June 2015

 

We've been enjoying the summer. We've been spending a lot of time at the park, splashpad, and swimming. The highlight of the month was taking the boys to see the ocean for the first time at Rockyneck State Park. We had a great time getting covered in sand and playing in the small waves. We also made it to the zoo in Bridgeport. It is a small zoo with lots of local animals and a few exoctic animals.

Brig eating watermelon at the splashpad

Picnic at the spashpad

The boys like to pretend they are dogs in cages (laundry baskets)

Benson at the spashpad. He is a little unsure of the spraying water

Enjoying the first grilled corn on the cob of the summer. Yum!

Benson pushing Brig on the beep beep

My little duo of troublemakers. I went to use the bathroom and Brig pulled out the leftover fudge sauce from the fridge. I heard them laughing histerically, so I came down the stairs to find them painting each other. The following week there was a similar incident with whipping cream. They keep me on my toes.

Brig going for a pony ride at the Strawberry festival. It was the only thing he wanted to do while we were there, so we stood in line many times. Good thing it was a short line. There were multiple strawberry festivals taking place and we happened to attend the one where there weren't any fresh stawberries to pick. Bummer.

Brig riding the stone bear at the zoo.

Benson liked the play structure at the zoo.

He also liked the goldfish in the koi pond the best.

Brig and I liked the alligators the best. They made my hair stand on end because they came right over to us and hissed at us through the glass.

Here's a good one of Brig throwing a fit at the tigers. He wasn't impressed and wanted to go look at the other animals.

Brig at the beach

Trying out the boogie board. The water was pretty cold and not very many people braved the water. There really weren't any waves because technically we were still in the Long Island sound. You can see Long Island in the background.

Bens and I spent a lot of time under the shade of the umbrella eating snacks.

Jared, the boys, and a beach friend dug a huge tunnel.

The tunnel was about four feet deep. I think both of our boys are in the tunnel in this picture. They also found close to fifty little sand crabs? Not sure what they are really called. They were fun to catch and release and watch how fast they dug back into the sand.