The twins first field trip

On Monday I was able to go on the twins' Kindergarten field trip with them. It was at the zoo. Why, oh why do I love that place so much? Seriously, even with a zoo membership and going there every month, I never get sick of it. Even with the train currently shut down and the playground closed, I still love spending the day at the zoo. I think there might be something wrong with me. Is it normal for an adult to love the zoo that much?
I had a mild case of anxiety leading up to this field trip (okay, I have it all the time but more so around the time of this field trip) because the memory of the last field trip I went on was still so fresh in my brain. But I should have known that my boys would make it fun. They were awesome! They are still young enough that they think their mom is the coolest and they don't get embarrassed by the things I say and do. Their teacher and all the mom helpers love them so it was fun for me to go and have everyone tell me how great my boys are and how much everyone enjoys having them around-I feel the same way about them. I dread the day when they grow up and stop liking me as much:(
 Our field trip group was comprised of my boys, Cecily and a girl named Kailana who didn't come to school that day. The teacher warned me ahead of time that my boys hand picked Cecily and Kailana to be in their group. Apparently no one else gave a hoot who was in their group but Jack and Myles put in a request a few weeks ago to have those girls. I got such a kick out of that. They are quite the little ladies men. Cecily's family met us up at the zoo and her mom told me how Cecily and her best friend had a falling out over Jack and Myles earlier this year. Remember Deliliah? That cute little Latin looking girl that was in love with the twins? Well it appears that she didn't appreciate the competition of Cecily wanting to play with the twins too so she real life defriended Cecily. Apparently it was a BIG deal and created weeks of drama at school over the winter, yetI never heard a thing about it until that day. I think Jack and Myles may be oblivious to the fact that they have that effect on the ladies...

On the bus Myles commented that he thought the inside of the bus would be yellow. I could tell he was bummed. The bus really never lives up to my kid's expectations.

 

Cecily and her little brother Ollie. He was so cute, I wanted to eat him up. He made me wish I could have another boy and name him Ollie, and then I remembered, I WILL have a little boy named Ollie! Tristian is due any day now and her baby's name will be Ollie.

I LOVED the boys shirts. Jack's said, "I can rit" meaning "write" and Myles said "I can rim" meaning rhyme. I don't know if you can tell from this picture but they both drew pictures of themselves with one girl. And they made sure to include their spikey hair!

This was the first time we got to see the bears be up and about! They were fun to watch.

Cecily, Myles, Jack and Avea. Poor Avea kept trying to join our group and Jack kept freaking out saying, "She needs to stay with her group! Her mom helper is going to get worried!"

This picture makes me laugh because Jack and Cecily look like they are little teeny boppers posing for a dance picture... I love how they are leaned into each other. Cecily kept making me laugh because she claims to be in love with Myles yet she kept getting the two boys confused so she spent most of the day clinging to Jack. My boys were more than happy to share her, I just felt bad that she couldn't figure it out.

We had such a good time. I am so grateful that my mom kept Easton for the day so that I could go on this field trip. I really love going on field trips with my kids! After the field trip we came home so I could eat something and then rushed back to the school to watch Tay and her friends dance in the 3rd Grade talent show...

Memorial Day weekend Zoo visit

We spent last Saturday at the Zoo. The weather was PERFECT. The day was actually perfect all around. We enjoyed a fun filled day of being at the Zoo and then having our first BBQ of the season and then topped it all off with an evening at the school practicing my golf game. That was also the day we discovered s'mores flavored salt water taffy. Oh. My. Goodness. It is good. Cinnamon will always be my favorite but s'mores is a close second. That is some delightful stuff and I highly recommend you go out and buy some right now! Then come back and leave me a comment confirming how delicious it is;)

Easter Weekend

Our Spring Break was the last week of March. Yes, I agree-that is a weird, too cold, not springy enough time to have Spring Break. We couldn't go anywhere while the kids were out of school because Kendrick didn't have any vacation time saved yet and I still had Dex, so we decided to just do a one night "stay cation" and on Saturday we took the kids downtown. Kendrick worked it out so that we were able to go visit his friend Alan, who is a fire captain, at his fire station. For those of you who don't know, Easton is OBSESSED with firemen and firetrucks. He wants to be a fireman when he grows up and one of his favorite shows is Fireman Sam. So on Saturday morning we were able to go to Alan's station and get the VIP treatment. The firefighters cooked us breakfast, they gave us the grand tour, we got to ride in the firetruck with the sirens on, we got tons of pictures, the kids got a bunch of loot (hats, stickers, pencils, badges) and we got to hold and play with some of the firemen tools. I was shocked when their first item of business was piling us all in the truck and taking us for a ride! It was a lot of fun and we are super grateful to Alan for going all out and making us feel so welcome!

 

After the fire station we headed downtown where we checked into The Little America and took the train to City Creek. The kids and I had never been to City Creek, so it was fun to window shop and see the fountains and the fish. What a cool place! If I lived closer to downtown I would spend a lot of time AND money there, I'm sure. We also walked around Temple Square, and visited the Church History Museum and the Church Visitors center. Then we had lunch at The Red Iguana. We didn't have to wait more than 10 minutes to get a table and then we were able to eat in the back of the restaurant and had the room to ourselves for most of our meal. It was wonderful and so delicious! I ordered a naked veggie chimichanga and while it didn't have any cheese or sour cream on it, I am pretty sure it wasn't even close to being Vegan- because refried beans that taste THAT good are almost always made with lard.

 

 

After gorging ourselves on so much yummy food we headed to the pool to burn off some calories. Unfortunately, Jack had a cough so we didn't let him swim. Instead, him and I cuddled in a lounge chair next to the pool  and watched Kendrick and the other kids swim. I felt bad for Jack but he was miserable most of Saturday because of his hacking cough and I really think swimming would have made it worse. Then on Sunday, he woke up with no cough and he looked a lot better so I am grateful that we stayed strong and kept him out of the pool. Plus, the pool wasn't nearly as entertaining as this was:

Kendrick had us all laughing our butts off with the dance moves he'd pull while being slammed in the mirror. The kids thought it was hilarious, so naturally we all had to have a turn being goof balls. When we were done playing in the closet mirror, we checked out of our hotel and hit The Hogle Zoo again. After being there on Thursday we were excited to show Kendrick the polar bear and otters so we took advantage of our pass and took him to see those animals. And we were not dissapointed. Check out this video Kendrick took of the Polar Bear:

 

 
After staying at the Zoo just long enough to see our favorite animals we headed home to dig into our Easter baskets. The kids scored a lot of loot and had a lovely afternoon stuffing their faces with candy.

 

That evening we headed to my parent's house and had an Easter egg hunt and a yummy dinner. By the time we got home that night we were all over stuffed and over tired and we slept like babies. I didn't want to get out of bed this morning.

 

But we had a really fun weekend and I'm grateful that we were able to pack so many activities into such a small amount of time!