Twenty-Eighth Step

We went to the zoo with our MOPS group, and the 28th step was saving money and bringing our lunch and water, and saving plastic baggies that were clean enough (and repeatedly chasing off a goose because apparently Charlie is afraid of geese and was traumatized when the goose ate part of his crust on the ground). I also tried to carpool but the other mom decided to drive too at the last minute. Grandma got us a membership (thanks, Mom!), so we didn't have to pay for tickets or parking. So I ended up spending $10 total because we got ice cream at the very end, and then I stopped outside of the zoo at Planet Smoothie for a protein smoothie since the kids were the ones who got the ice cream. That smoothie hit the spot! Got a little too tired and too much sun, so needed some refreshment. The group was moving fast to try to see everything, and the kids were not sticking with me very well, but we managed to have a good time. :) It's a nice zoo; we had never been before except to see the Christmas lights.

Tenth Step

Woo wee, flying along here. Ten days already! This step involves fun with the kids. We went to the Dupage Children's Museum in Naperville (if you are ever in the Chicago area, I highly recommend it! We could have spent more hours there) and built some stuff. We also had fun with water, air, light--what's more natural than the elements? Well, I don't think light is technically an element, could be wrong. I think it's fire. I have found that my 2 and 4 year-olds are much more capable of handling multiple fun things than I thought they were. They're pretty exhausted, but this week we have been to the Brookfield Zoo, a play place called Little Monkey Business, and this children's museum and they had a great time even though we were all wiped out by the end. I love how kids just learn naturally when they are exposed to new things. So enjoy these little learner pics! (see below)

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