A little of this, a little of that...

Over the course of our last few very busy days, we have done some fun things that warrant the need to be shared!  So here they are...

This picture was taken a few mornings ago as the kids were working together on a princess puzzle together.  Since this type of great cooperation without fighting or arguing doesn't always occur in our house (shocking, I know!), a picture to capture the moment was needed! 

On Friday we went to the Santa Barbara zoo.  Grandpa and Grandma Bruinsma were visiting us, and so it is always fun to go to the zoo with them!  One of the highlights of the zoo trip was seeing the elephants eat pumpkins!!  Who know they ate them?!?  According to the zookeeper, the elephants eat four pumpkins a day this time of year since they have are available.  It was amazing to see how the elephants would pick up the pumpkins and smash them in their mouths, and then continue to eat every little piece!  What dexterity elephants have in their trunks!

A close up view of the pumpkin eating!  We also saw the gorillas eat lunch, and the flamingos sitting on their eggs on mud nests.  The neat thing is that Faith and I had just read about the flamingos doing that the previous day in our science book!

Last Saturday the kids went to a first birthday party for one of our friends!  They had such a fun time playing with their friends and playing the fun games!  Here are all the kids eating lunch!  It was adorable to see them all at the table together.

Shane is getting all ready to play pin the tail on the donkey!  In his hand he is holding Zurg, one of his favorite toys to play with at his friends Miles' house!  He may have carried it around most of the party!!   Zurg is part of the Toy Story movie!  And Faith actually won this game.

Faith taking a few swings at the pinata!!

Me and the little man!!  Yup, still holding Zurg!

Shane and Miles!!  Such cute little buddies!  But apparently none of the boys wanted to smile for the camera!!