Well, today started off like so many weekend mornings have over the last year....Christian and his dad, working on my car. The shaking of my car has become downright scary, and I now intend on driving it when I go to Chicago on vacation in October, so we need it fixed, and we need to know that it is indeed fixed before that. So, off he went, bright and early, so buy the part and head over to his parents house. After a couple hours (with a lot of chatting I'm sure) it was done and he was home. Now, it's ready to head into the shop for new tires and an alignment. Yay...While he did that, the girls and I ate some breakfast, played for a bit and I made the decision that a trip to the zoo was in order on this beyond beautiful day. So, I showered and we got ready to go. Christian quickly got himself ready while I packed up and loaded up the car. Then, we were off.
It turned into quite the adventure. We were literally a minute away from the zoo, and way too far from home, when I asked "you didn't take the stroller out of the trunk or anything, did you". To which I was met with dead silence, and then finally an "oops, yeah I did". Luckily, my mom doesn't live far from the zoo, and has a double stroller as well, so we stopped to grab that. Next, we decided to park at the shuttle instead of fighting the crowds to park at the zoo, only, we couldn't find the shuttle location anywhere. I was POSITIVE it was at the state fairgrounds, but we looked all over, and decided maybe they weren't running any more. We attempted to park at the zoo, and couldn't find a spot anywhere. GRRRR. Then, what do you know, we see one of the shuttle buses drive by. It finally dawned on me that no, the shuttle lot is at Midway Stadium (where our minor baseball team plays). We finally found it, hopped on and were FINALLY at the zoo. The only good thing about this fiasco is that Amelia got a nice nap in!
After a couple hours walking around the zoo and conservatory, we packed it up and headed back home (with ease). Olivia fell asleep on the way home, and proceeded to take a nice long (kind of late) nap. Amelia refused to sleep, even after a bottle, so she and I hung out while Christian went back over to his parents house for a little while. I finished up a couple loads of laundry, fed the girls their dinner and played with them until he arrived back home. Then, it was time for baths and bed. Olivia wasn't quite tired thanks to her late nap, so she watched some Dora while Christian and I hung out for a while. She's VERY into TV right now for some reason. She never really was before, but she's temporarily obsessed. Every after her bath she says "OK, time to watch a little bit of TV"...and says it over and over, trying to avoid bed. Hopefully this obsessed passes soon...
With that, our weekend is over! Never a good feeling. Here are some pictures from the zoo to share!
With that, our weekend is over! Never a good feeling. Here are some pictures from the zoo to share!
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