Labor Day weekend (see what I mean by late!?!?!) was an exciting one for our family. Not only did cousin's come down to visit that we didn't get to see all summer, but we had an entire three days to spend with them for the holiday. Even better yet, we didn't have anything planned so we were able to just hang out at Grandma and Grandpa's all weekend.
The kids had a ton of fun and did a lot of romping around and creating and digging. Sadly, mommy failed and took absolutely no pictures. (Seriously, what is wrong with me?) They love to play out in the horse pasture where there is a little circle of trees where they have created a little 'clubhouse'. Evidently, this weekend they discovered few exciting things around their clubhouse and spent almost the entire time digging up dinosaur bones (aka horse bones from one that grandpa buried back there). They thought it was the coolest thing ever, I was quite grossed out.
The dinosaur discovery could only be beat by one thing. A Husker win. OK, I kid. While the adults were glad for the win, the kids were uninterested. The most exciting part of the whole weekend came when Aunt J brought a big wrapped (black with white polka dots and a big red bow) box into the room at half time of the game. She handed each family a little gift bag and grandma and grandpa the box. Grandma and grandpa opened the box to reveal a Mickey Mouse balloon that floated up to the ceiling. Inside our bags where Mickey Mouse Dry Erase boards that said "102 Days 'til Disney" on them. There was a little description card in every one's gift as well with a picture of Mickey wearing a Santa hat. The card explained that their fabulous Aunt J had bought us all a trip to Disney World for Christmas this year!
I think I was more excited than the kids at first only because none of our kids really had any idea what Disney World really was. After we broke out the informational video of what it really was and what was all there, all chaos broke loose! It was so exciting it brought tears to my eyes. To see them so thrilled and looking forward to something was so heart warming. I can't begin to tell Aunt J thank you enough. This is something we hoped to do for our kids in the future, but would have had to save for a long time to be able to afford it. This gift will fulfil that dream without zapping our pocket books. It is so generous, it also brought tears to my eyes.
We have made a paper chain to count down the days until we leave. Currently we are at . Miss Thumb Sucker seems to be the most excited (which surprises me because I figured she wouldn't quite get it fully). But she says "thank you that we get to go to Disney World" every time we pray and tells everyone we see that we get to go. I have been doing a lot of research online to figure out all the ins and outs and can't wait!!!!
Now onto the zoo pun. After the fun of the weekend and cousins and Disney, we got to cap it off with a 4 day break (teacher in-service at school and my daycare parent's were nice enough to give me the day off)! We made a trek to the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo. It was a tad hot (understatement), but there was hardly anyone there and we were able to see whatever we wanted. We just mostly hopped from one air conditioned building to the next. Daddy would argue that the ACs weren't even keeping up very well as most of the buildings weren't all that cool either.
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| I love this shot I got of the new Jellyfish display |
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| Hmmmm. Wonder what she is thinking? |
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| I always knew my family belonged here.... ;) |
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| We always end the day with an ice cream cone! Miss Thumb Sucker and Noisy Man decided silly faces were necessary for their picture. |
