Andy and Sarah didn't have school yesterday. There was no polling at their school, but there was at the high school down the street and other schools in the district, so they just chose to leave the kids at home and make it a teacher work day. I'm not sure why the kids can't be there when people vote, whether it's for the safety of the kids or the voters, but regardless I had to do something with the kids. Instead of staying at home driving each other crazy like we normally do, I decided to take them to the zoo. Charlie didn't think I would do it, but I did, and it went pretty well.
The most amazing part of the visit was not the cool Elephant habitat or the fact that the lion was roaring at us right at the edge of the glass (which means if it were not for that glass he was less than 12 inches away from taking Amanda's arm off). Nope. Actually, it wasn't anything about the zoo per se. It was the fact that we didn't have to take a stroller, no diaper bag (truthfully I haven't carried one of those for months and months), no sippy cups or anything else that made me feel like a sherpa for the day. Instead, all three kids walked and Amanda conned me into buying ice cream for everybody but that was about it. We stayed for three hours, everybody had a reasonable good time (I'm the only one in question since the crazier the kids got the more I wanted to go home) and nobody cried. All in all, a success.
Light at the end of the tunnel. All we need now is for Amanda to move from the car seat to a booster and life will be grand. My babies are growing up, but I'm ready for all the new opportunities that will bring.
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