grandma goes to the zoo

we finally had nice weather for grandma's last day.  so, of course, we went to the zoo!  not the zoo i had planned but the kids were excited all the same.  and since they didn't have school we were able to get there when it opened and not rush back to the cafe for lunch quite so quickly.

and grandma made sure that they wore their hats...

for some reason, mason thought to bring his binoculars.  he was ready for safari.  and because mason brought his, madelyn had to bring some too.  she couldn't find her set like mason's (they built them at lowe's/home depot a while ago) we had to find her another pair.

checking out the ducks.

maddux was having one of these days...

 

we didn't do the 'breakfast with the bunny' but the kids sat in his chair.

grandma got the kids new sunglasses at the mall. (maddux broke his other pair when i took the kids to church by myself on a saturday night only to discover that there wasn't children's ministry and they would have to sit through the service with me.  matt was home sick.  the kids were great!  we made it through the whole service without snacks or drinks.  the only casualty was maddux' sunglasses which he 'opened' too wide.)

 

riding the train with grandma

we all rode the merry-go-round.  it made me terribly sick and i had to keep my eyes closed.  i guess the operator was new and when it was time to stop, it stopped.  there was no slowing down.  i almost fell over.  thankfully, no one got hurt and the kids weren't scared (much). 

it was a fun day at the zoo and enjoying the sunshine (i actually got a little 'burn' on my neck.)  and then it was off to the airport to send grandma back home.  the kids were sad to see her go but know that she will be back this summer and this time big pop will come too!  we are going to have a very busy summer of grandparent visits.  love.