Why can’t I just look inside there to see why it’s not working???

ooh, ah, oh, uh, eh, ah, oh, ugh, eeee, oooh, ah, eh, whee!

Check out Mama’s sequence…she’s so dramatic!!

Did you know that she yelped when it fired too?? EVERY TIME!!

We also went bowling–just the three of us. Check out my awesome orange ball!

Papa was quite the pro!

I like to use the handicap ramp, but man…sometimes the ball took forever to go down the lane!

Despite all of Papa’s talk he and Mama ended up tying in the last frame. What a fun game!

Today we finally went to go and see The Last Airbender. I’ve been waiting for the last 8 days (while Papa was in Japan)!! We’ve been reading the various scroll stories from the library and have watched several of the cartoon episodes. If you haven’t checked these out…you should as the story is awesome. Even Papa stayed awake!

If you’ve never had a berry trifle you should have Mama make you one. They are delicious. She even made one for our new next door neighbors and we haven’t seen them since! (hmm…not because it was poisoned, but because it was so good they’ve stayed inside eating for days!!) Thanks for stopping by! See you again soon!

Has anyone seen Mama’s fuschia high heels? We’ve looked and looked, but can’t find them anywhere!

In case you get lost in Madison at the zoo…here’s a map, which may or may not get you where you need to go.

Hmm…do polar bears ever get cold?

I would be slow too if I was made out of glass tile mosaic!

So, is this one keeping up with day and night or unaware of the difference?

RUN!

What’s the going rate to replace your innards with a set of painted northern lights….?

Do you think the flamingos on the other side of the fence are jealous?

Uhm…oh, wait…thats our real tiger, Cyber.

Mama signed me up for a zoo class this summer. It was awesome. I got to feed some of the animals and even see where some of them sleep. I can’t wait to do it again next summer!

Yum…noodles and a Jamba smoothie…

“You have to choose, Mama, smoothie or picture…smoothie or picture…there may be consequences with your choice”…see…I really do listen!

The instructor says if we stay in water it won’t feel so cold…

uhm…WRONG!!!

(Nolan)So, why are there so many steps to climb up to this slide and how do they get the water onto to the slide and am I going to get my head wet while I slide and how fast does this thing go and will there be someone at the bottom and why can’t I wear my goggles and…(Mama’s brain)—hmmm…is there someone talking? I hear a voice in the distance somewhere…I wonder what it’s saying—(nolan still going) is the water going to be cold or warm because I can do either one it’s just that I like to know before I go if the water’s going to feel cold or warm and Mama? Mama? MAMA!!!

Kyle had fun going down the slide…

and learning to jump in the water.

My first diving board jump of the summer…

and swim to the side unassisted in 12ft+ deep water…oh wait, if I float here I can make Mama’s heart skip a beat and almost see the bottom!

Oooh…since I can swim unassisted I get to try the yellow slide for the first time ever…hmm….

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!! Thanks for checking out my pictures!! Have a great Tuesday and we’ll see you guys next week!

Camp is set up it’s almost time for bed! Mama picked up a really cool (and free!) “adventure guide” at REI for me to journal about the camping weekend. I can’t wait to fill it out and use the stickers!

On Saturday we spent most of the day at Devil’s Lake either eating lunch in the boat…

watching some jumpers for entertainment and…

climbing the steep and rocky steps of the lake’s west bluff!

Are we there yet?

Ahhh…water!

Check out this crazy tree we saw!

Thank you Auntie Robyn for a great family photo-op!

Once we were back at the campsite…we spent some time getting reacquainted with simple outdoorsy kinds of things…like bubbles…

frisbee…

Watch-out, Mama!

campsite posts…(I totally thought I was going to be taller than this post!!)…

upside down chairs???

and Uno of course!

Papa even relearned how to make food over an open fire…

and for dessert we made mouth watering s’mores—-Uncle Pete…you have to get your own chocolate!!

Sunday morning was Father’s day and the morning started out great! Uncle Pete made me chocolate pancakes and Auntie Robyn made Papa his favorite breakfast…

CORNED BEEF HASH!!!!! Take your time, Papa!!

Then we gave Uncle Pete and Papa their Father’s Day cards…I thought they were awesome.

Then Mama had a few surprises up her sleeve for Papa that I didn’t even know about—like this awesome new t-shirt…

and what?…who is that a picture of?

Papa’s favorite celebrity (“He’s been through so much…”), Bret Michels. (I know him from the 80s hair band, Poison.) Wow! What a great weekend! I think I even came home with less than 5 mosquito bites! I hope everyone had a great weekend…we’ll see you again soon! (P.S. If you find yourself in WI on Wed., July 28th then come by the Middleton High School and see me in a play! My part is small, but I have the play’s punch line! It’s going to be a blast!!!)