the philadephia zoo

On Thursday, we went to the Zoo with Becky, Lief, Lindsey, Zach, and Oliver ( Lief's cousin from Sweden.) We had a great time and Zoe was very good for the whole day. We are not sure if she enjoyed seeing the animals or just watching all the people all day, but she definately seemed entertained all day. We didn't get that perfect shot of her in front of the zebras, but I believe it will be the first of many trips in the futuire, in fact, we will probably have a zoo membership by next year.

More to follow,

K.

yeah, way in the back, that's an elephant




and um, yeah, that's a zebra behind jen's head



in front of the gazelle fountain



my favorite picture from the zoo



Ok, Mom, I am ready to go home now!

summer solstice

Ok, so you can tell that dad is off for the summer when he lets a weekend go by without posting. The truth is that we have been having so much fun this first week, that I just sorta forgot about it. Life has been good. We have been buying Zoe so many books at yard sales and what-not, that we had to get another big bookcase for her room. Now we have one for mainly books and another for her stuffed animals and her assorted zebra collection. I think that even those stuffed animals are going to get squeezed out a bit eventually by the avalanche of books!

We took her to THAT FISH PLACE this afternoon where she enjoyed checking out the fish and we had to talk Mom out of bringing a bunny or two home. This evening, we are going with Grammy to the Catholic High Festival to check out the lights, games, and the run-by-carnies, take-your-life-in-your-own hands rides and, orf course, festival junk food.

Next week, we are planning to go to the Philly Zoo and we will start taking more pictures of our "out of the house" adventures. We have been a little lax with the camera this week, but will get back to it shortly.

ttfn,
K.

"I hope all my days will be lit by your face" -Keane

One more day...

Just a few new pictures to add this week. Today is Kevin's last day of school and then I have a dentist appointment tomorrow. What a fun way to kick off the summer!
Last week we went to my grandfather's 89th birthday party. Zoe got to see most of her MacNeill side of the family and we had a nice time.
~Jen

pre-summer

Dad only has 4 days of school with students and 2 teacher days and the first of many summers together as a family will begin. I can't wait, but I am assuming that it will be rather difficult to go back to school in the fall, but that feels light years away right now. We can't wait to expand Zoe's world even further by going on a lot of cool trips this summer including the Philly Zoo and Washington DC. For now, enjoy a few more pictures.

K.