Fun With the Grandkids

Last weekend daddy and I went to my 10 year reunion at W&M. We had a blast catching up with everyone and for the first time ever, enjoyed a little time away from the kids overnight. Grandma and grandpa watched the boys for the weekend. I checked in a few times via text message and then called after the kids went to bed to see how the day went. When we got home on Sunday, Grandma and Grandpa gave us a full report of all the silly things the kids did. One of my favorites was when Grandma and Grandpa were trying to figure out why it was "raining" from the play set outside. Well, that was another example of Roo needing to go. The kids were really well behaved, Roo was a good helper, Bug napped like a champ and Grandma and Grandpa had a blast playing with the kids and didn't seem worse for the wear. It was also fun during the week when the kids would randomly do something new and burst out in laughter and say that it was something that Grandma and Grandpa taught them. It was great to get away for a weekend and I'm sure I forgot to mention some of the funny things the kids did but I can always add them to this. Daddy and I are thinking quarterly nights away could be a fun thing to do! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for watching the kids for the weekend!

When You're 3, The Zoo is Boring

I have been really excited to take Roo to the zoo for a couple of months now.  I wanted to wait until we got past the heat of the summer and go this fall.  But on all the weekends I wanted to take him it either rained or they were sick.  So finally, last weekend the weather was nice and sunny and we ventured up to DC to the National Zoo.  I was so excited, Roo not so much.  I made a lunch box of food for both of us so we could picnic too.  We parked in the area that is right next to Asia land.  We wandered around Asia land a bit but couldn't see where the pandas were, not too exciting.  We headed over a huge bridge and went to the bird area.  Roo loved the pink flamingos.  He thought they were pretty funny.  After that we tried to see the elephants but the area was under construction until 2011.  You could see 1 elephant way off in the distance, but not the ideal situation.  So then we wandered a bit more and some how I got a bit turned around and he was saying that he was all done.  We saw cheetahs and zebras and since I figured we were only there for an hour and he was indicating he was done, that I should cut my losses and go.

So we left and all he really wanted to do was go home and play out front with his trucks, tractors and tricycle.  But no way, I drove all the way up there and had promised some W&M friends I'd meet up with them.  I talked to Cloud and she found a park for us to meet up at in Adams Morgan.  Roo spent the rest of the day having a blast at the park.  He loved going down the slides and making cakes out of leaves for all of us to eat.  His favorite was probably the airplane bouncy flying thing.  He enjoyed playing on that for a long time and it was a pretty cool toy.  Will, Neela and Nancy met up with Cloud and us at the park too.  A bit later we went for ice cream.  He was very helpful when we were all done and threw away everyone's trash.  

We got in the car to go home and he was out cold within 5 minutes and slept all the way to the bridge.  We had a great day and it was a lot of fun catching up with some close college friends.  We'll have to visit some other museums in DC this winter and meet up again!