A great day in Minnesota

Hi all! We have had some really great days lately! Of course, as you probably read earlier, Zach started walking yesterday, but hasn't since then - guess he's had enough gummy worms.

And the weather has been so perfect the last couple of days! It was around 60 degrees here today! And sunny and gorgeous out, too. I am so-o-o-o-o-o ready for spring I think. Perfect for being outside a lot.

So then today my friend Becky called. She was babysitting for her brother's three little girls - twins age 3 1/2 and the little one 1 1/2 - and she was going crazy. So she called me this morning and wondered if we wanted to go to Byron to the Oxbow Farm and Zollman Zoo. I'd never heard of it, but thought it might be a great time for the kids, and who doesn't want to get out and socialize once in a while?!? So we go there and it was pretty cool. They had wild turkeys, eagles, owls, foxes, wolves, coyotes, and bison, to name a few. Olivia had a blast running through one of the fields out there and I almost hated to make her leave, but it was getting to be about time. Zach was just kind of fussy - he got awoken a bit early from a nap and didn't appreciate it too much, I guess.

And then it was about lunchtime, so we decided that it was time to feed all the girls and Zachary. So off to McDonald's, which is really a treat for our kids. Olivia ate all her chicken nuggets - a personal best for her, I think. Zachary ate about 3 French fries and then discovered that he could throw things over the side of his high chair and Olivia would hop down and pick up whatever every time. So this continued for about 20 times of throwing things, and then she started saying things like, "Zachary, that's enough," "No, no Zachary," you know, typical Mom things to say to little kids. It was kind of cute.

Then we came home and Olivia decided that it was naptime right away, and then slept for a few hours. Zachary decided that he was NOT going to take a nap, so he and I hung out until Scott came home around 1:00. Then the boys went outside to play and the girls rested.

Now this evening we've enjoyed walking on the trail and swinging on the swings. And had a good supper. And now we're just kind of entertaining ourselves trying to delay bedtime a little longer so that the kids sleep all night and at least until 7:00am tomorrow. Let's hope so anyway.

posted by Elena