Petting Zoo

Our library hosted a petting zoo on Thursday, and since it was Spring Break week, Brooke was able to come along with us! We had such a fun time having her home all week-makes me ready for summer!

We arrived at the library a little early, and had planned to go in and return some books and browse for new ones. As we were walking up, the petting zoo people invited us over, so the kids were able to pet and play with the animals before the crowd showed up!
This bunny was a HUGE hit-he was easily the size of Bo!
Bethany was so gentle with the animals, and really liked the little ones (she called them babies, but they were actually full-grown).
Brooke liked the bigger animals, the sheep and llama in particular. They also had a hedgehog she liked, but it was pretty cold outside so it was hard to see it burrowed under the wood chips in the cage.
Even Bo got to pet the animals. Bethany (a.k.a. Big Mamma) took him over and helped him reach a sheep.
He was happy to stand there with his hand hanging in the cage, waiting for animals to come close enough to touch!
We were pretty cold by that point, so we went inside to get new books. We were waiting for friends, so we found a spot for the girls to read while Bo played with a puzzle.
Once our friends arrived, we headed back outside to see the animals again. At some point, Bethany grabbed the camera out of my purse and snapped this picture of me and Bo. I'm glad she did that, I'm usually the one taking pictures which means I'm hardly ever in them!
Doesn't Bo look like such a big boy running around playing? He joined the girls in a game of tag with their friends, and then we spent some time on a little playground nearby. They had a fun time, and were worn out when we left!

Cherry Blossoms

We went into D.C. a few weeks ago to see the Cherry Blossoms. My camera battery died pretty early in the afternoon, so Rob used his phone to take most of our pictures (and the quality is pretty comparable to our camera-crazy!). I finally got tired of waiting for him to send the pictures from his phone, so here are a few pictures from the camera!

The blooms were so pretty-we had some strong thunderstorms the day before and I was worried they would have knocked most of the blooms off the trees, but I was wrong! We rode the Metro into the city, and the girls thought it was so fun to ride a train. It took about 30 minutes to get there, and they were ready to explore!

We started making our way to the tidal basin, stopping to check out the Washington Monument along the way. We were also able to see the Capitol in the distance, and Brooke was in awe of being so close to the monuments. She has been begging to go into D.C., so this was really exciting for her!

We made it to where most of the blooms were, and sat down to eat some snacks.

While we were standing at the edge of the water, Bethany kept asking what would happen if she fell in. She wanted to know who would jump in to save her, and at one point she looked like she might try it just to find out. It is never boring with Bethany around!

A couple asked me to take their picture, and then offered to take a picture of Rob and me. Turns out they are Aggies-small world!

Me and my little loves-we were freezing! We had been outside for a couple of hours, and decided it was time to head home. We made a stop at the WWII Memorial on our way back to the Metro station.

The girls took a break from walking, and then we looked around a little bit. Brooke was asking a lot of questions about different parts of the memorial-it is neat to see her interest in history. With a soldier for a daddy, she was particular interested in the war details.

It was a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon! Rob took the girls to the Cherry Blossom Parade the next weekend, and they had a great time (even if they were FREEZING!). Of course, those pictures are also on his phone, so who knows if they will ever make it to the blog!