July 2012 in Pictures

We started off the month by going to the Alameda Point Antiques Faire.  The children weren't overly impressed, but it's huge and Lance and I liked it.  Though we might go again WITHOUT the kids so we can look at more.

I found this beautiful gem!  British Release, Mint Condition, $20

We also celebrated Father's Day (with RJ's birthday weekend usually coinciding, we generally pick a different weekend to celebrate Lance).

We made daddy "burger" cupcakes.  That's a brownie stuck in there.  They were delicious!

We also took Daddy out to dinner in Livermore and walked around the downtown area there.

There were also randomly silly moments.

RJ is still taking gymnastics

Co-op is still going strong.

We finally converted Logan's crib to a toddler bed (and within a month, he gave up napping).

RJ's Harry Potter obsession began

We had fun with friends...

 And lots of fun at the park...

And ended the month with a visit to the zoo before our membership expired.

This is the most activity we've EVER seen from the tigers!  Usually there is only one of them out and it's sleeping!

More pictures from the zoo.
More pictures from July.

DeLanceys Go to the Oakland Zoo In the Rain

A few weeks ago, I decided to take the kids to the zoo on a Sunday.  We're members and it was a great way of getting them out of the house so Lance could have some alone-in-the-house time (before you get too jealous, I *think* he spent the time doing our taxes).

This was a fabulous plan until we hit the exit before the zoo and I noticed that it was drizzling.  I didn't think it was a big deal, but I wasn't sure how the kids (read: RJ, the drama queen) would react to it.

As it turns out, the drizzle was BARELY a drizzle, I had the kids coats on, and Logan had the stroller shade too, so everyone was comfortable.  And quite a few other things worked out in our favor too.

1.) The lions were actually close enough to see (even though they were sleeping) 

2.) The zoo wasn't crowded so we could stay and watch any animal and talk about it as long as we wanted since we weren't in anyone's way.  Also, it seemed that the zoo keepers and volunteers were out in full force and very chatty, which RJ really enjoyed.  His favorite thing to learn was that lions don't typically eat elephants because one kick could kill a lion.  Lions do however try to kill baby elephants in the extremely rare event that they're not protected by the herd.

3.) The tiger was ACTUALLY awake and walking around instead of being MIA or  zonked out.  And as you can see here, it did get sunny by the end of the day!

and 4.) Logan seemed very into the animals this time.  Here is a short video of him talking about the animals with me.

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