strollin', cruisin', playin' and flyin'

Bad news: my camera has run away from home...or is playing hide-n-seek. Either way, I can't show you what we did last weekend.

Good news: I can show you what we did a few weekends ago when I was too busy doin' to do any postin'!

First up is Doodah Day. Once appointed as Tyler's "favorite day of the year", it's an annual Birmingham festival for all-things Dog that we faithfully attend each year to gawk at the enormity of the Great Danes, the ridiculousness of the costumed poodles, and the sheer number of dog enthusiasts in the 'ham.

Zoe's too excited about her day to pose for photographs

Then we headed to Adam and Lauren's for a delish dinner and playtime for the boys. Mills will now forever be known to Ben as the cool older dude with all the fun toys. Took him for his first Jeep ride after all.

"Yes Mom, I'll wear my seatbelt. I promise."

"Hey, hey ladies!"
(is it any wonder Ben didn't want to come in for dinner?!)

And off they go...

Might have my weekends mixed up, but we also visited the zoo recently! Oh yeah, it was Mother's Day, after the rain, and we practically had the place to ourselves.

Ben's lion, as you know, always says "ahhhh!"

I had my trigger finger ready on video function waiting for Tyler to be impailed by a jet stream at the zoo's water playground, but his good luck prevailed...

...at least for now.

I know I mentioned before what a good sport Ben was during our trip to Massachusetts. But he was so good that the very-serious-about-their-job TSA officials at the airport appointed him as a junior deputy...badge and all!

My thumb-sucking, sippy-cup holding, government official.

That's it for now. "Here, camera, camera, camera! Come out, come out wherever you are!"