Today we went to the Ft. Worth zoo! It opens at ten, so we arrived just before to get tickets and start our adventure, knowing it would get hot pretty quickly. My cousin Amy (who lives in Ft. Worth and is a nanny) met us there with her two cuties, a three year old girl and 18 month old boy. We walked around for about an hour and a half and then ate lunch. After lunch we only lasted another hour, because it was SO...dang...HOT! You can see some sweat and red cheeks in the pics! :)
Here are a few of our favorite highlights:
Feeding the birds
Riding the train
Watching the elephants
Seeing a playful baby monkey making a mess of their den
When we got home from the zoo, after we all woke up from a nice nap, we bathed/showered and then went to Fuzzy's tacos for dinner. Owen loves it, and calls tacos "taco-da-baco" and queso "queso-dilla." Haha! Madeline actually did have a cheese quesadilla, and I taught her to dip it in the queso. Yum! :) After dinner we rented a movie, but by the time we got home and changed into jammies and all that, it was time for bed. Another fun day!
Thursday, day 4
Zac and I weren't quite sure what we were going to do today. After two days of being super busy, we did know that we wanted to have a more laid back day. The kids helped me make blueberry muffins on Wednesday morning, so we ate some blueberry muffins, and Owen also had some fresh blueberries, and a blueberry waffle! Madeline and I joked that he was going to turn blue! :) We put the movie that we had rented in for the kids, but after M asked for the second time "do we HAVE to watch this?" I turned it off. (haha...thanks a lot "Treasure Buddies!") We hung around the house for a little bit, then needed to get out and about. There's just not much room to burn energy in our little place. We went to lunch at Chick-Fil-A for lunch, so the kids could run and play on the indoor playscape, then headed to the movie theater! I had shown Madeline the trailers for both Ice Age and Madagascar and let her choose, and she picked the latter, because it looked less scary. I have to say, I've not seen the first or second Madagascar, but I was really impressed with the third one, that we saw today. It was Owen's first time to go to a movie, and he did a wonderful job! The popcorn and fruit gummies helped keep him occupied, but he was watching the movie while eating! He stood up for a bit and watched leaning on the seats in front of us (luckily no one was there), and only asked to go to the bathroom once. Zac wasn't sure if they would come back or not (only about 20-30 minutes left in the movie), but Owen spotted the booster seats on the way out, and couldn't wait to come back, so he could sit in a booster! :) Madeline was a champ too, even though there was one character who was kind of evil and scary. It was a wonderful way to spend a hot afternoon, and I'm so glad we decided to go!
After some quiet time at the house we put on swimsuits and headed to a shopping center with a splash pad in Cedar Hill. The kids played for a little bit (although Owen loves swimming, he doesn't seem to like getting wet being sprayed, so he only played a bit, but M had tons of fun), then we went and had dinner at a little pizza-by-the-slice place in the shopping center. After that the kids played on this shaded dinosaur play area, then we got cookies and headed home. It was certainly not a healthy day of eating, but it was the last day, so I figured we could go out with a bang. =)
Day 5, Friday
Just like"real" camp, the last day is always shortened. For us, it was because we had plans to meet my parents for lunch in Waco at Jason's Deli to give them the kids. Madeline and I went and got donuts for breakfast and came home and had a very giggly breakfast together at the table. I packed and bathed Owen while Zac and Madeline got gas in the car and returned the "not good" movie. We had a joyful ride to Waco and a fun lunch with my parents. When we got home, the house seemed too quiet. I already miss those sweet souls and their busy bodies. Good thing I get to see them in two weeks! :)
Madeline and Emily
hot sticky train ride
Owen's face was priceless on the train!
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