Hubby had another tourney this weekend, so I decided to tag along with the youngest two. We went to the zoo by ourselves on Saturday - I was feeling adventuresome - and we had a great day! Youngest is now 18 months, and BOOOOOOOOOOOO is his word for any large animal. I think it came from us telling him that cows say "mooooooooo" but now he will point at horses, cows, whatever and yell, "I do see BOOOOOOOOO!" and if he's not in his car seat then he'll start jumping up and down as he points. It's terribly cute.

So, you can imagine what the zoo was like... Walk up to the moose exhibit...
Jumping up and down...
"I do see BOOOOOOOOOO!!!" with much pointing and jumping.
Me: Okay, let's go see another boo
Baby: Bye BOOOOOOOOOO! (accompanied by frantic hand waving)
Walk up to the bear exhibit...
Jumping up and down...
"I do see BOOOOOOOOO!!!" with much pointing and jumping.

All day long. I also had the foresight to grab some water guns at the Dollar store (4 for $1, hard to beat that!) and took a bag full of them with us. I think we had about 8 total, and every time we stopped for a potty break we filled them up again. So 4yo and me spent a lot of time squirting each other (and baby) all day, and passers-by were very jealous. It helped us stay cool, and gave me a way to distract them when they got cranky.

But, the amazing part is that we were at the zoo all day long, by ourselves, and it didn't totally wipe me out. I did all right! I had to stop and rest a few times, mind you, especially on the hilly areas and I was dragging that wagon up the stinking hill to the train ride... but really I was okay. Hubby finally joined us at around 5:00, and we left and both kids crashed in the car as soon as they got buckled up. Really, they were both very well behaved and it was a great day.

Today I took them to the park for a few hours while hubby finished up his tourney, and wore them out completely again. Again they both crashed as soon as they hit the car, which made for a very peaceful drive home (2 hours from tourney to here).

Now, however, mama needs to recover for a day or two. I can really feel it tonight, that tired to the bones feeling... but it's not a "sick" feeling, just a tired feeling that I think is completely normal even for well-breathing folks after a weekend like this.

Well, 4yo needs mama to put him to bed so I guess that's all for now. Happy Father's Day to the daddies out there.