Day 27. For Yesterday.

Oops. I totally forgot to write yesterday, so I'm checking in this morning on behalf of Sunday, and will post for today (Monday) later.

Sunday is usually a good day for our family to spend some good quality time together. Mike's been very busy at work, finishing up his budget for the coming year. It's due this week, so while he's been working later hours, the boys and I are excitedly holding out for the next few days when it's due and he will get to be home a little earlier.

Mike had to go into work yesterday morning for a few hours, and while the boys and I literally were just at the zoo last Monday, we had missed the Dinosaurs Alive exhibit, and I had discovered after we came home, that yesterday was the last day it would be open, so we headed back to the zoo. What a difference. Last Monday there might have been 100 people at the whole zoo, and yesterday there seemed to be more like 100,000. Every parking spot was filled and people were parking on the grass, up the embankments that surrounded the entrance, driving up over curbs, it was crazy. I was worried that it would affect our experience, with lines being long, so many people making it hard to see the exhibits, but we had a blast anyway. We headed right to the Dinosaurs Alive entrance, got our tickets and headed in. After that, we went to the Family Play Zoo where the boys pretended to be veterinarians, a zoo director, I painted Mason's face like a tiger, they got to pet a lizard, play in the sensory garden, carry big logs and build things, play in sand, spray plants with water in the green house...I could go on, the family play zoo was incredible. We got a membership at our last visit, so now everything is included.

We walked a long way, and even stopped by to see our favorite grizzly bear. We wished Daddy could have come along with us, but it was better to go do something fun, than sit around home texting him asking how much longer until he came home (ha ha). The zoo was really fun, and we loved playing and laughing (with only the occasional fussing) and at the end of the day, I couldn't help but be so thankful for these boys in my life, and especially for how my efforts to better engage with them have strengthened our bonds.