Mackay Madness: Martin Luther King Jr. Day & the Zoo

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Martin Luther King Jr. Day & the Zoo

Yesterday, the kids were out of school so we all decided to go to the zoo. None of us had ever been there in the winter and we had heard that the animals were so much more lively in the cold weather. Well, that was certainly the TRUTH!

The alligator in the "stinky" reptile building was swimming around and swinging it's tail like crazy! In all my years, I've never seen that thing even move!

This is Chance...laughing his head off at "Akara" the baby orangutang. She kept swinging around and hitting the glass. Then she would come and give the kids a kiss at the window. We sat and played with her for like 25 minutes!

Chance has an obsession with penguins...look how close we got to those!

The boys got to ride on these "real" tigers.

My little dorks

Easton loved the cougars...he kept roaring at them!

Chance ran into his little friend from school "Talin." They thought that was so cool.

Hannah...giving her little brother a "piggy-back" ride. I wish I could capture that in a bottle.

It was a beautiful day with just me and the kids.
A little cold, but the sun was shining.
I love days like this...unplanned and perfect!

4 comments:

jenn said...: That does look like a very perfect day!; January 20, 2009 at 9:09 PM
THE WILLIAMS FAMILY said...: THOSE KIND OF DAYS ARE MY VERY FAVORITE THING IN THE WHOLE WORLD... JUST THE FAM!!!; January 21, 2009 at 9:14 AM
Amy said...: That is so cool that the animals were actually moving around! I love a fun, spontaneous day like that! See, you really are Mother of the Year; January 21, 2009 at 3:12 PM
Scha&Andi said...: WAY FUN! I need to get to the Zoo I guess! I have never been in the Winter either. Looks like fun!; January 22, 2009 at 3:09 PM

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From the mouths of "our babes":

*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

*Hannah told me that we are going to give her "arthritis" because we are making her camp in a tent this year. (We sold our big fifth wheel last year.) Poor kids!

*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!