Memorial Weekend

We had a good relaxing weekend. Friday our friends were going to the Toledo Zoo, something we have been wanting to do, so we invited ourselves to come along as well as Kassie and Travis who also came! =) It was such a warm perfect day to go, and we haven't had a lot of days like that around here yet. We were a little nervous as to how the boys would handle it because we had to wake up early to get there which meant they would be missing their morning nap which is their longest one of the day. Ayden fell asleep right when we got in the car and slept an hour, but Gavin slept for probably 10 min. They did so good! Since they have been eating more snack foods we made sure we packed a ton not only because there are two of them, but they drop stuff all the time and we have to have back ups and not run out. Jordan hates it because they are so messy, but hey, I say it keeps them busy and things wash. They have been going through a lot more clothes these days, they are such a mess! Their favorite snack lately has been apples. Usually they just naw and suck on them like crazy, but Ayden is now starting to eat his (after it has been softened by all of his saliva!). It's been great because I have been putting lemon juice on them so they don't brown and this has been a very useful tool. I wasn't sure if adding that would change the boys mind about the apples, but it doesn't seem to bother them a bit.

The Toledo Zoo was great and I am sure the boys will enjoy it even more as they get older. They had a little petting zoo with some little goats and Gavin had a huge smile on his face when we got him close, he made sure to get a good grab of their hair as he tried to pet them, just like he does with our cats. They also had a carousel there and we thought finally Ayden would be able to have a turn because last time we saw one (in florida) he was alseep, but wouldn't you know it, he was asleep again when we got to it, so once again Gavin had all the fun on that.

After the Zoo we went to my favorite ice cream place.......FRIENDLY'S!!! They don't have any on the west coast, I first started going when I lived in NY and have loved it ever since. When I found out there was one close by Toledo we had to go! By the end of the day the boys were so tired, especially Gavin, I had never seen him like that before. His eyes were trying so hard to stay awake as they fluttered back and forth as he tried playing with his toys and pull his brothers hair. We put him in the bath to get him ready for bed and he was just about asleep in there as well, it was funny, but sad, he was just so tired!

We ended our weekend on Monday by going to our ward picnic and playing some soft ball and afterwards stopping by 7 eleven for a nice cold slurpee and some ice cream candy bars! It was again a warm day and I was impressed with the boys, again they did so well with being off schedule with there nap.