Vacation Week on the Horizon!

I am so excited to be taking a vacation from work next week even though I don't have anything planned!

I have decided that there is only 1 thing that I must do each day and that is to play with my kids! I may take them to the zoo.  I'm sure we'll play in the pond.  Most likely we will make at least one trip to the park.  We will probably swing.  We will definitely have some play time with cousins.  We WILL sing Happy Birthday to Uncle B.  Surprise, surprise, I will most likely take a bunch of pictures of my beautiful children!  The possibilities are endless and I can't wait!

What I might do over my vacation...clean my bedroom, start working on the basement, work on other household projects...however, these are not a priority and if I don't get to any of them I really don't care!!!!

I suppose I will need to write about my week at home when it's over...don't hold your breath I'm not usually very timely with these things!

Zoo Trip #1

Our first trip to the zoo was May 12.  We first met Mom at a 5K for the North Highlands after school program.  It was the inaugural run so there were not many runners.  Mom was having some leg pain so she decided to walk the 3K and push the kids while I ran.  Not the best idea since I could have really used the kids as an excuse as to why I did not run very well! After the race we raided the refreshment table and stocked up on bananas, oranges, and peanut butter crackers before heading to the zoo. 

It was a great day for the zoo.  It was a nice cool morning and the kids were super excited to go for the first time.  Mia was happy that the zoo was open again and the animals would be awake! The kids were great although you could tell they were getting tired by the end of the trip.  We skipped the Australian Adventure this time but I'm pretty sure we hit most everything else! Here are a few pics of our first trip...


Grandma & Hunter watching the monkeys play

Mia & Hunter watching the white "peacot" spread its feathers

Beautiful white peacot

Mia & Hunter running into the rain forest

Playing the gong!

Too precious not to share...Mia being a nice big sister!

Carousel time

Grandma too! We love our ride pass!

Mia's so big she thinks she needs to duck while she runs through!

Giving the Orangutan a smooch!

Mia sleeping like the cheetahs

Hunter copying Mia

Feeding the giraffes...look at that tongue!
(Hunter, of course, threw his piece of lettuce on the ground before it was our turn!)

Ringing the bell of the little train

Success!!!

WHY?

So, Mia's definitely at the stage where she asks why for EVERYTHING! Last night she asked me if it was raining.  Obviously it was, so I told her yes it's raining and then it all started...

Mia: Why is it raining?

Me: God is helping all the plants grow.

Mia: Who is God?

Me: (How in the heck do I explain this to a 3 year old) He's in Heaven watching over us.

Mia: Where is Heaven?

Me: Heaven is in the sky.

Mia: So God is in the sky?

Me: Yep.

Mia: Why?

Me: Because we need someone to watch over us.

Mia: Why?

Me: Because he keeps us safe and happy.

Mia: Will he keep Hunter safe too?

Me: Yep.  He keeps everyone safe.

It went on a little from there but then we were done peeing and were able to go play again. Thank Goodness! 

This is a picture of Nana trying to explain to Mia what Pops & Daddy were doing as they were cutting down the big trees.  At one point Nana looked at me with an expression saying "how many times will she ask why?" It's really hard (but kind of fun) to try to keep coming up with different answers! I, of course, just smiled thinking, "haha, your turn!" Sorry Nana!!!