We took Kira and Evan to the Zoo. We had a lot of fun, even though we had a light rain all the time we were there! We had to go to Grammy's office for a picnic because of the rain but we had fun anyway! This is a really big tortoise and since I wouldn't let them RIDE him, they decided a picture would be ok.
What's more fun than sitting on a baby elephant? Apparently, according to Evan, looking for the sign that will tell us if he's extinct or safe! We had to find the signs for every animal there and he would worry if the sign said the animal was almost extinct! He'd get really excited if they were safe! He's such a funny kid! I'm not sure if he got a good look at some of the animals because he was so busy looking for the sign!
This isn't a wild animal OR endangered! But I think it was one of the bigger hits that day! Since it was raining, the snails were out all over the place! I let the kids pick this guy up and hold him. Evan was having nothing to do with that but Kira was ready! I explained about the snail's foot and Kira touched it and thought it was funny.
Evan put HIS hands behind his back and told us to put him back! So we did.
On Saturday morning, before swimming, the kids had to find things to entertain themselves since - *gasp* - we don't have Nintendo, Wii or ANYTHING at our house!
Kira wanted to make a house of cards. she stuck with it until she got it!
Evan built this 'Rainbow Road Game' to race his hotwheels on. We each were assigned a car (but he drove them because he was the only one who knew the rules!). There were various 'levels' and we each had 'lives' so if we crashed and blew up we were ok as long as we still had lives! He ended up winning! Is anyone surprised?
All in all, a wonderful weekend! We will miss the kids when they move to Chicago but we have memories to treasure until they come back! And Heidi has promised to get her blog going again so we can share in their lives even while they are so far away.
LOVE the bird picture!! Good shot sis of mine!! The kids are growing up so fast, huh?! It'll be hard to have them move away....I feel for ya! They sure are dolls! It's funny about Evan and his search for signs!! Maybe he'll grow up and save the animals!! Kira is loosing all the 'little girl' look....how does that happen so fast anyway?! Thanks for sharing. Wish I was closer to come over and give you hug when they move....I know you'll be needing one.
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