Our first family date was to Alexandria to eat Chinese food,which Aubrey normally likes, but on this night she didn't want anything to do with it. Instead of eating she wanted to get down and go play with the fish in the fish tank and Ella Kate was mad because she was sitting in her car seat(she hates her car seat). We finally got to eat by laying Ella Kate down on the bench beside me and Aubrey sat in Ella Kate's car seat(she loves sitting in car seats). We left there and went to the mall to let Aubrey play at the play area while Ella Kate had a bottle. This went much smother than supper. After that we stopped at a new self serve yogurt shop and had a very yummy snack and both girls were happy there. Even though our date started out stressful and I had decided that we would not be eating out anymore it turned into a good night.
Aubrey playing at the mall
Ella Kate glad to be out of her car seat
Our second family date was to the Monroe zoo. Neither Tom nor I had been to the Monroe zoo since we were little. When we pulled up to it we kinda questioned if it was even open because it looked pretty shabby. I thought oh well if nothing else we will just ride the train and go home. We walk up and the sign said Train closed,so much for that. As Tom was paying for our tickets I was thinking we could have possibly wasted our money, but I was pleasantly surprised once we got started. They had lots of animals and the animals were all out playing. Unlike the zoo we normally go to that is very pretty and always clean but you very seldom see anything other than birds and fish.
Ella Kate's first trip to the Zoo
What no Train
"monkeying around"
They had a little petting zoo part that Aubrey really enjoyed
The monkeys were very entertaining, Aubrey is still talking about them "jumping in the trees" and "giving hugs"
Watching the tiger
This is the only picture that would show up of the hippo and it does no justice for how big it was. I admit I was afraid of it and how close it would get to us. Aubrey was kinda scared at first but then she thought it was funny that it would "blow his nose" and she liked that he "swims in water". She is also still taking about the hippo. One morning I told her to open her mouth wide so I could brush her teeth and she said "like the hippo".
"Simba" was taking a nap
This peacock made a noise and Aubrey said "aw he is hungry" then she tossed it some gumballs and said "here you go bird"
We left the Zoo and went across the road to a park to play. Aubrey had a great time playing, this park was way bigger than ours.
This slide had a hump in the middle of it and Aubrey would come all the way off of the slide when she would go over it
Swinging
Showing Me and Ella Kate how to slide
Come on down
Ella Kate's first time to slide
Sliding together
Ella Kate relaxing on the pick nick table
Tom and I even managed to have a "real" date this month. By real date I mean it didn't involve anything related to children,grocery shopping or a Dr appointment. We hadn't been on a real date since August. Momma and daddy watched the girls so we could have a just us date. We went to Hobby Lobby and I spent my Christmas money from Ms. Lori and Keith on 2 very pretty frames that I had been wanting. We went to Outback to eat then to Lowe's so that Tom could spend his Christmas money from moma and Daddy, he got a hand sander. We had a great time and hopefully we won't have to wait 5 months before our next one.
