On Friday morning, we met Leeanne and Ellie at Como Zoo. It is not only one of my favorite places because it is free, but because it is such a child friendly and fun place to go, which happens to only cost a few dollars in donation. Libby and Ellie are a pair to watch. Libby is just plain goofy and Ellie is much more focused. That is not to say that Libby cannot focus or that Ellie cannot get downright goofy herself. There is a new tropical area at the zoo which we walked through. It was steaming hot. I found out when I got home, that there is a sloth who lives there, and would have looked for him had I known. A trip to the monkey house was a necessity. I love those little monkeys with the big mustaches. They are so cute. The girls were very good for the most part. Ellie has picked up a new habit of politely interrupting to ask what we are talking about. It startled me the first time she did it because it was so polite and cute, but I can understand how it would get old for her Mama. I was almost charmed by it, myself. The attached pictures will show how my little peanut has to pop into every photo, even when they are not supposed to be of her.
Saturday morning, we received a call from Heather asking if we would like to meet her and Tenzing and husband Chris, at the MN Zoo. We had not met Chris yet and decided to skip chores to meet them there. Libby had an "accident" while we were there and we had forgotten our diaper bag (bad parents) and were thankful Heather could supply a diaper for us. Poor Eric had to dry Libby's jeans in the bathroom. After that, it was smooth sailing and a lot of fun. We decided to end the visit at the grizzly bear exhibit. Neither Libby or Tenzing paid one bit of attention to them, although they were a blast to watch as they play wrestled. The otters were also very funny, not that the kids noticed. Nope, they spent there time running up and down a little hill and climbing on some rocks. Libby was wearing her "rock star" jeans, and would climb on a rock and spread her arms and shout "Rock Star". It was quite the sight.
Mama took a break and went up to St. Cloud on Saturday to visit college friends. My friend Scotty opened a bar about a year ago that I still had not been to. Plus, I had not seen any of them in two years. I was over due for a visit. They had completely rehabbed the bar and it was lovley. There was a jug band playing and I could not believe how much fun they were. All in all, I had such a great time seeing everyone. Could not believe it when the bar closed and I was still there! Was even more surprised that when Dan suggested food that I said "yes" and found myself eating sausages and pheasant soup at four in the morning. I paid for it, but it was worth it.
Day light savings seems to have confused our household and Libby slept until 8 this morning. We had plans, but could not snap to it to get out of the house. Instead, we had a nice mellow morning at home.
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