Great Day at the Zoo

 We had a family council on Monday night for FHE and asked the kids what they wanted to do during Spring Break.  Spencer wanted to go to Madagascar and see the lemurs. For Christmas, my brother gave us a gift certificate to the planetarium, which we used to watch and IMAX movie about lemurs.  Ever since then Spencer has been obsessed with lemurs. 

 We looked at plane tickets to go to Madagascar.  It would only have taken from Thursday to Monday to get there, and $12,000 dollars.  As tempting as that was, we opted to go to the zoo instead thinking they had lemurs. 

 Sadly, after we searched the zoo for lemurs, I finally asked an employee if they had lemurs.  She informed me that they haven't had them since last year.  Parker and Spencer were disappointed, they had planned to watch the lemurs for thirty minutes.  Spencer did have fun watching the meerkats. 

This is what happens when I ask my kids to get together for a photo

 The weather was fabulous!  It was a little chilly when we got their, but not too bad with a jacket.  Spencer didn't want a coat or jacket, and was okay.  I was lucky to get him to wear pants instead of shorts. 

Looking at the Grizzly Bears

Spencer liked the Polar bear

Alyssa tried to hide from the camera

 We got tickets to ride the carousel and train.  When we got on the carousel, the lady running it had to stop it after about 10 seconds so she could check something.  We all had to get off while she checked, then back on.  We did get a full ride, but then she also let us ride one more time since our first ride was delayed. 

This lion just sat their so close to the glass

 The African Savanna was a new exhibit since I last went to the zoo a couple of years ago. 

Alyssa on the train

 It was fun to see the giraffes running around, and get to see the 2 month old giraffe who is already 7 feet tall. 

My boys on the train

Parker's favorite was a baby monkey, just two or three months old.  He was also pretty excited to see a rooster just walking around.  He crowed to the rooster, and the rooster crowed back.  My favorite was an armadillo.  I don't ever remember seeing one before, but it was quite active. 

May Highlights

Parker on the climbing wall

Caleb made it pretty far up

Cooking in the backyard with Dad

Today

 This boy has two teeth now.  Yesterday he started crawling a bit.  He pulls himself along with his arms.  He doesn't get up on his knees yet, but I am sure he will figure that part out soon.  I guess I will have to start vacuuming more often. 

 Alyssa loves to help with Spencer.  She also likes to put on her own headband.  It was about 75 degrees, so we went outside to enjoy the nice weather while we waited for Parker's ride to school.

I counted 92 daffodils that have bloomed.  I have a few more that will probably bloom in the next few days. 

Spring Break

Last week Caleb had Spring Break.

Monday we met Keith for lunch, then I took the kids to the Church History Museum. They have a fabulous kids area that my kids loved. I think their favorite part was fishing from Lehi's boat.

Tuesday we had preschool for Parker at our house. We were learning about the letter W. The kids painted with watercolors while listening to Handel's Water Music, read Wemberly Worried and A Weekend with Wendell by Kevin Henkes, talked about the weather, went outside to look for worms, played a matching game with pictures that start with the letter W, glued wheat to the letter W, and had worms (gummy) and Wheat Thins for a snack. I think that the kids all had fun, and Caleb was excited to be home and be able to help at preschool. A couple of the kids stayed to play for the afternoon.

Wednesday we went to a Spring Festival and visited a different county library than the one we normally go to.

Thursday the kids played with friends for most of the day. I was planning on keeping Alyssa with me, but the 9 year old girl in the family asked if Alyssa could stay to play with her. So I had a few hours on my own to run errands. I also made strawberry jam, both cooked and freezer jam. I don't think my cooked jam set though, any thoughts? All the jars sealed though, so I don't think I am going to try again with this batch.

Friday we played outside and the kids were able to play with the neighbors.

Saturday I took the boys to the movie theater to see Rio. They thought it was so fun to go and see a movie in the theater, although Caleb was disappointed that his friend was not able to come with us. The Easter Bunny made an early visit to our house on Saturday. The boys were excited to find eggs and candy in their bedroom! Saturday night we colored Easter eggs. Alyssa did not really understand using dippers to get the eggs out of the dye. Her hands were so yellow when she was done.

We had a nice Easter Sunday, and had my aunt over to join us for dinner. We are grateful for this time of year when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ!

Saved from the Snow

Yesterday I cut a few daffodils and brought them in the house. This morning it started snowing, so I ran outside and cut a few more daffodils and some tulips.

Today in my yard

Love those blue eyes!