Tonight all four big kids had plans. That doesn't happen too often. H and E went to spend the night with K and C. They were thrilled and looking forward to going for a couple of days. J had friends Siara and Sofia over and S hung out with them and then went to Courtney's. So we decided to take Lu on a date. She was very excited. She asks to go with us every week and now was her big chance!
We went to Panera Bread. I had the super yummy harvest salad, Lu had grilled cheese, Beloved ordered two things ( I guess he was hungry ). Then we went to the Botanical Gardens. We arrived around 6:30 and it was a completely different park. Dusk at the park is so fun. We saw so many animals out and about, it was crazy. First we saw a turkey walking around. Yep, a turkey, how unexpected. Then we saw some squirrels. Then we saw a raccoon. We followed him for a long time. He meandered around, ate a nut. At one point we stopped and watched him sit and clean himself. While we were watching nuts started dropping down around us. We looked up and there were several squirrels in the treetops throwing nuts down, I guess so they could scamper down and get them. It was so funny. Finally Mr Raccoon got up and walked along under the bridge, climbed a tree, climbed over the railing, walked to the trash can and climbed in looking for an evening snack. It was sooooo cute. And we didn't have our camera, either of us!
After the wild life show we played hide and seek, which Lu loved, then headed over to the book store where I got to read 15 books to her. We ended the evening with some hot chocolate. So fun!
3 comments:
What a great idea. We need to be better at taking our kids "out". The animal show sounds like fun!
I love Lu and all of you guys sooooooo much. I miss you so much already.
Sounds like such a great time! :) E and H had such fun over here that we will have to do it again. :)
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