Spring Break Adventures Part 1

We kicked off our Spring Break with dinner at Konomi. The food was delicious & the whole experience was highly entertaining for Daniel & Laura Ann! I didn't get any pictures, but my favorite part of the night was Daniel & Laura Ann turning up the bowls to drink the onion soup, yes ONION soup! They loved it! :)

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After a quick baseball practice Saturday morning for Dan & Daniel, we headed to Moulton for a visit with Gran & Papa. We got to enjoy dinner with all of the great grandparents on Saturday night, church Sunday morning, then Steakhouse for lunch, and playing outside ALL afternoon Sunday afternoon. Monday we went to Huntsville to the Space & Rocket Center & had SO MUCH fun! I really thought Daniel wasn't old enough for it yet, but he LOVED it..... all of it! He wanted me to read everything to him & was so interested in everything there. He & Laura Ann had lots of fun on the playground too. The highlight of the trip for Laura Ann was the little ride in the kids area....she did it over & over & over.....screaming & squealing! It was so funny! Be sure to see the video. We made a day of it and didn't head home until almost 4:00. We all had a great day! Of course, by the time we left, Daniel was all about going to the moon & has traveled there many times this week already!! :)

On Tuesday, we spent the day at home.....lots of pj time for Laura Ann and me.....lots of outside time for Daniel. The Bryants came over for an early dinner. We got lots of laughs when Daniel called Alan his 'side kick' & said they couldn't go to the fair yet because they were heading to the moon (yes, he's still on his space travel kick)! After we ate, we headed into town for the Trussville Fair. I'm not sure why, (maybe because it was cold & very muddy?? or maybe because we are the only rednecks in Trussville??), but it was a very slim crowd. Not so great for the workers, but great for us. All of the kids (except Alan) were big enough to ride everything this year. Laura Ann & Daniel were both completely fearless & had a blast!! Because I had a moment of fear myself, I'll keep quiet about Chris's experience on Moby Dick!! Ha!! I do think Amy captured some of it on video though, so I'm just hoping he doesn't give her any reason for blackmail in the near future!! Lookout facebook! :)

We had a lazy Wednesday morning & then met the Courtenays for lunch at Davenports- Y.U.M.! After lunch, it was time for some fun at the zoo. We got to there about 12:15, along with the rest of the state of Alabama & a few out of staters too, seriously! I have never seen the parking lot so full! We met up with the Lombardos there & Daniel was beyond thrilled to see Sara Kate (she was pretty pumped to see him too- I guess they've missed each other this week!). Despite the crowd, we had so much fun. The kids all got along great and Abigail was such a huge help with all of the little ones. It is uncool to hold mom's hand, but very cool to hold Abigail's (that is a mind read from Laura Ann....yes, I am talented!). I think the key to our successful trip was lots of playground and snack times......at least it was key in keeping my 2 happy. The gorgeous weather was helpful too. As hard as I tried to keep Daniel & Laura Ann out of the splash pad, they both ended up with soaked feet anyway! It was just too tempting! We made a day of the zoo too and actually got kicked out. About 5:05, we were leisurely strolling through the backside of the zoo on our way to see the snakes & talking about how nice it was the crowd was gone when a zoo employee walked up to us & said, "Are you on your way out because the zoo is closed!" Ha!!! We thought it was open until 6:00! Oh well, the snakes will just have to wait until our next visit! :) We had a super fun day with the Courtenay cousins & the sweet Lombardo girls!