Pogo and rides

We ended up chatting to one of the trainers for Pogo the warthog. She explained that they love pinapple rinds and as treats they were rewarded with such. They trained them to come, sit and stay. It was useful in the event that they would need to move the warthogs or other animals swiftly to other area, in the instance of bad weather.

We enjoyed the roller coaster, but Anastasia was a bit trepidatious. Joe and Sid thought it was great and wanted to do it again! Anastasia and I are in the very front and the boys are in the very last car, hanging on for dear life!!

Lowry Zoo

We had a great time at the Tampa Zoo. We took Nana along and enjoyed the animals, tour and rides. It was overcast so we did not melt. Take a look at: http://www.lowryparkzoo.com/

The kids especially enjoyed the safari ride, chair lift, roller coaster and best of all the flume. We got to feed the sting rays, and saw giraffes, hippos, camels, tigers, rhinos...

Tennis Camp

Joe participated in Tennis Camp for a few weeks and Anastasia
and I perfected our swimming. She visited the tennis camp for 2 days but claimed that it was too hot. They are both getting great at sports and had a fun summer break.













Here the kids are after a hot day of being in the Florida sun, lounging around. Note that Anastasia is actually resting in a box. Thanks Lorie, we were able to use this one after all. :)

Tampa Bay Buc's Football

We took the kids to the Buc's training camp. It was a partial scrimmage and practice. It was really hot!! The kids had fun but melted so we ended up taking them to Int'l mall for dinner and a cool down. All the boys got hats and Anastasia got a drink!

TPA Aquarium

We went on our next adventure to the aquarium. Alex was still sporting his bright green cast but he was close to having it off. The kids enjoyed petting the sting rays, touching star fish and like creatures as well as the alligators. Here are a few pics from our outing. It was capped off with the ice cream treat. Everyone enjoyed that as well.

Tampa and MOSI

Next we headed to Tampa, FL. Here Ms Kathy and Ms Kathy picked us up from the airport. It was great to see the sunshine and play at the beach and pool. Kids had fun, there were some sting rays, but they did not bother us. We even collected some great shells.

We met up with Lorie, Sid and broken leg Alex at MOSI. Kids had a great time, but Ana said it was too loud in the weather area. The hands-on area was a hit!!

Philly visit

The kids and I flew into Philly, PA, and had a nice visit with Great Nana and Didi. We had fun hanging out, eating and sleeping. The weather was fantastic as was play with Zach and Nathan. Nice to see family. Thanks Kristin and John for helping out and Uncle Greg for acting as our taxi.

We even timed it right so that we met up in the terminal with Eric, Tanya, Andrew and Sarah. It was great visiting with everyone.