Lincoln immediately got out of the stroller and started walking like the panda. 
Once he got his bamboo, he turned his back to us and Link was ready to move on. 
He had to stop and pet this one, though.
Ethan continued his moodiness. He started huffing and puffing. When we got close to the lions, I told him if he didn't get rid of his attitude I was throwing him in with the lions. I got a smidge of a smile out of him.
Lincoln did not get my humor and once he saw the lion he said, "Mommy frow E-han in now!"
Every night before bed, Lincoln asks me if I am going to check on him....NOT DADDY!!! Today at nap, he said, "Only Mommy, Memaw, Pappy, and E-han can check on me.....and do it in five minutes!" Demanding little boy!
Memaw and Pappy took the fellas to the playground and to the pool today. 
They have also been enjoying the deck this weekend. Memaw and Pappy leave tomorrow, but I think that it will be much easier than usual. The boys are going to stay with them for a week starting next Sunday. I can't believe this is my last week of summer with them. BOO!!!
Bob and Nate were hanging a shelf in our closet when Marsha and I took the boys to the pool. Ethan never even put his floatie on today! He practiced swimming the whole time.
After a good half hour, Ethan started asking for Daddy and once said, "Daddy's not gonna believe this." 
He's really swimming now. Its just for short distances, but he's swimming!!!
Both boys want their goggles on, but neither one will put them over their eyes!
Ethan starts Kindergarten in a few weeks and unfortunately we don't live in the same district that I work in. His school gets out at 1:20 every Monday....which I think is bizarre. So, I went on sittercity.com and posted a job for Monday afternoons. Nate and I picked one and today she came over to meet the boys. While Ethan was waiting for her, he asked if it was going to be just him or him and Lincoln. I told him she was just for him and he got the biggest smile. Then he said, "Yes....I don't have to listen to that pirate talk!!"
Ms. Cat, our neighbor, got us tickets to the Nationals game today. It was the boys first major league game, ever!
They tried their first ballpark hotdog!
They ate lots of nachos!!!
They both did some loving on Ms. Cat. Ethan ended up sitting in her lap the entire game. He was fascinated with the game! He actually watched the entire game. By entire, I mean....we stayed for the whole thing! I was so shocked that they both did so well!
Link got restless a few times. The first time he got restless, Ms. Cat bought them foam fingers.
The second time, we went to see the mascot! They loved him. Link kept calling him the chicken. It was hilarious.
Ice cream kept him busy for a while!!!!! It was make your own sundaes today!
Ethan was so into the game. He wanted "us" to win!! Luckily, we did!!! YEAH!!!
So, we tried the Waterpark again today....WITH DADDY! I took them both Wednesday and we had to leave because Mr. Independent, Lincoln, decided to take off on his own. I had a mini-heart attack and we left! 
This amazing Pirate Ship seems to be the problem. Lincoln begins to think he is a real pirate and he is invincible. 
Today, I heard him ARGHing at two bigger boys today because they had the nerve to get near his pirate steering wheel. How dare they!!!!
My big man has gotten brave this summer and loves all the slides!
Daddy was a favorite today....which is a good thing this week. Link has been momma's boy and I think Daddy was getting jealous! 
He only wanted Daddy to take him down the slides. 
The went up and down this slide dozens of times.
We finally tried out Hurricane Harbor at Six Flags and I have to say that I am so disappointed that we waited so long! It was so much fun. They have two HUGE water playgrounds. Each have a pirate ship and you know who loved it! 
There were a few waterslides that Ethan was able to go down. He went down a really big one with Nate on this four person tube three times! We stayed a few hours and then we HAD to go home for naps. I know that the boys needed the nap because of the major meltdown Link had when we left. I promised that we would go back one day this week and then again on Saturday with Daddy! 
The boys have watched too many movies!!!! So, today I forced them to get out of their jammies and into the car. We hit the National Harbor. They have a VERY, VERY, VERY small Children's Museum launch room. It basically a prototype of the real museum coming in 2013. Today's theme was Ready, Set, Go.
There were scooters, and hulu-hoops, and climbing
While were waiting for the exhibits, the boys found two exhibits that the loved. One was sorting rocks and gemstones by colors. The other was crayon rubbings of reptiles. Link got a little bored of this one, so he drew a pirate ship.
Let's just say....thank goodness we live so close to the playground.
Lincoln's little legs are not long enough, yet. I am beginning to wonder if they ever will be!
On top of his little legs, he has the biggest imagination ever. Nate would get ten feet with him and then he would have to hop off and "check something!" He kept pretending that it was breaking down and he was the mechanic.
By the time he got to the playground, he had already switched characters and was his usual Pirate self. He and E ran and ran and ran! They got SOME energy out!
There was a cute little boy at the playground that played really well with them. I was so proud of Ethan for being the biggest one there and really playing with the other boys! 