summer fun continued

God has certainly had a way of smoothing out the rough patches of life for us with some laughter lately! We have had to use our Triple A emergency towing three times in the span of one month, and while we were finally looking forward to Peter's overtime coming to an end, he just found out that not only will it be extended for another month, but he will have to work even longer hours each day, and Saturdays as well... not to mention that I have only continued getting more and more exhausted as the pregnancy progresses! But we are all healthy and safe! That is of course what matters most!!! Regardless of the difficulties in the past few months, we have been doing some fun summer activities and we have been laughing a lot!
Dominic and I were having some animal crackers one day. He was pretending that the horse- shaped cracker was his pet, and was making it walk around on the table and talk to me. When he dropped it he said, "Oh poor horsey. He sad. He need his papa." I asked, "Where is his papa?" He thought for a moment, then with his head tipped to one side said, "I guess he's in my mouth. I ate him."
Earlier that morning, when Dominic woke up, I heard him over the monitor saying that he was scared. I went to his room, to find him pointing towards Stella's crib, with her in it, happily snoring away. "What are you scared of?" I asked him. I could tell he was searching for the words to describe what he was afraid of. Finally he blurted out,"I gared of Della when she do dat zebra!" Translation: "I'm scared of Stella when she snores!" So apparently, Stella sounds like a zebra when she snores.
We were getting in the car to go home after Mass one morning, when Dominic hops in the driver's seat and pretends to drive. I turned the car on.
Peter: Why did you do that?
Jennifer: Why not? It's not like he can reach the pedals.
Dominic: Yes I can! (as he begins to slide down the seat in the direction of the pedals)
We went to the Detroit zoo last weekend! It was a fun trip. One of our highlights was when we were at the grizzly bears viewing area. Stella is fascinated with flowers, and so, much of her time was spent trying the pick every pretty flower that we passed by. At the grizzly bears, Peter put Stella down for a second (that is literally all it took), and when I asked where she was, we turned around to find that she had climbed underneath the wooden fence that separated the viewers from the moat (which is the only thing that keeps those bears at a safe distance), in order to pick a flower. It is quite a sight to see your one and a half year old picking a flower on the other side of the grizzly bear fence at the zoo!
I will post some pictures of the kids, but that might take up another whole post, so bare with me!