Weekend Adventure

This has been a crazy week for us! Matt's had two days where he wasn't home until almost 9 pm, which definitely made for a verrrrry long day for me! But, he had Friday off so we planned a day with just Madeleine. We started with a trip to Krispy Kreme for donuts (which she says "doonuts, like a northerner-- it's so cute!). When we got there, we ran into one of my old friends who was there with her kids & their playgroup -- and they were going on a tour & she asked if we'd like to join them. Of course! So, Madeleine & I toured the Krispy Kreme & then she got to make her own donut with chocolate icing & sprinkles. Fun! She loved that. Her donut was plastered with sprinkles and she ate every bite. :) So, on that sugar high, we headed off to the zoo. She's been learning about zoo animals at school & has been talking about wanting to go to the zoo practically every day for the past couple of weeks. So, this was a BIG adventure for her. It was a perfect day & lots of animals were out. First off we saw the lemurs (don't know what they are) & Madeleine asked me what they were called. I said "lemurs" to which she replied, "lemurs, phhhh." So, they weren't too impressive. Then we headed for the elephants. They were definitely her favorite! We actually had to see them twice. She just watched them for the longest time, even though they weren't really doing anything exciting. :)

We also went to the petting zoo & fed the goats. She was brave and kept wanting to feed just the baby goats. Those goats know what's happening when you walk up -- they follow you around and clamor for the food! Then we stopped for a popsicle (after washing the goat slobber off our hands). As we were leaving we heard a loud sound & headed to see what it was & we found a monkey putting on quite a show! Madeleine just laughed at him swinging and making all kinds of loud noises! Then, we noticed the koi fish pond and that you could feed the fish. Madeleine would feed them one little drop of food at a time & they would literally jump out of the water & on top of each other to get to the food. It would splash her and she loved it! We had a great time and it was so good, I think, for her to have some time alone with us. And we enjoyed being able to focus all of our attention on her.

Madeleine and Tasha -- she goes everywhere with us now!

Also, this weekend Harrison has really started to move again! He's pushing his walker everywhere. He's been cruising on the furniture, but not walking with his push toy. I'm going to try and post some video of him walking. (try not to notice my annoying voice & Madeleine picking her nose in the first video!)