The adventures of the Reilly family.
The other day Josiah and a boy next door named Kurt were playing with their water squirters. They started pretending to be firemen, so I ran in the house and grabbed our firemen costumes (bought for super cheap after halloween) and brought them outside. What ensued over the next hour was much fun. Enjoy the pics!
Josiah had to cut down the neighbor's fence in order to reach an out of control blaze.
The boys watching the recycling man do his thing. What great entertainment. Check out Samuel double fisting the trucks.
Bonky and Pappy came to visit last week with Abigail and Josiah's cousin Cole. Here are all the sweet kiddos cuddeling with Bonky and Pappy. Josiah and Samuel had just woken up. Cole and Abigail are having a snack. What fun!
Samuel sure does love his Pappy. Here he is all snuggled up after just waking up from a nap.
Abigail is getting so big. Here she is pouring her own milk over her cereal. Love that girl!
The day before yesterday the boys and I met up with some friends at the zoo. Always a great time of course. Here are the boys posing in front of an exhibit near the elephants that lets you measure yourself compared to various elephants. There used to be a marker that was for Ben Rothlesberger. It has since been removed and is now a marker for Mario Lemuiex. Imagine that.
Josh and Josiah had a great time crossing the swinging bridge at the zoo. Of course they had to give a couple big bounces to make it swing.
I think its so funny that each year when the Pittsburgh Penguins make it into the playoffs they have a banner hanging in the penguin habitat.
Crosby here is a full grown male screech owl with a broken wing. He lives at the zoo and cannot fly. He was so cute. But his very sharp looking talons told me that he'd not be so cute if I was a little mouse. Josiah thought it was really cool to see Crosby so close up.
Here are Josh and Josiah pretending they are explorers in the jungle right outside the lion habitat.
As we rounded the bend by the flamingos and where the dwarf crocodiles will soon be, we saw him. The RHINO! The kids got so excited. And so did I actually. He's only been out like 3 times that we've ever gone to the zoo. Fun!
Recently every time we go to the zoo there is an elephant getting a bath in the elephant house. It's super fun to watch. Especially since the elephant obeys different commands the keeper tells it. He'll say put out your foot, and she will, or lay down, and she will. Turn around, and she will. So cool!
That thing floating there in front of the plants is called a sea dragon. It really is just this tiny, whispy little thing. But there are some of Josiah's favorites at the aquarium.
The Friday we got the absolute pleasure of going to Abigail's school for an art show. It was so fun to get to see all the things she had created all year long in art class. The thing she was most excited to show us was this quilt that she helped her class make. It was on display in the very front hall, right by the door, so everyone could see it. The panel she contributed is the one on the top row, second from the right. We are so proud of her! She says that maybe she'll be an artist like Daddy when she grows up.
The fun part about the art show was that they had a bunch of different craft stations set up all over the school. The kids got to make some masks (that's what Abigail is doing here), some oragami butterflys, and some Chinese yo-yos. It really was such a good time!
What art show would be complete without ice cream?!? The kids each got a sundae and thoroughly enjoyed each and every ounce, right down to the cherry.
Here is Abigail holding her sketch book of all the sketches she did all year long as part of her art class. There were so many good pictures in it. I just can't wait to bring it home so we can look at it all the time. So proud of her!
The first thing we did upon arriving at the art show was ride the train. Trains at an art show? Funny, I know. But it was really fun for them. It was really funny to see Josiah just steering his little heart out.
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