A Trip To The Zoo

Okay, I know I've been about 2-3 weeks behind on most of my posts, so since everyone is in bed sleeping (except me) I'm going to try and get a couple done back to back now. So, hopefully you can keep up with my lightning speed (for a limited time only, lol) and catch everything we have had going on the last couple of weeks!

So Sunday of Memorial Day weekend Chrissy & I decided to take all four kids to the zoo (had to get the kids out of the house while they were finishing up the floor at home). It was quit the adventure let me tell ya, lol! The kids had a blast and we didn't really stay all that long (to hot!). Both of my kids ate before they went to the zoo and they should have been just fine waiting until we got home to have a snack but Connor now knows that Aunt Ki-Ki is always loaded with goodies to eat, so we had to stop twice for them to munch, lol! I'm glad we had a chance to go to the zoo already this year because today it was posted on FB that the female lion has passed away, how sad!

Halloween At The Zoo

Scott is currently giving the kids a bath while I'm playing on the computer. I really should be working on cleaning Connor's room but I do not have any motivation to do it. We did get all the DVD's put away, so that's something at least! There is just always so much to do it's kind of depressing.........does it ever get easier? Will everything ever get done?

So this past Sunday we went to the trick or treating that the Henry Villas Zoo was hosting. The weather was great for it, unfortunately it was a HUGE disappointment. We waited in line for 20 minutes to get 2 tattoo's that Connor ended up losing because he was twisting his bucket around, and then 20 minutes later we came to another person with more tattoos. After that we waited a few more minutes and couldn't even see the next "station", so we left. It was overcrowded, which we expected, but there was definitely not enough stations. There is no reason why we should have had to wait over 20 minutes in between stations. It was ridiculous and it just got me frustrated and pissed off. Will NOT be going back there for Halloween again! That up side was the kids got to wear their costumes and it was fun seeing all the other costumes kids had on.

Milwaukee Zoo

Enjoying some "alone" time right now. Scott & the kids are over at his sister's house, so I took a nap, worked on the in-laws Christmas Present, now I'm eating an ice cream cone & watching Criminal Minds. Can't believe the weekend is almost over..........they go by way to fast!

So yesterday we headed to Milwaukee and went to the Zoo. I thought I had never been there, but was correctly by Aunt Lori saying I was there when I was 2..........so.......that doesn't really count, lol. So we went with the Moore's and the in-laws and Betty. We headed out around 9 a.m. and didn't get home until about 4ish. We had a pretty fun time. I wish it would have been a little warmer, but it wasn't to bad, since I had Savannah in my BabyHawk, we were all nice and snugly. It was nice being able to see Elephants (since Villas does not have any) and also some other animals I haven't seen in a long time. It's not somewhere I'd have to go every year, but maybe every few years we could take the kids.

A Trip To The Zoo

So I just finished the book I was reading, so now I have to dig through my stack of books that I haven't read yet. I still have several Danielle Steel books, a few Nora Roberts, and a couple other misc. ones to read. I'm thinking another Danielle Steel, those go quickly for me, and are easy to read, but I like that sometimes.

So every year for Connor's birthday we start the day off by going to get his pictures taken at JcPenneys (Can't post any pictures here for some reason........they changed the way their albums view online, so I can't save them to my computer - find the link on my FB page if you want to see them). After that we go to the Zoo. This year we took some lunch and started off with that, and then walked around. We stayed for about 2 hours, took our usual pictures and ended up with a super messy Popsicle and a rubber snack from the gift store. (1st birthday - stuffed snack, 2nd birthday - stuffed polar bear, 3rd birthday - stuffed frog).

First Trip To The Zoo

So the month of April is just about 1/2 over already....can you believe it?? Why do the days and weeks go by so fast? Sometimes I want things to hurry up and get here, but then it's done and gone just as quickly as it came....is this the way life will always be from now on?? Wanting it to SLOW down?? I guess we just need to sit back and enjoy as much of it as we can!!

Talking about enjoying life, this past Sunday was BEAUTIFUL outside!! First awesome day of the year, and we took advantage and went to the zoo. We went with Matt, Chrissy, Buddy, Ella, Jim, Michelle & Donovan. While Ella slept 1/2 of the time, Savannah was wide awake and staring at her brother & cousins as the ran around to look at the animals. Connor wanted to see the turtles and Buddy liked the giraffes. It was so nice to be outside almost all weekend, but unfortunately it's back to being in the 50's, and just a little to cold to spend any significant amount of time outside. Savannah must have loved being outside as most of her life as been inside. All I know is the fresh air must have worn her out because on Sunday night she slept 7.5 hours, the longest she's ever slept!