Last Week of Summer Vacation {in pictures}

Today I am joining the link up party at Life Rearranged to share this week's camera pics. Just a simple way to share what we have been up to during our last week of summer vacation. It's been a busy week! I think we are going to need to slow it down and recoup this weekend to be ready for school on Monday.

Last weekend was pretty low key. I took some time to sew. It's something I seldom do but found it very calming. I found a great tutorial for coffee cozies at Skip to My Lou which you can find here. This is my finished project. My friend Laura from Semper Fi Momma gave me the cute Halloween print so I wanted to make this for her! Plus she loves coffee. So its win-win.

 

Since the weather has been super hot we filled up all of our water balloons and had an impromptu water fight. What is it about kids and water fights?

We celebrated my middle child's birthday this week. Is there a better birthday breakfast than donuts?!?

Then there is Charlie. I always find pics of him on our phone. He is the most photographed member of our family. My daughter found a scarf from a stuffed animal and "it fit him perfectly"...so we had to take a picture.

And Charlie was sleeping like a baby in the rocking chair...so we had to take a picture. And you can see where this goes.

Our last big adventure this week was a visit to the Santa Ana Zoo. It's a small park but big enough to keep us occupied for a few hours.

This is a baby possum. And I understand that to a city kid this is an "exotic" animal but to this former Midwestern gal I'm thoroughly amused. Why is a possum in a zoo? Those things run ramped around the farms back home. Just sayin'.

And do I really need to point out that this is a domesticated animal? 

However, I was thoroughly impressed by the next little guy.

It's a hedgehog. A-dorable!

One last thing to share. It was so hot earlier this week. I'm pretty sure I was going to melt.

It's always funny to me how well my camera pics document my life. I think I use the camera function more than the phone most days. Can you relate? If so, you should link up with Life Rearranged with me!