Today was a good day. I took the boys to the zoo, our favorite quick play date, and it was perfect. Nothing like living in California in November. A light breeze in the air, temps in the mid 70's and almost no one at the zoo. Today was the first day of the basketball season for Chad. It means late nights, Saturday practices and soon lots and lots of games. We went to the zoo to enjoy a fun time where we weren't on time constraints because of school. The boys had a great time with the exception of Cade's new habit of walking far ahead of us, I had to rein him in and at one point grab his ear to make my point, and Cam had a fit because his shoe just wasn't tight enough, but other than that it was great. It was so nice to see real progress on the new elephant exhibit that's been being built long before I started going to the zoo five years ago and we got a view of Billy the elephant, Kellen's favorite animal, even if it was the rear view. We got to see the hippo up close and personal and the sleeping bear.
The zoo was one of those lazy times with my kids that I enjoy. Everyone mellow, happy and entertained. Even Kolin had fun trying to figure out what the animals were. It's days like today that make being a mom worth all the crappy days when my patience is done and I just want a day off.
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