Car Show and Butterflies

In the morning, Jake and Hayden set off to a car show.  It is always so cute to hear their stories and see pictures after they go to one of these! :)

Then later that night, it was time to set the butterflies free!  It was really neat to spend the Spring watching them go from tiny caterpillars, to living in their chrysalises, and then emerge as butterflies!    

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Summer $1 Movie

One of the activities we have on our Summer Sand Pail List is to go to the $1 Movies this summer.  They started this week, so we popped some popcorn and off we went.  After the movies, I surprised Hayden with a stop at Oberweis after the movie for lunch.  He thought it was the neatest thing to have ice cream for lunch! :)

Drive-In Movie

One of the adventures on our Sand Pail list was to go to the Drive-In.  This weekend, despite the non-summer like weather, we decided to head to the drive-in.  Since the closest drive-in is about 45 minutes away, we decided to play travel bingo, which helped the time fly-by!  Hayden did really well,

 and seemed to enjoy it! 

After we arrived at the drive-in, Jake and Hayden played catch with the football. Then right before the movie began, we had to fill up on concessions... which made Hayden very happy because he LOVES popcorn!!  Unfortunately, after our drive-in experience I will no longer be able to eat popcorn again.  Somehow a June Bug landed in the popcorn undetected... it also ended up in my mouth undetected until I bit into it!!!!!  Although, that will scar me for life, I was so touched with how Hayden reacted.  He felt so bad for me, and kept saying, "Sorry that happened, Mommy.  I just want you to be ok."... made my heart melt.

After a late night, he was still smiling & being silly when we arrived home. :)

First Day of June = Fun Zoo Trip

What better way to spend the first day of June, than at the zoo enjoying the beautiful weather!  Since we have been to the zoo a few times already this year due to our zoo membership, I wanted to make sure we saw some different things, and make it a little more fun.  So I made a Zoo Scavenger Hunt that worked REALLY well!  We had so much fun being on the lookout for the different
animals and things at the zoo. 
We also tried a few new exhibits that we haven't visited yet like Stingray Bay... which was really fun touching the slimy rays and feeding them smelt.  My favorite were the Butterfly Gardens... I have never been in there, and it was SO neat!  We stayed in there a while watching them fly around and a few even landed on us, which made it extra "cool" according to Hayden! :)

Hayden's new favorite animals are wolves, ever since he has watched Alpha & Omega, so of course we had to stop and visit the wolves den, and Hayden even received his first (and only) tattoo! :)

We finished our Scavenger Hunt!!