Father's Day Fun

We always struggle with what to do on Mother's day and Father's day. This year, the kids and I decided to surprise Adam with a day to the Ft. Wayne zoo. We went as a family a few years ago, and have since gone back with just the kids and I along with friends. Adam had mentioned in the past that he would like to go again, so we picked adventure for the theme of the day. We had donuts in the car and got an early start, arriving just after the park opened. There was a slight chance of rain (what day doesn't this year!), but overall was the perfect zoo day! We packed a lunch and after visiting half the park, had our lunch at a picnic table by the car, before heading in and seeing the rest. After our day at the zoo, we headed over to Adam's parent's house for a fun cook out!

There were lots of adorable zoo babies all over the place!

There are 4 different "rides" to take such as the carousel, a train, a sky safari, and a log ride. You can buy a ride pass, buy 10 get 2 rides free, which works out really well for the 4 of us to go.

The kids were very excited to feed a 1 week old giraffe!

Science Central Ft. Wayne

I remembered seeing this really neat science place on our first trip to Ft. Wayne, and wanted to take the kids back to it. I brought it up to a friend, and she agreed to come with! We looked on the Science Central website, and were really excited about the fun things they appeared to have.

We headed out for the day, but along the way we had to pull over so D could throw up, even though she had her motion sickness pill. Then all 4 kids, who normally get along, fought over what movie to watch in the car. Waiting in line for lunch at McDonald's was tough, and super busy. We felt like we were never going to get there.

We finally arrived, and were disappointed to find that some of the big displays were only open at certain times, but the times that were posted were not the times they were going by. I asked around, but it seemed that the workers couldn't really answer my questions.

We then were disappointed to find that our kids were deemed to small to go on a large slide that was equal to that of an indoor play area. We also discovered that they were too small to ride the large balance bike. The lady working the moon bounce was not doing it properly, and therefore none of the kids really got to feel like they were walking on the moon.

One of the cool things was that they did do a demonstration and D got picked to help. All the kids really enjoyed this part of the day.

We did spend a few hours there, but I don't know if we will go back. Our kids, aged 7-5, were the perfect age for the majority of the displays there, but were too small to do them. I feel like the older kids that are the correct size would be bored out of their minds going there for the day. Oh well, we always like an adventure and to try new things.