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!

Father's day Craft

Today I hosted our annual Father's day craft. We kept it simple this year and just made paper ties for all the dads.  Super easy! I cut tie shapes out of construction paper, and let the kids go to town decorating with markers and stickers. I think had lengths of string already cut. Each child got to lay the string on the back of the tie, and attach it with a piece of masking tape. My children couldn't wait the week to give their to daddy, and he has already said he will wear them proudly!

Stories We Read:
Me and My Dad! by Alison Ritchie
Daddy Adventure Day by Dave Keane
Day Out With Daddy by Stephen Cook
It's the best Day Ever, Dad! by Brooke Shields

The Birthday's

The first 5 photos were taken at the kids birthday party by my great friend Janine of Studio 16 portraits! She does an amazing job, and I love everything that she does. She is an wonderful friend, photographer, mom, and an all around fantastic person!

Happy 3rd Birthday my big boy!!

L and his fishing pole. He looks like he knows what he is doing already!

Happy 2nd Birthday D!!!

D's birthday cup cakes

Let me see if I can catch up here! Both kids had a fantastic party. All their friends and family were there, and they got some really fun presents. On D's actual birthday, Adam took the day off. Good thing since we had found a house and came to hand in the application for it. We had pizza for dinner and then I made Blues Clues cup cakes. I got her a Melissa and Doug Birthday cake wooden play set. She thought it was the best thing in the world. L was jealous the entire day, but we just kept explaining to him that his birthday was Saturday and then it would be his turn. I always knew it was fun to have the kids birthday's so close, but this was the first year that I realized that there will be jealousy that week!

L's birthday we headed as a family over to a art fair in a park and then headed over to an environment fair in a different park. He had a great time exploring with daddy at all the parks. We headed home that night for a special dinner and had Nemo cup cakes. We got him a Cars fishing pole. Daddy was more excited about it then he was I think!

The very next day was Father's Day! Talk about a very busy week!!! We got Daddy a fishing pole too, and I took pictures of the kids as part of a annual tradition! We went to the in-laws house for a nice little cookout.

Boy we packed a ton in that week!