Stay-cation

With the kids being off track Dad decided to take three days off of work so we could have a little Stay-cation. It was just enough excitement and going without over doing it. We loved it.  The first day we hit the zoo in the morning, that afternoon the kids played with cousins and that evening we watched Cars 2 and had a sleep-over in the basement.  The second day was #1 Girl's birthday so I will hit on that in it's own post.  The third day we visited Great Grandparents.  Some of the highlights: At the Grandparents the kids loved playing on the swings, jumping in the leaves and #5 Boy insisted on holding Great Grandpa's hand and guide him.  At the other Great Grandma's the kids loved having Grandma read them tons of stories.  That evening we dropped off the kids at Nana and Papa's home for a sleepover while Dad and I got our first night away from the kids ever.  We went to eat at the Old Spaghetti Factory, watched a movie, enjoyed eating out in the morning, and walked around the South Towne Expo. Center where Tile Twist was being sold.  Friday afternoon, after picking up the kids, Dad went to the Expo to sell Tile Twist for the rest of the evening and all day on Saturday.  

The Zoo:

#4 Boy playing in the water of the floating globe.

On the train ride.

In an egg

Seeing the animals at the zoo included seeing the kids!

#3 Girl mostly enjoyed the zoo from the view of the stroller

#2 Boy on the rhino (love the pose)

#1 Girl and #2 Boy wanted to pose on the statues

Enjoying the giraffes (I always loved seeing these at the zoo here and was surprised when they didn't have them at the National Zoo in D.C.)

#1 Girl on the Gorilla

Movie Sleep Over

Visiting Great Grandparents:

The kids LOVED sleeping at Nana and Papas.  When we got there Papa was holding #5 Boy and I reached for him, but he wanted to stay with Papa a bit longer.  They had fun doing Thanksgiving trees and making a racing ramp along with lots of other fun adventures.  They were all exhausted and the older four all fell asleep on the way home.