Where to Begin.....

We went to a carnival this morning (after all of the yard sales of course). There was a clown doing face paintings and balloon animals. Sam got a painting on his hand so he could see it, but he ate it off. They had bounce houses, a pinata, hamburgers, sno cones, and a raffle. I won a backpack, which I thought was a little lame. Anthony won an awesome dutch oven dish that you can use to cook dutch oven meals in the oven. I was so jealous!
Zoe was so proud of her face painting.
Zoe's half-brother Seth is turning seven on the twelfth, so we took him to the dinosaur park to celebrate his birthday. I am so amazed at how the kids never get bored of the park. We have gone every weekend for the last three weeks and Zoe still gets excited when we say we are going. Seth had a lot of fun. He does great when he is with us.
Seth spent the night of course, he loves to stay over here. Sam and Seth decided to play some Xbox before bringing the evening to a close. Sam sat so contentedly in Seth's lap and just watched him play.
The biggest part of Saturday was my birthday present. It came rather early, but I guess Anthony was not able to hide it (I have no idea why, it is not like it was big). I do not know how to play the piano, but Anthony does and he has promised to teach me and the kids how to. I am really excited! He always gives me the best surprises. I fell in love with him after the first time I celebrated my birthday with him. He is always so thoughtful.
We went to the zoo last Thursday. I just bought this new wagon for our zoo adventure. It has two seats in it, which makes it perfect for TWO kids to ride in. Zoe does not like to play by the rules however. She decided to sit between the two boys (the one on the right is from my daycare). She had her little map out and told me where to go. It was soooooo hard to pull three kids up those hills. It was evern harder to outrun the wagon when it was going downhill.
Sam was hilarious at the zoo. Everything was a really big deal. This is his face for such occasions. He would point and make this face and then start to growl. EVERYTHING at the zoo growls, even the birds. (Notice the necklace? He loves necklaces!)

Anthony likes to unwind by playing a little Xbox 360. Sam uses an old Xbox controller and pretends to play with him. He is such a boy. Look at him just lounging in bed playing video games.

Here is a picture of Sam's first black eye. He is at the dinosaur park (last Saturday) posing with Anthony's favorite dinosaur. He loves to lift the kids up and put them in the mouth of the T-rex. Sam is usually pretty good about it and smiles while he does it. The black eye happened when Sam hugged his friend until they both fell off the bed (we have a platform bed so it was not a long fall). Sam's friend went straight down, but Sam caught his cheek on the nightstand.Here is Cave Zoe. She plays along so well. I told her to make a fat face and this is what I got. I love this picture.

This is a video of Sam digging for bones at the dinosaur park. Him and Zoe get way into it and they love to do it every time we are there. It is so fun to watch Sam dig. I could watch him for hours.