I can’t promise they are all going to be this splendid, but I am hoping to make our lighter Fridays days of fun for the younger two girls, as the bulk of the week is spent doing soccer scurrying.

Today we decided to go to the zoo.  We were especially interested in the Africa area that is newly open.

I didn’t take too many photos, and we dodged some heavy rain drops.  But all in all it was a great day.

We also got to view the back-to-our-zoo Anoki, the polar bear.

With the old, original, zoo building being taken down, we had to really hunt to find Katriel’s favorite: Poison Dart Frogs.

I have so many memories of the big kids playing in this attraction.  Though the rest of us were getting tired, there was no way I was going to deny J and K the fun of wading.

After we got home, Johanna and Katriel started to watch a movie.  Katriel ended up getting bored by it and began to tell me about the games we are going to play at her birthday party NEXT year.  As she started to discussing these games, I realized she was describing hopscotch, so I asked her if she wanted me to teach her how to play.  She took me up on it.

With Marie at Nan’s, and the boys at work, John and I took Tabitha, Johanna and Katriel out for dinner.  The fish was great.  And the puddle of chocolate milk that Katriel ended up sitting in didn’t phase me whatsoever.  Nothing like 18 years of parenting to dull your senses.