Pride Rock, Adventureland, and the Zoo!

Annual picture at the pride rock in Bondurant. Little more difficult since we don't live in Bondurant but that's okay! We drove through the old neighborhood and looked at all the new developments in town. 

Our little skeeball pirate..... multiple times this summer, he pushed the "start" button (because he likes to push buttons" and then all the balls came down. He got a free game! This happened more than once. Ha! 

Little race car driver. This kind of makes me sad.... we didn't get season passes this year. I'm going to miss Adventureland! 

Enjoying a nice day at the park :) 

We had purple cupcakes for Grandma Rita's birthday. 

Mason's favorite animal, the zebra! It's 8 months later and it's still his favorite! He got a zebra balloon animal just 2 nights ago at an event. 

Tortoises! 

 It happened to be Princess Day when we went to the zoo..... we didn't realize that. You had to pay extra to go to the Princess Party, thankfully Addison was okay missing it. :) 

Last day in Florida

Family picture with the palm trees :) 

Happy kiddos in the pool! 

We took a video to send to Tracey of what she taught them. She taught them "swimming lessons" in Mexico, which was the joke because she doesn't know how to swim. She taught them to kick, do scoops, and make it rain. They thought it was fun! 

This is actually a good picture! 

A little out of order, but we were getting prepared for the pirate cruise. Arggh Matey! 

Sad day, we were on the way home. Can you spot 2 crazy kids? 

We had to rush back to make it to the high school where the school merchandise truck was selling gear. We didn't always have clothes last year when we were told to wear school apparel, so we rush over to the last 5 minutes of the store being open. Got ourselves a flag Ballard shirt! 

She got this beautiful fur purse the last time she was at Tracey's house..... she carried it around for weeks. It went in the car with us and she was constantly counting how many coins she had. In fact, she even got it out last week when we were doing a math problem with money. Ha! 

Tiny Lizards

It's fun now that Mason can float in the pool (or that I trust his floatie now, ha!) Addison has gotten a lot better at swimming as well. 

Just checking out his belly button - ha! 

Pool-side nap - we wore him out and he just climbed up on a chair and fell asleep! 

Mason chasing a tiny lizard - he loves those things! He tries to touch them but they run away too fast! 

 

Jungle Golf!

We went to a new mini golf place..... Jungle Golf! Mason was in heaven. This was in his prime loving zebras phase. 

It was a good mini golf place too! 

Addison got to do a treasure hunt at this place, she was excited. She got it completed and then got a chip for a free game! 

My little pre-teen and her poses - ha! As we left the kiddos each got to pick a toy, Mason picked a zebra car and we made a comment about his love for zebras and the lady gave him a zebra ring too. Addison got a giraffe ring and car. 

We went to the train park but the train wasn't running. 

So we played on the park instead! It was pretty hot but we had a good time. Then went back and got in the pool!! 
 

Sanibel Island

The kids love the shells at Sanibel Island. They each pick a few they get to bring home. We have never gotten any of the super big shells, we have heard the 'shell hunters' get those early in the morning. 

A nice guy walking on the beach offered to take our family picture. :) 

We love the beach but we love the pool too! 

Grandma let Addison eat cool whip right out of the container, she felt like such a rebel! 

There was a super tiny frog on the lanai, the kids both petted it. Ryan had to catch a few that were in the pool too. One of them was playing possum..... we for sure thought he was dead. Ryan brought him out and dropped him on the cement. He laid there a few minutes then hopped away! 

We always get some ice cream treats while in Florida, this time it was ice cream sandwiches!