Brookfield Zoo

 RJ's holding up the tiger :)

 Dolphin show!  The kids love seeing the dolphins.  We've been back a few times and each time the show is a little different.

 All wet from a sprinkler stop on one of the zoo paths.

 Really pretty flower display.

 The swamp exhibit was really interesting.

 But the ape house is awesome.  The picture above is RJ's hand and below is Averly.

 Sloth - Ray still calls Skylar and myself sloth.  It was funny to see the big guy move sooooo slowly up the tree

 Baby hippo lives within the ape house.

 Since all the cages are open in the ape house it felt like you could reach out and touch the gorillas.

 Daddy kept calling the rhinoceros "dinosaurs."  They're now one of RJ's favorite animals :)

Last week we went to Hudson Crossing PARK

 I guess Averly likes the sand.

 The little girl I babysit Lizzie, loved the swings.  RJ was happy to push her too.  Have I mentioned just how wonderful he is with the girls!  He really takes care of Lizzie.

 See Saw :)

 I love these roller slides.  The kids went down the slide over and over and over again.

 I love this action shot of Averly!

Leave it to my kids to find the tiniest patch of woods.  They love hiding and looking for "bad guys". 

A few more park pictures... we LOVE our local parks

RJ's preschool end of the year celebration was at a local park

 Averly and RJ loved the bouncy horse.

 All 14 preschoolers made it to the park.  Actually, all of the preschool classes held at Boulder Hill were there.  It was a great day and a lot of fun celebrating the end of RJ's first year of preschool.  Next year (actually this September 2011) RJ will be going to school 3 days a week!  Next step is kindergarten, oh my!

RJ turned 4 years old on May 7th! We had his birthday party at Bouncetown.

 Here is our birthday boy!  I still can not believe he is 4 years old, but man I am loving this age.  He is and always will be my perfect little boy, but the changes we've seen in the past few months are amazing.  His vocabulary blossomed and he is a huge help to me with both his little sister and the little girl I babysit.  He is LOVED very much and we had a wonderful time celebrating his 4th birthday!!! 

 Averly wore a velcro suit and stuck to the wall.  I told Ray we need a wall in our house and a suit just like this!

 RJ hung out too...

 The birthday boy led the way to 3 different bounce rooms.

 The picture above is first room the kids bounced in.

 Addison and RJ played ball in a bouncer.

 Addison and Joey held hands down a slide.

 Darren is Bodhi's little brother.  Like his big brother, Darren has no fear of the slides and bouncers.

 RJ loved this HUGE basketball.

 Abby going down the batman slide.

 It's Lucas' turn.

 Check out those cheeks!  We had lots of water breaks for the kids.  RJ's shirt got soaked from the water fountain. 

 Jordan was climbing an obstacle. 

 Our neighbor Caroline joined us too!

 Our fearless 2 year old, Averly.

 We managed to get a few shots of our birthday boy and some of his classmates.  We ended up having 21 kids join us in celebrating RJ's 4th birthday.  It was a good thing we rented out the entire Bouncetown.

 After some major jumping everyone enjoyed pizza!

 Of course we had to hunt down a dinosaur ice cream cake.  The dinosaur had to be a T-Rex too!

 Birthday boy in his royal thrown.

RJ took this picture of his buddy, Bodhi... great shot!
Everyone had a great time.  We were thrilled at the turn out for RJ's birthday party!