The weather was relatively mild this weekend (I think the heat index only got up into the high 90s that day) so my friend Terry and I took her two girls and my boys to the zoo. The kids wanted nothing more than to ride the carousel a million times, but we forced them to look at animals, too. We’re so mean.

Their favorite animals are the inanimate ones.

Oh, and drains are cool too:

See how excited they were to be there?

We did some experimenting with camouflage: (let’s just say it’s not their forte)

FINALLY, we rode the carousel:

Fun!

The IHF challenge this week is “smirk”. Here’s one of my ubiquitous bath photos, and that’s Linus looking at the camera. You know I love these bath pics…

The other night, my local triplet group had our monthly meeting at one of those paint and drink places. You know, they’re called “[booze reference] & [painting reference]”. The place we did ours was called “Sip & Paint” and it was so much fun!

Now, I may be doing okay with my photography, and I may do graphic design, but I cannot draw and I cannot paint. But we got great instruction (and plenty of wine) so now I can tell myself I *can* paint!

Here’s how my picture came along:

My final picture. I made the address the boys’ birthday, but I messed up. It was going to be just 1204 at first, but then it was off center, and I couldn’t make it 120407, that’s too long to be an address, so I just made it 12047. 12407 would have been better. That will bug me forever. 😛

Everyone’s pictures. They’re all a little bit different. Fun!

It’s better than Christmas, better than my birthday, it’s National Guacamole Day! You know I love me some guacamole…and if you go to the Homegating HQ site, you can get a coupon for FREE guacamole! (Check out the link for “National Guacamole Day”.)

(You’re welcome!)