The Zoo and Good Friends

Gotta throw this blog post together before June is over!!  The second weekend in June we headed to Greensboro to spend a few days with some great friends and go to the zoo.  We arrived Sunday and just hung out.  Then on Monday we planned to go to a local splash pad but it rained all day so we went swimming at the aquatic center instead.  The kids had a blast and so did the parents :-)  Tuesday was ZOO day.  Ava had been waiting for this day for quite a while!!  Here are some pictures.

They were so excited!!

Yep...Wild!

All the kids loved the dinosaur exhibit.

Tired kiddos hitching a ride.

Elephant rides :-)

                                                    

Fun in the Sun...and Inside...and in the Sun again

Today was a fun day!  I have lots of pictures I want to share but I'm having a hard time getting them here :-/

First of all, the girls slept (or were at least quiet!) until EIGHT-THIRTY!!!!  All that sleep probably contributed to the good day..LOL!  We called Grandma to check on the plans for the day and then we were off to Hickory.  We enjoyed walking around the Farmer's Market and running into some other Duncan's who we didn't expect to see.  After we checked out the fresh produce we headed into the pottery place.  It was so much fun watching the girls paint their pottery.  I really think they enjoyed themselves.  We'll definitely have to do it again.  Of course by the time we got done with all that we were hungry.  We grabbed some lunch and then headed out for the park.  On the way to the car we passed a toy store and Daddy got a fun new (soft) frisbee for the park.  Elsie is still to young to enjoy it but Ava really caught on.  We finished up the park with giving the zip line a try for the first time.  Ava loved it! 

I was surprised with how well the day went with no naps but today was one for the books (or the blog)! 

My Favorite To-Do List

Every year I always have a mental note of all the fun and memorable things I want to do over the summer.  Usually not much of the list gets done because it gets lost in my head with all of my other lists :-P  This year, however, I have an actual list that I've shared with the girls and a few others so hopefully we'll do a better job of completely all those fun things this year.  I still plan to make a fun poster to hang up but we haven't done that yet.  We did buy the supplies, though.  Ava helped me pick them out.
So here's my favorite to-do list to date!  The highlighted are things we've done but will be doing again :-)

Summer 2013 To Do List:

Camping

Gem Mining

Beach

Nana and Papa’s House

Granddaddy’s Cabin

Martha’s Park

Go to a Movie  (June 16)

Grandma’s Pool

Zoo  (June 11)

Reading Program at Library

Catch Fireflies

Make Ice Cream

Play Date with Friends

Slip n Slide

Water Balloons

Fishing

Fireworks

Flashlight Tag

Dance in the Rain

Hickory Dickory Dock

Buy a Fish

Waterfalls