Summers Final Fling

Thursday after dropping Dadam off at the airport we headed to the zoo.  We arrived by 9:00 am, but it was already 100 degrees here in Arizona.  Good thing the zoo has a few water areas for the kids.  We also enjoyed the new orangutan exhibit that is air conditioned!!  We had a fun time but I was happy to get back into the AC.  They need misters around the splash kids for the parents that are roasting while the kids are cooling off!  

As you can also see from the pictures, they are already putting up the Christmas lights.  I love the dancing trees which was what they were working on as we walked by!!

Sea Life Aquarium was on the agenda yesterday.  Alex visited during a field trip last year, but due to the high prices our family had not gone yet.  We found a good deal so we there ya go!

Addison was the only one that pet the star fish!!  She loved it :)

Lots of pop-ups around the aquarium and Adam and Addison had fun popping in and out of them.  Alex was a little jealous, but we found ways for him to have fun too!

The aquarium was full of bones and pirate type things.  Alex remembered being in the aquarium before so we had to keep moving so that he could see the things he wanted to see.  The Japanese Spider Crab was my personal favorite.  The kids and I were both surprised with the little play area at the end of the maze.  We played for a little bit and called it a day :)

This outing was great for what it was.  We paid 5.00 a ticket for the after 4:00 pm entrance.  I don't think anyone should ever pay full price, but as I said we had a great time!!

Today we went to the Sensory Friendly Film at AMC.  Our family LOVES going to the movies and AMC has truly created an environment that allows us to attend a movie and not have to worry about upsetting the people around us.  They are just like us and we love that!  Smurfs was the film today and Alex sat in his wheel chair through the whole movie.  Amelia was in and out of the theater.  I had two great young ladies come to the movie with us today to help out.  After the movie we took the young ladies home and headed to Costco for last minute school supplies.  We drove by the Gilbert Temple and as you can see from the photo it is coming along nicely.  Summer has come to an end and I think we finished it off quite well.  Monday will be here soon and our routine will be back to normal which the kids and  I are very excited about!!