Safari/HurricaneHarbor

Seagull minding her own business.

Kay in the wave pool.

Kay and Liam maxin' and relaxin' in the wave pool.

Liam splashing about...

Liam and Kaylie competing to see who could hold their breath the longest.

Goldfish nibbling on the roots of a plant.


The ubiquitous butterfly that I seem to see everywhere!

I think this is a bearded dragon...not sure at this minute. What I do remember is that it is behind a hideous plexiglass that makes taking a decent shot impossible.

Yak

Baboon


Baby Giraffe.





At least, it didn't peck my car this time.


Llamas.

On Monday, we went to the safari and to Hurricane Harbor. The temperature was cool enough that one could walk comfortably. There was a breeze and the humidity was lower that it had been in many weeks. We went to the safari early in order to see the animals out and about. It has been my experience that if we go late, the animals will be hiding from the sun which defeats the purpose of us going to see them.

Kaylie and Liam love the water park and look forward to spending most of their day there. As usual, I took a few photos of them, put the camera away, then joined them later in the day. These are just a few of the shots I took. 9633

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Computer Down/Great Adventure

Hello,

Just giving you a little update on my comings and goings of late. First off, my computer is down. I need to get it fixed, so I can't scrap or download pictures or do anything.
:( Property taxes are due today, so that payment takes precedence over fixing my computer. Hopefully, it won't be too long before I can get it fixed.

On Satuday, which was 97 degrees at its highest, I took the kids to GREAT ADVENTURE and the SAFARI. Apparently, I wasn't the only one with the idea because the place was packed. sone enters the park, one can see the line of cars leading up to the entrance. I didn't want to stay in line for a long time so I went to the safari first. We were there for about an hour, enough time for the line to come down. The good thing about having season passes and season parking is that one does not have to wait in line for very long periods of time.

--The WHITE SWANS are nesting and should have a family of their own soon. I've been to the safari 3 times already and have seen them sitting on their nest...

--The BLACK SWANS (from Australia) are plentiful this year, I spotted 4 pairs.

--The MANDARIN DUCKS are so cute. They had a whole bunch of tiny ducklings running around.

--The male PEACOCKS were out strutting their stuff, but no hens around. I spotted about 5 males with the most beautiful brilliant plumage.

--We saw a STORK up close and personal - they are kind of ugly and big.

--In BROWN BEAR LAND, the bears were trying to keep cool in the shade, while others were busyly engaged in 'OTHER' activities. As we were looking around for the bears, we spotted a pair of bears in an most intimate position. My kids are very innocent and didn't realize that the bears were not playing, but mating. Liam, who usually blurts out what he is thinking, turns to me and says, "Hey,Mama, check out how that bear is shaking his booty!" I couldn't help, but to chuckled. I told them that the bears were "grooming" themselves, just like the Baboons do. Yeah, grooming. ;)

Right before we entered the LION section, we spotted a humongous, unattended OSTRICH EGG on the floor.

We went to the EXPLORATION STATION where we saw a gigantic albino Boa Contrictor, an Egyptian Fruit Bat, A blue-tongue Skink and a Madagscar Hissing Cockroach.

In Bugs Bunny Land, we watched the BUGS BUNNY DANCE OFF. If featured Bugs Bunny and Lola, Sylvester the Cat and Tweety Bird, and Daffy Duck, who was going to be dancing with "BEYONCE." When it was Daffy's turn to dance, Beyonce made an appearance. It was a man, wearing a disheaveled wig, silver gloves and a boa. You should have seen Liam's expression when he saw Beyonce. He was horrified. :) My poor boy doesn't have a sense of humor so clearly he didn't appreciate the impersonation.

--In Wiggles Land, the kids mounted a ride that would take them up high, then drop them little, then go back up higher, then drop them again. Liam even rode it 2 times, which is highly unusual for him. He likes to ride something once, and move on to the next bigger and better ride.

--I loved the topiaries
Tiger Turtle Giraffe

--The kids love riding the RUNAWAY MINE TRAIN, which is a high thrill, fast ride.

--The day was so bright, sunny and hot. I used SPF45 on my arms, but it still didn't do a good enough job of guarding my skin as I still got the itchy rash that I get due to my sun allergy. I guess I will have to ask the doctor what I can use to try to avoid this. With 97 degree weather I just couldn't see myself wearing long sleeves!
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Bugs Bunny Airplanes / Boy's Word by Manuela Zimmerman

The Bugs Bunny airplane ride in Bugs Bunny Land at Six Flags Great Adventure is a favorite of Liam. Unfortunately, he is growing and pretty soon will be too tall to continue riding it. June 6, 2009.

Jumpers 41-44 By Crystal
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Boys World - Page Kit By Manuela
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Bugs Bunny Airplanes / Boy's Word by Manuela Zimmerman

Batman - Dark Knight Newspaper Article

Page 1 of 2 documenting our trip to Great Adventure where we met Batman and rode the Batman Dark Knight coaster.
**Fonts: Impact, Times New Roman
**Background paper, skylight (bat signal) and bats from Hero of the by Tangie Baxter @ SBG
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**Newspaper template from Scrappers Guide. 5770

Batman - Dark Knight Newspaper Article

Philadelphia Zoo Adventure / Day at the Zoo / Phuong Ton

Phuong has a fabulous zoo kit, which I used for my page of Liam and his friends at the Philadelphia Zoo.
DS and his friends at the Philadelphia Zoo back in May 2009.
-Font: Pea Steele
-Dat at the Zoo kit by Phuong Ton @ SBG
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Philadelphia Zoo Adventure / Day at the Zoo / Phuong Ton

Safari - Trip 1

These photos were taken on Friday, June 19th. I went to the safari by myself! I went early, right after I dropped the kids off at school.
Going early afforded me the opportunity to go at my leisure and to lag around as long as I wanted without someone urging me to move along. :)
It was a lovely drive to Jackson, N.J., though very cloudy.
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Cover Page - Great Adventure 2008

Cover for my Great Adventure Book

Leafy swirl stamp (on upper left side of page) by Trish Jones.It's About Time and Flying Disk It's About Time and Flying Disk Alpha by Lorie Davison @ SBG

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Rough to the Touch with Everything In It by Lorie Davison @ SBG

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Cover Page - Great Adventure 2008

I'm a Gluton for Punishment

Kaylie took this pict. of us. :)

Brown Bear climbing tree.

Vulture

Giraffe suckling. They were out in droves! The licked my car to their hearts' content. They were right in front of me when this little girafe came over to feed.

What a beautiful scenic view...North American Bisons

African Elephant. Did you know that their ears resemble the shape of the continent of Africa?
Asian Elephants are smaller and so are their ears.

White Rhinos

Eland

I must be...why would I take the kids once more to Great Adventure? Because they enjoy it...that's why. And one more week to go before they close the season.

They wanted to stay until after 6pm so they could watch the Deadman's Party. Liam was complaining that he couldn't see. Then when the music began, he got scared. He covered his ears and started crying, while hiding his face and leaning against me. I only saw half the show. I couldn't very well stay there with him crying and carrying on. He knows it is not real, but still he is only 6. There'll be other shows and there's always next year.

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