Saturday

On Saturday we decided to try to go to the zoo in spite of the heat . . . we haven't gone all summer because it's BEEN SO HOT! I'm so ready for fall weather. Anyway, we were sweating . . . but the zoo was so nice because of the light crowds. The last 2 times we've gone it's been too crowded for my taste so this was a nice visit.

They have a baby giraffe that was born last month but she was with her mother in the barn so we didn't get to see her. But because of the new baby they have the zebras separated from the giraffes . . . so we got to see the zebras close up in a different section of the zoo:

They also have a new bear and tiger exhibit. I caught a picture of the tiger . . . but we only caught a small glimpse of the new bear and I couldn't get a good picture of him.
We hung out in the reptile area for a long while and ate snacks because it was air conditioned : )

They also had a gecko exhibit that was inside a children's play area. It was also air conditioned so we hung out there a good bit too while Emily played with the puppet show and blocks.
And like always we ended our trip by riding the train:
When we got home I fed the kids and gave baths while Joe picked up a couple of things we needed at the store. So when he got home we put the kids to bed and had an impromptu date night. Joe grilled some steaks, we dug around the pantry and found a bottle of wine we bought over a year ago and had never opened, and voila . . . a nice . . . .quiet . . . enjoyable dinner:
We didn't eat dinner until 8:30 but it was so nice to just have the two of us at the table with no noise and we could eat as slowly as we want and linger at the dinner table and talk.