Back to the zoo baby!! We headed to San Antonio on Saturday, and our first stop was the zoo. It was a lot of fun and great to be back. It was a pretty chilly morning, which was nice because I think it kept the crowds low, but we had a wonderful time. The trip was really centered around getting to go to the temple, but to sweeten the deal for the kids (and me) we went to the zoo.
Winry and Grayson were playing together one evening, and I believe they were playing school with all these stuffed animals. Then they started lining them all up in front of the fire place for a picture, and Grayson sat in his spot for a lot of the time while Winry arranged animals around him. Eventually they asked me to take a picture. Also, Grayson has been potty training, so he's only got a shirt on, thank goodness he carries a blankie!
Valentines was fast upon us to everyone's delight. Winry had a great time at school and came home with a neat little crown, and a warp pipe full of goodies!
Brooke's valentines box was a Bulbasaur, and she did an incredible job! It's extra fun when your kids like things you like, so it was great helping them with their Mario and Pokemon box designs.
At dinner we revealed our secret valentines, and swapped gifts.
Monica and I sent out the word that Brooke was hoping to get some valentines since she wouldn't be at school for an exchange, and pictures and texts came flooding back in. I printed them all out, and we filled Brooke's valentines box since she didn't get a bunch at school like Winry did. She was very excited to look at her valentines. Thank you everyone that helped out!!
Monica and I went out for a special Valentine's date on Friday night. We went to a pottery painting place. I think the hardest part was picking something to paint because there were so many great options. The second hardest was that I'm not very good at painting... but I think things turned out well. We left them there to get glazed and fired and will pick up the final product soon.
After painting we headed for dinner... at 8 pm. This limited our options because apparently restaurants all close between 8 and 9 on weekends now. We found a new place we'd never been, and it turned out to be Italian. The food was pretty good. I got a chicken sandwich, can't you tell? It was a bit messy, but good.
Saturday morning we got up, got ready, and got in the car. The ride went well. It was about an hour and half drive, but everyone did well with it, and we had snacks in the car as well. Grayson looked real cute with his water bottle too.
While in the car, Monica talked about our ticket options and I ended up buying a membership while we were on our way. Here we are at the front gate, next to this cool gorilla statue. Ironically, there were no gorillas in the zoo...
We were immediately greeted by the flamingos to everyone's delight. I don't know if it was just that we hadn't been to the zoo in so long, but the kids were loving the flamingos.
Grayson was very excited to see the fishing cat, and we lucked out and they actually have one here too! Speaking of cats, when we were by the lion he started... I guess huffing. It wasn't really roaring, but it was still pretty loud. That was really cool to be there for.
The wild dogs enjoyed running by the kids over and over, and the kids really enjoyed the attention they were getting.
After the zoo, we dropped Monica off at the temple and I took the kids to Kneaders for lunch. After lunch we headed to the temple, and Monica was just getting out, so we swapped and I went in while she walked around the temple grounds with the kids. Once I got out we headed back home, and watched movies in the car, including "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" at Grayson's request.
So, little did we know, but when Brooke started homeschool we started a timer. We checked in on that timer on Sunday, and that timer was a lunchbox timer. It's been this much mold since the last time Brooke went to school, and therefore, since she used her lunchbox. Yikes. It ended up getting on/in the seal on the lid, so the whole lunchbox had to get tossed!
I'm going to have to give a shout out for William for this next one, because I just don't know where else insulin talk would be coming from. These post-it notes were on Winry's desk, and part of some game she was playing with Grayson. I wish I knew more details about what they were actually playing though.
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