A Day at the Zoo

 

The best picture I could get of all three kids standing near each other!

And, the usual fascination with drainage covers and holes.  Both Isaac and Miles spent quite a bit of time stuffing those little dried leaves down the holes.

 

A little posing on the tigers.

Beads!

Mimi snuck these Mardi Gras beads into a box.

Favorite things

One of our favorite words lately is 'helicopter.'  Miles has the cutest way of saying it. I can never quite get the pronunciation right, so I shot a little video (top) to remember it by.  Then, Craig was playing with him last week and called me in to his room.  The bottom video is the scene I encountered.  Somehow, Miles started saying helicopter in an even stranger way and the result made us double up with laughter (warning: this may only have been funny in the moment or to us).  Based on the look on Miles' face, I think he also figured out for the first time that he can actually make us laugh.  We thought the whole thing was hysterical and he'll still do it for effect now and again. 

Toes in the water

Contemplating the muddy river.  Mary and I did go for a refreshingly bracing swim, but Miles wasn't interested in getting more than his feet wet.  Completely understandable! 

Muscle Man

 

This took place on our last morning in Moab, on our last trip down to the river.  In this sequence, Miles is showing us his muscles.  Which, if you're going to be throwing rocks around, you definitely need!

Negro Bill Canyon hike

Throwing rocks in the water.  A favorite activity this trip.

We met up with Archie, Penny and Mary on Sunday and they camped with us the rest of the time.

Camp life

Things to bring camping: a can opener!  Craig had to improvise to open this can and I thought "Fun at your fingertips!" said it all!

Enjoying the fire.