Our Last Summer Hurrah

Well tomorrow is the big day.  Back to school for Max.  I had great intentions for the last two weeks - you know every attraction in town, the park daily, the pool several times.  I really wanted to make the most of his last two weeks home.  Well it didn't quite work out that way.  The week after vacation we managed an outing or two. 

 We went to Grant's Farm with Nonna, Nonno, and a friend.  The boys had a great time.  Will totally has the hang of feeding the goats and of course Max is an old pro.  He did inform me that after he retires from his job as a train engineer at the zoo he is going to have a career as the tram driver at Grant's Farm.  What big dreams he has :)

We gave Jack a bottle so he could try to feed the goats, but he couldn't quite get things going.  He did love looking at the goats - and I guess they thought he was pretty cute too.

Last week was pretty awful.  We all had miserable colds and it was pretty rainy.  Luckily we were all healthy and the weather held out this morning for a visit to the zoo.  I let Max pick his last summer activity - I wasn't surprised that he said the zoo.  I love how Will is practicing his wave in  this picture.

 

Little by little Jack is getting closer to walking.  I swear I keep saying any day now.  He had fun wandering around the River's Edge with a little help from our friend Karen and his biggest brother.  I just think this picture is precious.

After watching lots of  hippos and elephants we were off to the stingray exhibit.  But first the boys found this giant bug to climb on.

 

 

Our last stop was this special stingray exhibit.  The kids were able to actually pet them as they swam back and forth in the water.  At first Max wasn't so sure.  He was scared he would get stung.  But after I helped him touch one he couldn't get enough.  I love the look for sheer joy on his face.  Jack and Will had fun splashing in the water a bit - that is until the zoo lady told us they couldn't do that.  Their little arms weren't quite long enough to get to the stingrays.  I think Max pet enough for everyone.

 

It is so hard to believe that tomorrow morning I will be putting my baby on the bus to first grade.  Our summer just seemed to fly by.  We had enough fun and hopefully enough down time.  Max and I headed to school today for meet the teacher and I think he is ready to be back.  He misses his little buddies and he is just plain tired of me and his brothers.