This year we skipped out on our usual trip to New Mexico and just stayed home for Memorial Day weekend. We just cooked out, played in the backyard, took Ellie to the zoo to make up for missing it on her birthday, had a lemonade stand with Grandma, Haven, and Sadie to raise money for the tornado relief fund, went to church, and did some shopping. We had some other things in mind (like swimming), but it was so windy on Monday! Saving that for this weekend.
Playing on the playground at the zoo
Riding the carousel
Swinging
This girl would swing for hours if you'd let her. We had to remind her that we could swing as much as we want to at home . . . we came to the zoo to see the animals!
Jackson keeping cool by pouring most of his water out on himself. :)
The okapi, giraffes, and zebras are never out when we go to the zoo, so we were excited to see them all out and about on Saturday!
Jackson napped through the most exciting part . . .
Ellie feeding Ellie! I was so surprised that she actually fed the giraffe herself. I figured she get up close and freak out and make Kyle feed her. When they asked the giraffe's name, Ellie was happy to hear that it was also Ellie!
Traditional picture we take every time we go to the zoo. This time Ellie was tall enough to reach without Daddy holding her up!
Feeding Daddy some dippin' dots.
Playing in the water
Ellie would look for rocks, bring them over and lay them on the side of the stream. Then she "organized" them (her words) from largest to smallest. I think she has a touch of OCD.
She couldn't believe I was letting her play in the water in her clothes!
On Sunday, we went to Grandma's and the girls set up a lemonade/cookie stand to raise money for the tornado victims. We weren't getting much action on the street corner so they went door to door. They did a great job! I was very proud of them!
Grandma and her grandkids!
Grandma made all the cookies. Aren't they awesome?
How could you turn down these sweet faces?
We enjoyed our 3 day weekend!
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