Playing Outside!

Spring is here!! My spring bulbs are blooming and our trees have beautiful buds and flowers. (Thank goodness for Flonase and Allegra!) Mostly, we're excited to PLAY OUTSIDE!!

The cutest little tiny daffodil in our front yard
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Love my plum tree :)

"Cheeeeese!" (So excited about getting water in his sand/water table)

"Blake! STOP putting that water in your mouth! It's yucky!"

The Zoo in March

We have had amazing weather lately! The forecast for one of our recent "stay home days" was 77 and sunny, so I asked Carter "What do you think about going to the zoo today???" He said "The Troit Zoo?!!?! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!" So, I packed some picnic lunches and off we went. It was a great day :) Carter looked at the map and decided to head straight for his favorite animal, the tiger. Blake called "Gi-ger?? Gi-ger??" We spent a lot of time watching the polar bear swim around - I think Carter would have stayed there all day. He said "I wove wove wove this place so much." They also really liked watching the giraffes in "their house," which is something we've never seen before. Blake kept pointing and saying "Raffe! Raffe!" The boys loved looking at all of the animals, and I loved spending time with them doing something special. Blake was a little confused at times - he was really hoping to see some elephants, but they don't have elephants at this zoo. He thought that the rhinos were elephants, so he was happy. And then we got to the anteaters, and he INSISTED that they were the elephants. He kept pointing to their noses saying "CRUNK! CRUNK!" I guess it sort of does look like a trunk, but definitely NOT elephants, buddy :)


Carter watching the polar bear swim around

Spending time with the only elephant at this zoo. Carter said "Mom, is this elephant dead? It wooks (looks) dead."

My sweet almost 5 year old boy

It must be mating season for the peacocks - most had their feathers out. Carter said "Mom, why does peacocks have so many eyes on their feathers???" I love how he thinks.

Blake was so excited when he saw these elephants....er, rhinos....whatever...these made him happy.