Zoo Day

On Thursday, my family of four went to the Tulsa Zoo. It was so refreshing to get out on such a nice day and spend it with my favorite people at a fun place. I couldn't have asked for a more go with the flow day. I had a blast and am already trying to plan another trip sometime in October.




Now, normally when we go to places like this, I like to have a plan. "Ok, first we will go here then we will do this and then it will be time to go over here...." and so forth. Which is totally ridiculous, I know. So I mentally told myself before we went, "It's ok if we don't see everything there is to see, and I am just going to follow Jeffery and we will do whatever he wants to do". I only say Jeffery because Cane isn't old enough to make such decisions yet. I want to be a fair mom as much as possible.



Well, that is exactly what we did. When we first walked in and did our pottying and what not a kind Zoo Lady told us about the hands on exhibit for the kids, so we did that first. Then I figured we could do the carousel, then the train. So we get there and I told Jeff my plan and he said "NOOO, I want to ride the train first!" I was about to start telling him about how if we did the carousel then the train it would work out better because of how I had it mapped out, BUT I didn't. We rode the train. And guess what everything was still just perfect.


Sooooo, "I believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way" ha ha ha. No, seriously though, letting them lead day was a blast because I kind of felt like I was viewing the zoo through his eyes in a way and kids need that afterall, a day now and then where they call all the shots. Within reason, that is.

Kids Say the Darndest Things

Jeffery has become quite the big boy and is now beginning to spend the night with his Michi and Papa. He used to "spend the night", which involved him packing his bag and going over to spend the evening and then return home when it was bedtime.

But now he stays the entire night. Yea!!

Okay, back to the story at hand. He spent the night with them last night. He did his little nightly routine when he stays there: bath, story, call mom and dad to say goodnight, then lay in bed with Michi and drift off to sleep. Well my mom told me today that while they were lying in bed, Jeffery kept rubbing his eyes (he has had a bit of allergies here lately) and she told him "Stop rubbing your eye buddy, you are going to irritate it." To which he replied, " Meech, it's not "earitated", It's "eyeitated"."

I thought that was just too cute!! I love how little children hear things so literally and they just really give you a brand new perspective on things that you never would have thought. He was dead serious when he said this, so my mother didn't laugh, she just agreed that he was right (but she was really laughing hard inside). It's funny how their precious little ears hear things.

New at This

I am new at this blogging business, and am still trying to figure out how to arrange my page and pictures and what not. I don't know how loyal I will be to blogging because I already have three pen and paper journals that I try to keep regularly. After updating all three the other night, I had major hand cramps and wondered if I should just do one journal that covered everybody in the family together instead of separately.

This is where my new blog page comes in. So, we will just see how often I get the chance to write in here. Hopefully it will go well!

And hopefully people care to be my followers!!!