WHEW! What a weekend!!

Tim took a couple of days off of work at the end of this week, so we could have some family time before Evan goes back to preschool on Tuesday.

I *love* it when he's home, but he's definitely not one to sit around the house - ever!

On Thursday, we got ready early and went to the St. Louis Zoo as soon as it opened. Once we were there we visited the Caribbean Cove stingray exhibit, where you can pet the stingrays. It's always been so crowded when we've gone before that we've never actually gotten to see the exhibit before.

It was really cool, although Evan was too chicken to touch any of them. LOL!

Other than that, we did the normal zoo stuff: seeing the monkeys, giraffes, bears, penguins (Ally's fave), etc. After that we came home for nap time (for ALL of us). Once we got up from naps, we headed back out. This time for Evan's preschool "meet the teachers" fair. Evan got to get reacquainted with his teachers and some of his old friends from last school year. At first he was VERY trepidacious; Evan is NOT a kid who likes any change from what he's accustomed to. And it's been a while since he's been in that environment. But he warmed up after a while, and ended up striking up a conversation with his speech therapist, Miss Katie.

On Friday morning, we headed out (first thing) for The Magic House. The kids ALWAYS love it there. There is so much to do, and no shortage of things to keep them occupied.

Then on Friday afternoon we all went to Chuck E Cheese's, because this was Evan's promised prize for pooping on the potty for the first time several days ago (he hasn't pooped on the potty SINCE then, though - WAH!). HOLY CRAP, that place should come with a warning: if you don't have ADHD when you walk through the doors, you surely will by the time you leave! It was utter mayhem. Noisy, crazy, crowded, etc. They were both too over-stimulated to really know where to begin. But in the end, we found a couple of toddler-friendly games that they could play.

Once we finished up playing at Chuck E Cheese's, we wanted to eat real food (not Chuck's pizza - LOL). So we headed over to O'Charley's - gotta love their Kids Eat Free menu!!! Then headed home after that.

All of these things are fun. But GEEZ LOUISE, there's only so much excitement a girl in her first trimester can handle! I was BEYOND exhausted & begged Tim to have an around-the-house day today (Saturday). So we actually got some things done that needed to be done.

It was so incredibly sweet of Tim to take the time to make sure he spends quality time with the kids. He's such an AMAZINGLY involved and caring father. I often think of how lucky our kids are to have him as a father; of course, he's all they've every known so they don't know any different. Having come from a VERRRRRRY different type of upbringing than my kids have, I think it makes me appreciate him all the more. I feel like my kids have won the Daddy Lottery.