Full Friday

I'm still wiped out!

Aunt Jamie was in town for Spring Break, so yesterday we loaded up the kids and headed to the zoo. Overall we had a nice time, but not without some hiccups. When we got to the zoo, all the parking was full, so we had to go back a block or so and park. They had a free shuttle, but the line was insane, plus we had a stroller for each of the kids, and decided to hoof it as opposed to hassling with the strollers and kids on the stroller. That was a workout! It was pretty hot - about 93 and somewhat humid, so that put a damper on things. Poor Oliver gets so overheated, even in light clothes. Not sure what to do about that. I was also amazed at how much Natalie remembered from our last visit to the zoo in January, as far as which animals were where. She also spent a lot of time chasing pigeons. We got home around 2:45, and Aunt Jamie and Natalie hit the pool. It's still too cold for my liking, so I sat that out. Oliver took a much needed nap (he slept for a bit at the zoo, but not long).

Had pizza for dinner, then Natalie, Jamie and I decided to meet Mitz at Superstition Springs Mall - Butler Amusements had a parking lot carnival going on. They have some nice rides - we went to the same carnival last year, and they were at the Ostrich Festival last weekend (I took Natalie and forgot to recap. We mainly rode rides and ate junk). Natalie had a blast on the kiddie rides and two obstacle course type things - she got on those too many times to count. She was blowing past much older kids on the rope ladders - pretty amazing! We didn't get home until 9:45, but Natalie hung in until the very end. She fell asleep seconds before we pulled into the garage. I carried her in, handed her off to Jon and that was the last we heard from her until this morning. She slept until 7:15 - Jon told her "I thought you'd sleep in later". Natalie said "I DID sleep in". Haha!

She's still the litter police too. When Jamie threw away her Coke can yesterday, Natalie said "Thank you for not being a pig".