Addison's Big Zoo Adventure

Yesterday was an amazing family day for us. We drove to the Twin Cities to go to the Minnesota Zoo and spent about 5 1/2 hours looking at animals and walking around. It was a long and tiring day but Addison seemed to enjoy it and I know Billy and I did. Addie is definitely a child after her father's heart. Her favorite part of the zoo wasn't all the dolphins, the tigers or the monkeys. Addie loved the farm animals. She loved touching the sheep and the 1 month old piglets and watching the cow milking demonstration. So, we drove two hours for her to play with farm animals when we could've drove 10 minutes for that!

We thought that on our way back Addie would crash and burn and sleep the entire two hours because that was my plan too. I was so tired. I wanted to nap on the way home since I knew that I had to finish dinner when we got home. Instead, Addie's plan was to giggle, talk and scream in a pitch I didn't know anything other then a exotic animal could produce. It was a long two hours but we survived it by feeding her crackers and playing peek-a-boo.

Then I figured that we got home we'd eat the pot roast I had in the crock pot and then our little girl would snuggle up and go to bed. WRONG AGAIN MOM. Addison played and giggled. Watch the kids across the street jump on their trampoline while yelling at them. She played swords with her dad for about 20 minutes and watched Bull Riding with us while laying on the floor. She crawled on Billy's back and wanted to be bucked off and never showed a sign of pure exhaustion.

How do kids do it? How do they find every bit of energy left in their little tiny bodies to fight sleep. I've never had that talent. As a child I used to go into the family room and ask my mom or dad if they would "put me to sleep now". I've always loved to nap and still find that sleeping is such an enjoyable time for me. I love being wrapped up in my blankets with the fan blowing cool air on me and drifting off into dreamland. Ahh. I wish that I had the determination that Addie does. I also wish that everyday could be our family day. Yesterday was a day I'll never forget.