Labor Day Weekend ~ Finale!

I know...I know...wrap it up already! Here is the rest of our Labor Day weekend in a nut shell...

Sunday we decided to lay low...that means we each went to different masses to avoid having to take Audrey, then we headed to the zoo. We packed her a lunch (which I love that you can do at our zoo!) and spent a few hours on the opposite side from last weekend. Anderson actually was awake for most of the trip and was quite the trooper while Audrey hopped from exhibit to exhibit. The elephants are still her favorite and the carousel is running a close second! We then headed home for nap time and so Ben could cut and manicure the lawn...at which point I really needed a nap (see Have you Ever post...).

Fat n Happy after chugging his lunch :)

Monday I was able to talk Karen and the kids into going to African Safari. I bought a discounted pass back in April and was itching to use it. We took Audrey last year and she LOVED it! I was able to snake the mini-van away from Ben (wish I would have taken pics of the inside of the van before and after!) for the morning/afternoon and we headed to Port Clinton giving the dads some "alone time"- must be nice by the way-...The kids had a blast and we really only had one close call in terms of damage to the van (see video below...note to self pay attention while video taping especially when there is food and animals with large pointed horns near by) well make that 2 if you count the Lama who was trying to eat the side mirror.....

Lama before he tried to snack on the mirror...damn Lama

Brooke :)

Not sure what this is but he was our first visitor.

Audrey ready to feed the animals!

Snack Time!
Free Pony Rides!

And Free Camel Rides!

Was forced to stopped filming for obvious reasons....

To top off our trip we took the van to the car wash before returning home (amazing how cool the kids thought that was). Ben's only comments when he saw the interior..."Holy Moly Mother of God..". Needless to say Audrey got to nap while I cleaned out the van:).

One last note...I LOVE my IPAD! My camera battery died at the beginning of our trip which meant no pics and no video for me but wait! The IPAD does that! So I looked a little odd walking around with it taking pictures of the kids but hey...I got pictures and video!