Mommy Bootcamp: Day 4

We woke up early today because we had an appointment to tour a pre-school at 9am with the Reckman girls and Christie. It was overwhelming to think about them going from somewhere so small like Mary's to a bigger place, but they both loved it and wanted to stay! Alex got cornered on the playground by a bunch of girls, who coralled him into a playhouse and he was crying when I went over there and said, Mommy - they just won't leave me alone! I am sure that he won't mind this behavior in 15 years :)

After the tour, we all went to their favorite place - the zoo! We of course saw the regulars, the monkeys the lions, the rhino, the polar bear - but this time we went to two new places that we hadn't explored before. We visited the insect house, which was full of some of the biggest, scariest cockroaches I have ever seen, ants, big hairy spiders and a bunch of screaming teenagers (school field-trip). Mackenzie seemed terrified, Alex thought it was cool... My favorite part was this outdoor rainforest, which was full of tropical plants and butterflies. It is also Zoo Baby time at the zoo and believe it or not - there was some baby cockroaches, they were not cute though... We also discovered a new outdoor rainforest area with a lot of monkeys that we hadn't found before - it was very cool. There were two nocturnal houses with a couple new zoo babies, that were adorable. It was very cool landscaping, with a big waterfall and big trees for the monkeys to swing from. Not sure how we have ever missed this place! We finished up the day by taking a train ride (Alex, Christie and Mackenzie) and going to the children's zoo that had just reopened with a new playset. Evan is so brave and climbed it and went down the big slide by himself. Then Alex and Mackenzie surprisingly wanted to pet the goats, so I went into the coral with all the smelly goats so that they could brush their coats. They thought it was the greatest thing!

The boys were exhausted so they took a nice long nap until Tim got home! My sister came over and we watched Oprah because my friend Trisha was actually on it for that show! Tim came home bearing gifts! Roses for our five-year anniversary, which is tomorrow and a potted plant of cala lillies for Mother's Day. Wow, I was surprised!