Back when I was in elementary school, I never remembered getting a Tuesday off. It was either a Monday or Friday, which made sense since it extended the weekend. Well, whatever. A day off is a day off!
For the past weeks, Lucas has been talking about wanting to go to the zoo because "[He] want[s] to see lions and zebras and tigers and monkeys and kangaroos". So, during this holiday, we took a trip to Oakland Zoo! We were able to check out ALL the animals in three hours! Unfortunately, when Lucas got home and was reading the map, he pointed out that we never went to see the kangaroos. Dangit, kid was right. So I guess we'll eventually owe him another trip to the zoo. He was also "disappointed" that there were no rhinos, but it wasn't our fault with that one since the Oakland Zoo didn't have any rhinos.
Hangin' with the giraffes
I was so happy that I could finally use my selfie stick somewhere outside of the house. However, I forgot to bring my remote and had to resort to taking pictures via timer mode. And oops, this was the only good picture I took at the zoo. We were both too busy trying to catch up with the kids.
I hope these kiddos remember all the vacations and family outings we took growing up! As of right now, I definitely think Lucas will remember them. Tonight, he kept going on and on about what he saw at the zoo. I was never able to take all these fun trips when I was growing up. So I'm living vicariously through the kids. Next trip, SNOW... hopefully!
After dinner, I wanted to try something different with Lucas. Since he's older now and understands much more than I ever thought a three year old would understand, I thought it'll be fun to do a baking experiment together. This was also one of those activities I never really got to experience growing up. One day, Lucas is going to remember our first real baking experience and be like "but my Mom doesn't even bake"... oh, the things I do for these children...
Mixing with his "L" superhero cape
Get a small spoonful
Roll it up in a ball
Take out of oven and VOILA! Lemon crinkles!
Now I'm on a Pinterest search for easy baking (or no bake) desserts so that maybe Char can even help us next time. Since we ended up with so many cookies, I asked Lucas if he'll like to package a cookie for each of his teachers/teachers' aides and he said yes. So I guess we did a mini project along with a project. (Yes, I'm one of THOSE moms who bring random surprises in for my kids' teachers)
What Char was doing while Lucas was baking
... and then it's Hump Day tomorrow. What a fun short holiday!
