This was the first weekend in a while there was no girl scouts, no soccer….nothing, just had to live life. The weekend started with me taking Addy to a water park for a birthday party. Tip for anyone going to an indoor water park…its humid! I shouldn’t have worn jeans. It was steamy. Addy had a good time though. I sat by the pool, at the bar with a couple $6 drinks. It was a good night. Saturday the old kids and I hit the zoo while the little one was out cold for her AM nap. After lunch Bray took a nap and so did Ry in the afternoon. Then did some grilling of supper and some laundry. Also had Hayden get her first summer time cut. No more clumps of hair all around.
Sunday was also really fricken HOT. So the morning was just hanging out at home. Watched a little bit of the Indy 500 pre race stuff, then after lunch figured the old kids needed to get out so too them to the Science Center. Last time there with them we did the Egypt exhibit, this time they were getting ready for the Mars exhibit, opens in about a week so we’ll have to get back there for that. We just hit the animals, too many snakes there, the discovery zone and the kids played a lot. Addy and I got the little water power generator going pretty good. Bray got to run around and explore too. We watched a little film in the planetarium about the moon landings. Then hit the play area. Addy found a friend she knew there and played a bit with her there.
I love that we have this option in Iowa and have a the science center, but I think they need to build on and be bigger, add more stuff. If you can get through in about an hour and the exhibits change but nothing else does, add on. It will become stale. It should be something that takes 2-3 hours or more. That being said I’m excited to go back for the Mars exhibit. (I’ll rant on the zoo..again later)
After the science center the kids wanted a snack and asked them what they wanted, they both responded “HIGH LIFE” (I love my kids!) So we went to the High Life Lounge and had some tots and some drinks, grainbelt for me and shirley temples for the kids. They had a blast, just sitting at the bar eating and then playing with the buck hunter game. We went home and had some supper and Bray and I watched the 600…Addy did girl stuff with her mom.
Monday it was just me and 3 kids pretty much and it, and it was a pretty good day. We hit the zoo early in the am and were there for about an hour and a half (please Zoo add on and get bigger – good job adding a Rhino in 2013 but build on and compete with Omaha, and get more monkeys!), the kids had fun again and usually do all the time there. Saw the Tiger and Snow leopard up close. The lions also a bit too; one was laying on a rock close to the fence and they are awesome creatures up close. We left the zoo at the right time, there was a LOOOONG line forming as we left. We then headed downtown and hit the Sculpture Park and I let Ryleigh go out and run. She loved it, she ran after her older siblings. I got a great shot of her and Addy walking up to the letter sculpture.
After about 30 mins or so there we went east to the Capital to check out the cannons and memorials. The kids asked a lot of questions about the memorials which is good, Addy especially was starting to realize the meaning of Memorial Day. There are a bunch of memorials up by the capital and cannons and cool statues around the capital that everyone should see. And you get a great view looking downtown Des Moines and to the ball park on the river. Des Moines isn’t really that bad of a place.
We then headed home for mac & cheese with hotdogs for lunch and Ryleigh went down. When Ry woke up all 3 kids were then out on the deck playing and it was perfect. It was great weather, I brought out Bray’s cube and had the ipod playing some good ole country music, and some nice cold beverages too. We grilled burgers, brats and dogs and the kids wanted to eat outside so I complied. It was awesome, perfect. A trip to DQ and then shower time and it was bed time just in time for the Hatfield’s & McCoy’s on History Channel.
Overall Monday topped the weekend of GREAT! Hoping not to insult others BUT my kids are the best 3 kids in the world!
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