Kindergarten trip to the Zoo

Today was the kindergarten trip to the Toledo Zoo. Alan was a chaperone. Since so many parents wanted to go, Alan only had one other kid with him. It was quite interesting because this little boy kept asking Alan "Will you buy this for me??" "Why won't you buy this for me!?". It was funny because Alan wasn't even buying anything for Sydney!

That's my little shutterbug- taking pictures of the penguins.

I think Sydney's favorite part of the day was going to McDonalds for ice cream with Daddy!

Heritage Days

The kids went over to Grandma & Grandpa B's house this weekend to spend the night. They had a great time! The best part was that they were taken to a festival called Heritage Days, out in the "farmland". It was somewhere in Michigan. The day started out rainy, and I was afraid they would not be able to go - after all of the talk of the activities that would have been quite a letdown for them.

They got to dig for money in this sawdust "sandbox". I figured they would get maybe $5. We were sure surprised when they came home with $11 (Zack) and $43 (Sydney)!! Sydney had the clear advantage as she could reach farther than Zack and she didn't mind getting dirty :)

Grandma helps Zack find some treasure!

Of course there were lots of animals to see - pigs, chickens, cows and goats. But they also got to go for a ride on a real, big tractor and participate in a tractor pull. Yep, the kids got strapped in and pulled a weight just like a real tractor pull. Zack pulled a respectable 29 pounds and Sydney pulled 38. They didn't win awards for their weight pulled, but they did get a cool ribbon for participating. Sydney was so proud of her ribbon that she wore it to school all day on Monday.