Impromptu Zoo

11am on Monday morning, Jeff's summer schedule changed.  Meaning he no longer had class at 2:30 & we found ourselves with a full Monday with zero committments!  We knew we had to get moving fast if we wanted to do something fun or nap time would hit & then it would be too late.  So we threw ourselves together & jumped in the van for what turned out to be a pretty much perfect little Monday.

Since it was a scalding 100 degrees we opted to hit up the Air Conditioning at the Children's Museum. 

We unloaded kids & rolled into the Museum's front doors only to find out, its not open to the public on Mondays!  What?!  So we loaded 3 kids BACK into the car & decided since we were already down town & had ourselves psyched up for a fun day, we'd brave the zoo!  We were not ideally "packed" for the zoo.  We had our 3 single strollers (& stroller clips), which we were nervous about, but it worked out fine & we fit everywhere we went.  Luckily we had sunscreen along.  We went ahead & bought a pass (only have to go 3 more times between now & March for it to pay for itself!)  Stayed for a few hours, mostly did the indoor stuff & had a great time!

One of these days I promise I will be brave & let them out of their strollers.  I'm just worried about how 3 toddlers can turn into 3 terrors oh so fast!

Lunch!

Hayden INSISTED on fries with ketchup.  He was a disaster.  Thanks for this one GG, pretty sure this is your doing!

 But their favorite part was the goats!

 Baby :)

 Hayden checking out the newborn baby goat

 Livi loved them.  I mean giggled like a school girl.  Squeeled with glee.  Ran up to them.  Petted them.  LOVED THEM!

Then they took a LONG afternoon nap.  We're talking, being loud & encouraging the boys to finally wake up after 3 hours long nap.  Livi was up earlier.  It was still HOT out & we knew we needed something to burn energy or we'd be up late tonight with such a long, late nap.  So Liv & I hit up the dollar store in search of a little pool.  Rarely do I get to take one kid out somewhere alone.  So I let her roam the store & explore.  She tried to break her neck climbing to sit on a STACK of 5 toddler chairs.  She cleared off a 7 foot gap on the bottom shelf of the toy aisle.  And snuck up to the checkout with a pack full of balls that I had not intended on buying.  {Think of the mess with 3 toddlers roaming!}

We spent the evening splashing in the *cold* pool {and mom & dad wound down with a much needed adult beverage!}

Hayden jumped right in!  And had fun bouncing on the edge of the blow up pool!

 Logan had fun too!

 Livi:  Not so sure!  She is going through this scared of water, even scared of baths stage. 

 Then the boys went for a drive.

 While Livi discovered the slide.  She LOVES slides. 

 Slidin' on the belly feet first!

 Very surprisingly, by the end of the evening she was having the most fun!  The water was COLD & it wasn't so hot by this point.  But she was splashing away & sticking her face in the water (without parental encouragment). 

 While the boys were still driving...

 ... or off roading!

 We even ate supper outside.  Which made after supper clean up such a breeze!  (Think Logan will ever grow a neck??)

Perfect Summer Monday!!