Best Mother's Day...

I had a fabulous Mother's Day! That carrier that Addie is in, is my Mother's Day present! And this picture pretty much sums up my life=crazy!!

We started out our day by going to Mass this morning, came home changed our clothes and headed for the cities. Kevin and the kids took me to Noodles and Company for lunch, we wanted to grab something quick to eat before we went to the MN Zoo. The weather was kind of cool, but we still had a TON of fun at the zoo anyway.

We purchased a zoo membership, since we figured this year we'll be going to the zoo a few times because the kids are really into animals this year. The amount they charge to get in versus what they charge for a membership isn't that huge of a difference when you're paying for three people to get in (2 and under are free) plus parking, we figured even if we only go twice the membership is the way to go. It's good for a whole year. Another nice thing is we get into zoos across the US for free or half price, so next week when we go to Duluth, we can get into the Lake Superior Zoo for 1/2 price! Also when we go visit my mom we can get in free at the Chahinkapa Zoo in Wahpeton, ND, which isn't terribly far from my moms place, we use to go there all the time for Girl Scouts when I was younger.

There are some neat things coming to the zoo this year, now I can't wait to go back. The Africa exhibit starts May 23-September 7 and they'll be bringing the giraffes back. Amelia was just a little over one the last time they had the giraffes there And there is a new play place thing opening up for kids called Woodland Adventure and that opens in July.

The kids had an absolute blast. Adeline slept most of the time, only waking up to eat. And I'm thinking they are going to sleep extremely well tonight after all the fresh air and not having naps today! We asked the kids what their favorite part of the zoo was and they both said the baby pigs! One of the baby pigs is going to be the new mascot for the St Paul Saints.

After the zoo, we went to Coldstone because we promised the kids ice cream at the zoo, and the ice cream place at the Farm was closed, so we decided to wait until after we left the zoo. That was the first time the kids had been to Coldstone and they were pretty impressed with all the mix-ins. We picked their ice cream flavor for them based on their topping choice, because at first they were picking their ice cream by color! Something about M&M's in cotton candy (blue) ice cream doesn't sound so good! So they both had cookie dough batter with M&M's.

For dinner we went to Chili's with Mary and Ron and it was very nice!

A Few Reasons I love being a mom...
-Amelia, Paul and Adeline
-Amelia and Paul's laughter
-Adeline's toothless grin!
-Hearing the word Mom/Mommy and know they are talking about ME!
-When all the kids crawl in our bed for a morning snuggle...even when I'm dead tired!
-Being the comforter when there are bad dreams or scary noises
-Watching them explore the world around them


Here is a video of the kids feeding the goats...turn your sound on! :)

I've been trying and trying to get this video downloaded too with blogger, but it took too long, so I tried something different! Enjoy!

I hope all moms out there had a wonderful Mother's Day!