Ocean Park

Today we woke up and it was cold & rainy!

Determined to do something fun, I put the boys in a cab & we went to Ocean Park.

Luckily it was beautiful & warm there.

(the weather in Parkview is often gloomier than the rest of HK because we are literally in a cloud most of the time.)

Here's Sam thinking of ruining our adventure before it even gets started...

To jump or not to Jump??

Well, I have been taking swim lessons.

If you're getting in, I'm getting in too!!!

Lunch Anyone??

The Aquarium, Panda exhibit & merry-go-round were closed.

So we settled for a few fish.....

A play ground....

And a couple Zebras

Thanks Melanie!!!!

Dear Great Aunt Melanie,

Daddy's away & just after bath time our doorbell rang.....

with a PRESENT!!!!

What a wonderful surprise to cheer us up!!!

Thank you so much for thinking of us!

Clearly you know who the sheriff in this town is!!!!

I'm certain these shirts will get LOTS of wear!!!

Side note- since the mailman delivers packages from home and usually they include goodies for the boys, he now has more pull than Santa.

Bikes, Tikes & Views

This morning started at 5:30 courtesy of a certain toddler.....

so it's no surprise by 8am the kids were racing bikes around the dining room.

Cheese!!!!

Here's a view from from our study....

Here's the view from our dining room

Here's what Sam's night stand looks like.

Of course.

Who doesn't have a night light, a bible & a gun handy at all times.

Here's how Sam prefers to watch Television......

Normal/ Not Normal???

Me: "Sam, DO NOT lasso your brother. He is not a cow."

Sam: "He's a calf."

Luke: "GET ME OUTTA HERE!"

One fish, two fish....

The boys started swim lessons today.....

Luke went first.....

Then Sam.....

I got kicked out after taking this picture because no cameras were allowed.

Clearly they don't realize I'm kind of big deal in the blogging world.

So Luke & I waited outside by the fish tank....

Ohhh...fish!!!

Quite a while after the lesson was over, Sam & Daddy still weren't out.

So we went to find them......

Couple a guys chillin in the hot tub....

Hey guys...what about me??

So Luke & I went to the play room.....

And were joined sometime later by a relaxed Daddy.....

And a ready-to-go Sam

Sisyphus

Glutton for punishment, we headed out again today in search of a stroller friendly trail.

This time we brought some help in the pushing department.

Feeling successful we headed up a stair-free path....

Which about 40 yards later turned out to be a road to a water plant.

Oh well.

Daddy trying to blaze a trail of his own.....

After giving up on the trails we found ourselves back at the reservoir.

This time we went out on the boats and fed the fish....

Unless you ask Sam, in which case he will tell you that we fed the sharks.....

They were kinda big fish....

Jaws.....

The dock....

For the record....

Phil took a taxi back up the hill.