When summer came to visit with my nephews ~Day 1

My husband’s parents came to visit last week bringing my nephews with them and the heat…

We have had a pretty mild summer this year with just a few weeks of really hot weather but while they were here it was just HOT.

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Everyone tried out the Slackline in our backyard before the day got too hot.

Since I have lived in Oklahoma so long I try to remember my “too hot” is not the same for everyone.

I can sit outside in the high 90’s and think “this is not too bad, kind of nice really”.

I recognize I am broken though…

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I knew if we did anything outside it needed to involve water!

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I like water pictures anyway.

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Thankfully kids like water also.

I think they feel like they are being destructive and making a mess but they are not!

Win, win.

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After you are wet the intense heat feels pretty good.

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popcicles

Popsicles help also.

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Followed by more water.

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We survived the whole week with four boys and hot days!

I might need a vacation though!

We did a lot!

I will be sharing more of what we did, this week.

I can’t fit it all into one post!

Wild Kratts has ruined the zoo for my children…

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We went to the Oklahoma City Zoo again last week.

We went last year also, it takes a year for me to forget how tiring it is.

That zoo is big…

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The boys wanted to go straight to the Children’s Zoo.

Because they wanted to play in the water feature they have…

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I let them cool off but made them move on pretty quickly.

I did not drive 1.5hrs for them to play in the water!

We could have done that a lot closer to home!

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This time they got to hold the parakeets!

This was pretty amazing for them.

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My oldest was not as sure as his brother…

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Poor bird probably thought ,”why is this kid trying to drop me?”

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The zoo keeper said I needed to hold one also so I handed off my camera to my oldest.

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Then I did it again…

I am smiling big because he took several shots and then told us we need to get really close together.

I love it when he directs shots!

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Here is where Wild Kratts has ruined my children.

Both boys were determined to stay here and stare at the Caracal until it jumped.

It jumps in Wild Kratts all the time so of course it will jump now…

Does it matter that Wild Kratts is a cartoon?

No.

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I told them it was hot and it had no reason to jump but they still thought we should wait.

It finally stretched and they thought for sure a jump was coming…

It laid back down and they both were like, “huh, I wonder why it is not jumping?”

I finally got them to leave the poor Caracal alone.

My youngest also thought a documentary on Sperm Wales would of course show a battle between them and a colossal squid(because it is in Wild Kratts).

He decided he wanted to watch the cartoon wale instead when he found out no battle was coming…

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We just happened to make it to the Elephants right when they were doing a demonstration!

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The boys were really enthralled by it.

I guess I should make more of an effort to hit up the demonstrations but I don’t like trying to be at a certain part of the zoo at a certain time!

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The baby Elephant drinking out of the hose was so cute!

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The boys decided to hitch a ride back to the entrance.

I don’t blame them…