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Zoo time!

G didn't have daycare on Good Friday so I took the day off of work and spent the entire day hanging out with my little guy. We started the day off at IHOP (he picked out an amazing cupcake pancake for his meal), then we hit up the county service center to pick up a composting bucket (but his highlight was riding the glass elevator - wheeee!), and then we went to the Minnesota Zoo. Since we're members there, we were able to jump the long line and then spent hours walking, talking, and gawking at the animals.

We went on trails that I had never been on before, and we saw almost every exhibit! He was such a trooper and was so excited to visit all of the animals. The farm has all of the babies right now, so he was able to pet a baby chick, a baby goat, big goats, and he even fed a sheep. My fave part was the little piglets - they are so cute! (And then I feel really, really guilty for also enjoying bacon.)



Yay for composting!




We decided that this komodo dragon was not the kind that can breathe fire or fly all around...whew!




We had a big discussion that these reindeer (caribou) were not of the flying variety that Santa uses...



Coloring break at the farm!


Oink oink! 



Brushing the goats!



He's so good at giving his Mommy kisses!




And speaking of bacon...G was asking what kind of candy this was, and he was 100% sure it was bacon flavored, due to the design on the wrapper!


The rest of the week was pretty good too...G also had his Kindergarten Open House on Thursday night, so he had the chance to meet the principal, the Kindergarten teachers, see all of the rooms, and even take a short bus ride. He ran into some friends from daycare while at the Open House, and even managed to make a few more. I think he'll probably do okay next year. :)


I had another trip to the zoo this week (twice in one week - what??) except this was an adult's night only event. It was pretty awesome to walk the trails, while sipping on adult beverages, and carrying on adult conversation! In all of the years we've been going to the zoo, I have never seen the wolves do anything other than sleep. BUT, on Wednesday night, they were up and moving around, and totally had their eyes on us. It was SO neat!



After we passed the wolf area, I noticed big wolf paw prints on the window - circled below! That would have been amazing to the wolf leave those!


Saturday was amazing...while Scott worked, I prepped the house for Easter, and then the kids and I made a birthday Easter cake (but more on that in the next post!) After all of the inside chores were done, I headed outside to clean out the plants from all of the winter leaves/debris...and then I stayed outside for several hours, chatting with the neighbors and enjoying the sun. It was nice enough last night, that we even had a bonfire with the neighbors and enjoyed a few s'mores. Yum!

It's a great day to have a birthday (mine!) - Happy Easter to all!

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