The Zoo again

We will be going to the Zoo quite a bit this summer since we have a Zoo membership. They have all kind of fun events going on like concerts and fun events. The kids love going and seeing all the animals. Plus walking around is good for them. We got rid of the strollers when Nicholas was 2 because I figured he was more than capable enough to walk by himself and it's so much easier getting around not having to push a stroller.

So here are some pictures from today's Zoo visit.

watching the water shoot up in the tide pool

Trinity monkeying around

The mountain goats always look so unkept but apparently they shed in the summer.

In other news Trinity only has 2 days left of preschool, tomorrow and Tuesday. Wednesday she has a kindergarten visit to see her new school and meet the teachers. We have heard rumors that Kindergarten will be 3 full days instead of 5 half days starting this fall. I am assuming that they will talk more about that at the parent orientation on Wednesday.

Nice weather

The kids have been loving the great weather we've had. Our camera battery was dead or we would have more pictures. The kids had fun playing with the hose, blowing bubbles and helping fix up the backyard.

I can't believe Trinity is almost done with preschool. She only has 1 week left. She has had a good year. Her teacher says she is so good and polite in class. I was very happy to hear that because she is not always nice and polite at home. If she didn't act up and tell me no sometimes I would wonder what was wrong with her. We do want her to have an opinion of her own.

Fieldtrip to the Zoo

We went to the Zoo with Trinity's preschool class today. It was the AM and PM classes together so there were 20 kids all together. It was not very warm and it rained part of the time. We had a good time. Each adult had 2 kids to keep track of so that made the day pretty stress free and easy.

At one point it was a pretty good down pour of rain but we just took shelter and ate lunch. By the time we were all done eating the rain stopped and we were off again looking at the animals.

We went on the short train ride around the Zoo which gave us all a chance to sit and relax. It gets you a little closer to some of the animals so the kids enjoyed that. There is a long train ride that goes to the Portland Rose Gardens and a huge playground but we didn't have time for that today. When I take my kids next time we will probably take the long train ride.

The kids all got new animal hats to wear so we could easily see them in a crowd. Not that there were any crowds today but you never know. All of the kids were really good!

Awesome Weather

We had a full day today. First Trinity went to school. While she was at school Nicholas and I went to the elementary school where Trinity will be going next year. We had to get all the registration papers and application for the dual language program the school offers. We picked Trinity up from school, ate lunch and Nicholas took a nap. Later we took a trip Dairy Queen for ice cream and then to Grandma's house to say Happy Birthday.

We decided to go to the park by our house because we are over seeding our front lawn and have moss killer in back yard right now (we live in a very damp area and the moss is horrible). So the kids can't play on the grass for a few days. I wanted the kids to run out some energy. The park has a lot of shady areas so when it's hot out it is great park.

Nicholas shaking out his shoes for the hundredth time.

panoramic picture of part of the park

somersaults in the grass

We have to take in as much sun as we can before the rain comes back.

Trinity loves to build

Trinity is always building something out of anything she can find. We had a party and bought a huge pack of cups from Costco. We didn't use all of the cups at the party but we like to keep them around for birthday's and get togethers.

Trinity got into the cups one day and used every single cup to build with. Well, I didn't want to throw them away and have some much waste. I also didn't want to use them to drink out of because who knows if feet or something were inside of them. So these cups are now her building "blocks" She pulls them out all the time to build castles and pyramids.

These pictures are of her playing with them a few days ago...

a childs point of view

The sun was out today and as we were driving down the road on the way home from preschool Trinity started talking about wanting her sunglasses. Then she went off on a rant about needing new sunglasses because the sun was still too bright to look at. I told her sunglasses were not for looking at the sun they were to protect her eyes and make it not look so bright out.

Then Trinity said she likes when it's warm outside but it makes her eyes shrivel up. I asked her what she was talking about. She said my eyes do this ... she showed me her squinting eyes. I said ok when the sun is out it's bright outside and it makes your eyes squint.

HAPPY EASTER!

I am not going to post very much today but I wanted to post the new picture I made of the kids and their Easter eggs.

The kids are very excited about Easter tomorrow!