We were soooo blessed this January with a random weekend of 70 degree weather. I can't say enough how thankful I am for that weekend, because we got snowed in two days later... So, I am so thankful we got to get out and run around in the sun for a couple of days. I may have really gone crazy the last few days if it wasn't for last weekend.
Last Friday I took my first "fun" trip with my kids on my own. No reason for me not to before, other than we usually like to do things as a family, and I guess because Lyla's a baby and more high maintenance, or because I've been lazy or busy moving, working, or whatever. Anyway, we made plans Friday to go to the zoo. We packed a picnic lunch and headed up.
When we arrived it was time for Lyla to eat, so we headed straight to the picnic tables. We had a pretty rushed lunch because as soon as we sat down, Carson decided he had to pee. So we shoved food in our mouth and rushed to the potty. After that was all taken care of we took off. And I mean OFF!!! Carson wanted to run to all the animals. So we did, stroller (regular, not jogging) and all. And of course along the way, Carson wanted us to make the sound of the animals we were going to see. So, if we were heading towards the tigers, we were roaring, monkeys, we were...monkeying???... You get the point. For nearly TWO hours all we did was RUN from one thing to another. We finally stopped for a drink and a snack when two different friends called to say they were at the zoo too. I thought Carson was getting tired, but when his buddy Reid appeared, he got his second wind. Those two boys bounced around the rest of the day. It no longer mattered if there were animals around or not. They were just as happy playing with rocks, playing on the rocks, whatever. They had a good time.
I had planned on leaving around 3pm, because I kept expecting my sleepy-head Lyla to throw a fit, but instead, she just passed out in the stroller and we carried on. By the time we left at 5pm, Carson told me his legs hurt real bad and needed me to carry him to the car. I gladly did what he needed and got them home.
They of course passed out on the hour drive back to the house. When we arrived Josh met me to carry C in. We got him changed and in bed. He was literally snoring before we even got to the door to leave his room. TIRED.
The next day we went to "Deer Camp". Deer Camp is a big metal building, now equipped with a restroom, a big screen, stove, microwave, refrigerators and a LOT (no clue how many) of acres that my dad and his brother have been hunting their whole life. Since Carson is so into animals right now, we decided it would be fun to go out there, picnic, and go hike around the woods. So we did. We started off playing a little ball, sneaking up on ducks on a pond, taking Gator rides around, then we took off in the gator to explore. We drove all around looking for animal tracks and eventually stopped to go IN the woods. Josh was a little confused at first, he thought by "in the woods" I meant the paths the guys had made, but I meant IN THE WOODS. So we strapped Lyla on me and took off through the high grass and trees. It was fun, kinda hard, and a pretty cool mini adventure. We did NOT get lost, we came back out, headed back and packed up. Once again with two TIRED kiddos.
The next day was COLD. And it just got colder. Down to 4. Not a typo. 4. Wind chills of -25. COLD. And a foot of snow along with three foot drifts. And now, two days after the snow stopped, it's snowing again. And it's a good snow too. But at least it's coming down STRAIGHT instead of sideways....
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