Spring Break

For Spring Break this year I decided that we would be better off at home - so we crammed our vacation in one big stay-cation day!  We got up and had donuts for breakfast, packed our lunch and headed for the zoo.  We decided to stay local and went to the Richmond zoo instead of driving all the way to D.C.  The kids had a great time!

 

 Waiting in line to get in.

 

 Lilah kept trying to sneak bites of the animal food.  I finally told her to just eat one - she took one taste and then left them alone the rest of the trip..

 Calvin feeding a parakeet

 Anna Elise feeding a parakeet.

 Lilah feeding a camel

 Madeline feeding a camel.

 

Madeline and Lilah got to ride the carousel with mom.  Anna and Calvin got to go on the sky ride with Dad - since Dad had the camera we don't have pictures of their ride!

We were worn out and as soon as we got into the car Calvin and Lilah were out!  We took our time driving to the movie theater so they could get a little nap.  After filling mom's purse with treats we saw Rio and I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it.  Calvin just laughed out loud at the whole thing. 

 We headed back to our side of town and decided to stop by the house for just a minute.  Mike went in to grab what he needed and while he was inside a huge branch broke off of our neighbors tree and brought the power line that connected to our house down to the ground.  The line came off of our house, but stayed connected and we still had power  - which meant the line was live.  We wouldn't let the kids out of the car.
We called the power company and then headed off to dinner.  After dinner we got ice cream cones and went home.  The kids sat on the porch eating ice cream while we watched the 'worker men' start fixing our power line.  We never lost power which was a relief to me - the last thing a very pregnant woman wants on an almost 90 degree day is too lose her A/C!

That's how to enjoy an ice cream cone!