Lukes new found love and obsession is animals. He can hardly think of anything else. So the one thing we new we had to do on our spring break vacation was take Luke to the zoo. His absolute favorite animal is monkeys... notice the shirt! He wore it twice, which is over kill for a 3 year old boy.
The zoo was super small, but way cool. Due to the limited space all the animals were super close. I have never seen large cat this up close and personal. (unless they are behind glass). We were literally 2 ft away!
Now the Jaguar was by far the scariest. He was starving and he was on the prawl. He kept making hunger calls and he was not a happy camper. We are standing 2 ft. away behind a wooden fence, which Annika climbed half way through. Not a good thing since this cat kept sizing Anninka and Luke up. He didn't pay any attention to the rest of us, But Annika must be just the right size for a feast!
Giraffes are always way off in the distance, at least all the zoo's I 've been to. We got to go in an watch him eat and Mark even got to pet the giraffe, against the rules.
For Family Home Evening we started our garden. Of course right now we just got the seeds planted in our mini greenhouse, waiting for the cold nights (and days) to go bye bye! For dessert Brooke and Chelsea made these cupcakes, by themselves. I was so proud of them. They took alot of hard work. We will blog about our garden updates. I have to admit I am rather nervous. I have not been the best at growing things, except weeds. But I am determined to learn and become good at gardening. Even if it takes YEARS, which I am sure it will.
They made Mint Chocolate Cupcakes right from the book "Hello Cupcakes", and then they just followed the instructions. This book had such fun and easy cupcake ideas. So if you like to party for every occasion this is a super easy book to help turn everyday into a special day. The vegtables are made with laffy taffy's, and the lettuc is cornflakes. If a 5 and 8 year old can do it unassisted then everyone can do it!
The girls love when we drive, because they love to stay in hotels. It is so fun to see them bond on vacations. I am so thankful that Mark worked hard and took us. We really needed this vacation!
Thanks to Todd we got some great pictures. I sure wish Todd and Julie still lived close. They have such a wonderful family and my kids just loved playing with them.
I want to thank everyone for their prayers and help while I was sick. I never could have done it alone. I am happy to announce that I am well and back to being a full time mom and wife. Also for those who did not hear we are having a BOY!
