Our day of fun!

For Christmas, I got Jeremy an aeral flight tour over New Orleans and the Mississippi River. (and before you think I spent a ton of money, it was through groupon.com) He was suppose to do his tour yesterday morning. Well we decide to meet him afterwards and spend the day (or most of it) at the zoo and having a picnic. Well, the flight got cancelled and we ended up driving over there all together.

We made it there 15 mins before the zoo opened. Gosh, I really didn't realize how crowded the zoo was on a Saturday. It was hectic but we made it through about half the zoo in 2 hours before the kids got hungry. Our kids had a blast at the zoo. They love animals and had the best time looking at everything. The hardest part was that we have little ones that just like to look at the animals and move on. Then we have two big girls who like to read all the information on the signs and watch any presentation on the animals imprompt to or not. Lets just say J and I had our hands full. Thatcher was so excited. We learned while we were there, that it was Earthfest and Ironman, Spiderman, and the Green Goblin were there. Thatch got to take a picture with them! He was so excited he could barely talk to them.

By noon everyone was starving, so we left the zoo to find a place to have a picnic. The picnic was a blast. Last year I bought this picnic blanket that zips up into a pouch and can handle any spills. It is a great investment if you have kids. Our thing is we probably need two now. LOL!! The kids ate and then ran around for a bit. We then headed home.

At home we opened these kits we had bought. It was dinosaur bones in a block of clay. You dig the bones out and then put the bones together to make a model dinosaur. Kylie and Thatch are into dinosaurs right now, so they had a blast. Caroline even had fun. It took forever to get the bones out of the clay so we are going to build the dinosaurs today.

Overall, we had a blast yesterday!! Life it getting easier for us everyday, as Ayden and Blake get a little older. J and I enjoy our family so much, we would never change a thing. It has taken a while but we are finally seeing the benefits of those sleepless nights with babies and so many dirty diapers. Life is great!!