Sorry to talk about the weekend late on a Tuesday night, but I was a little distracted yesterday. I stayed up way too late making that bag Sunday night and couldn't wait to tell you about it, I'm sure you understand. Thanks for all the bag love!
On Saturday morning I decided that we should get out of the house and DO something. After a week of being cooped up in a germy house, we needed to get out. It had been a while since we got out to do something fun as a family, so it was time.
At first we couldn't decide what to do, where to go, if we should go on Saturday or Sunday, but then we just did it. No planning. We got dressed, told the kids to wear comfortable shoes, and took off to the Audubon Zoo. We've kept a family membership to the zoo since Lily was a baby, so going to the zoo is nothing new for us, but it had been a while.
On the ride there we talked about what animal we most want to see. Alex wanted to see a giraffe and Ava was all about zebras. She went on and on about how she wanted to ride and pet a zebra. I loved hearing them chatter about what they were going to see once we got there. I think this was the first time that she was old enough to really enjoy going to the zoo and remember it. She hasn't stopped talking about it and keeps asking to go back.
I think Alex belonged in the monkey habitat. That boy kept climbing on everything. He would have climbed in with the animals if he could.
We checked out the new dinosaur exhibit that was set up where the birds usually are. The place was all misty with robot dinosaurs that moved and roared. Ava did not like this one bit.
She FREAKED out, poor baby. She kept her head buried in Matt's shoulder the whole time.
He had to leave while I stayed with the other kids. Leave it to Alex to try to climb the dinosaurs. Yep, he tried it.
Before leaving we had to stop by Monkey Hill to let the kids burn off some energy before the ride home. Alex had no problem with that. Rolling down the hill wasn't fast enough, he preferred to RUN...straight into me at the bottom of the hill.
It was such a fun day. We're finally at that point as a family where we can pick up and do things like this with no constraints. There were no diapers to deal with, no naps to work around, no strollers and special accessories to tote around, just us and a free day.
We took our time and enjoyed the sights. We played in the fountains and climbed trees.
There was lunch at the zoo cafe, we rode the train and bought souvenirs. By the end of the day all three kids [and parents] were pooped - they all zonked out on the ride home.
We definitely need to do things like this more often. I love this little family of mine!
