Yesterday was one of those days. We cherish our time together on the weekends and usually try to find at least one thing fun to do as a family. It's much easier to plan when it's nice outside but we have been so lucky this winter. Many times, our adventures aren't extravagant, and may be as simple as an outing to Homemakers, Lowes or the grocery store. If there are any free events around town, we often take advantage of them.
Saturday morning the kids wanted to make a fort. I'm definitely not a skilled fort maker and don't recall doing this childhood activity often, (except in my cousin's basement when we would visit). Justin claims to be an expert after making numerous forts growing up with his two brothers whenever his dad was out of town. So he tackled this project, gathering all of the large blankets we could find, the dining room table and all the folding chairs in the house. After completion, the kids played in the "motor home" reading, playing babies, and messing around on the ipads. Alena and I even had a lengthy game of Go Fish, which was interrupted 148 times by her sister.
After enjoying the "motor home" we decided to head to the zoo. The temperature was in the mid 40s and it was the perfect day to go to the zoo. This is my second trip this winter and each time I have been closer to the animals than I ever had before. We had a close up of the lions, watched the zoo keepers feed the penguins, and another zoo keeper was giving detailed information about each monkey in the monkey exhibit. Even though we've been to the zoo countless times, we still enjoy going and spent nearly 2 hours there yesterday.
After naps, I made granola and we all played outside at the park across the street. As the sun was sinking low, the regular 8 deer we have seen frequently by our place came through the park.
Our evening ended with a little take out, a bath and a movie, (for mom and dad-we watched Philomena, which I highly recommend). It was a perfect little Saturday.
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