We spent most of this past weekend outside and it was BEAUTIFUL!!! We've had such a nasty winter that we were ready to go when the sun and warm temperatures showed up this weekend! We spent Saturday at a kite festival...the kids loved it and loved having all the open space at the park to run around. Then we grilled out Saturday night- bbq chicken and Margaretta pizza on the grill, hmmm!! Sunday we slept in and missed church, felt a little guilty but we decided to hit the Zoo early before the spring break crowd got there. We missed the members-only opening of the Museum of Living Art (MOLA) last weekend so wanted to check it out- and it was very cool!! After a picnic lunch at the Zoo and naps at home we went to the mall so Patrick could take Emma ice skating. Patrick knows how to skate pretty well from his old ice-hockey days in high school and he has been talking to Emma about taking her skating for months now so he finally dug his skates out the attic. She loved it and tells us she wants to take ice-skating lessons now...not sure that we are going to invest in that but Patrick did promise her he would take her more often!!
Helping Daddy assemble the dragon kite- which we couldn't get to fly so we had to buy a kite from the vendors at the festival but Emma picked it out and she was very proud!
Kids watching Daddy try to get the dragon kite in the air
Bryan pointing out to Daddy that the kite is not suppose to fall on the ground!
Bryan trying his hand at the dragon kite after Daddy and Emma abandoned it
I was busy watching Bryan and I looked over to see what Emma was doing and happen to catch this on my camera- Boompa found a stick and Emma was holding on while Boompa lifted it in the air!!
Emma helping Daddy fly the kite!
Emma's kite
Chillin with the kite - they make it looks so easy but it took about an hour to get it up in the air!
In front of the new Museum of Living Art- it was very cool!!
Crocodile at the entrance to the MOLA
The kids loved that all the exhibits in the MOLA had a ledge that they could stand on to see
Emma and her favorite animal, the giraffe
Checking out the elephants
Mr. Independent now refuses to sit in a high chair when we go out, but have to admit he does a pretty good job in the big chair
Riding the train- chooo chooo
Carousel at the Zoo
Getting all laced up to go ice skate
Took her a while to figure out that you could walk normally on the rubber floor
What a fun weekend! Looks like you had such a great time!
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