yet was over swiftly as we careen toward the opening of yet another school year.  

On a scale of 1 to 10, Joseph's surgery and recovery was a 4.  
On the same scale, his hand-foot-mouth disease was a 10.  
And that, my friends was July.

But August is a promising month.  A month in which you cram everything you dream of for summer break before school begins soon.  And yet, here is what you have missed so far:

Joseph's first trip to the beach.
He loved the sand.  He wasn't fond of the water.

Someone told me that boys are just
"noise, covered in dirt"

Abigail's fur-cousin Huxley is quite a good sport
about being a highway for Abigail's cars!

Abigail, reluctantly sharing her frozen fruit bar

Joseph's first trip to the zoo was a huge success.
He walked about half of the 2.5 hour visit.
No, it doesn't seem like he saw the sea lion, but I swear that he did.

Abigail loved following the elephant
foot print trail

The National Zoo is my least favorite of all zoos that I have
visited, and I have visited a lot.
But they do have the pandas.  (Even if the pandas look dead.)

"Mama.  This panda's bo-ring.  It looks dead."

Abigail, practicing her Tiger Face at the
National Zoo, getting ready for
Tiger Lee's Karate.

Hangin' out with Uncle Jim

New Family Picture taken in July 

Abigail got her yellow belt in TKD after
she sparred these two boys at the same time!
It was so cute  tough.