Parent Days and Times

Monday was Parent Day and we had big plans of going to the zoo. The kids were looking forward to it and had been talking about it all week. Yesterday morning we packed up and headed out despite the morning rain, it looked as if it would soon blow over. By the time we arrived, it had stopped raining, so we parked got out and went to the main gates to find that the zoo is closed on Mondays. This resulted in a big emotional scene in front of the zoo.

At least it’s fairly easy to distract small children with promises of returning another day as well as doing something fun today.

Off we went to the port downtown to see the freighters and the turtle pond outside the Naval Academy. When approaching the Naval Academy we saw that there was something major happening as the area was all blocked off with Naval personnel everywhere. So no turtle pond!

Next on the list to stop the fresh flow of tears…ice cream, which always works. Off we went to have lunch and ice cream at Burger King. It was the first time we ate out since the kids have been here. They played there for about two hours before we headed home. The rest of the day was pretty relaxing at home with naps, art projects and things around the house.

Tonight for parent time I took the kids out after dinner to get some juice and nuts. We had the snack on the beach. They loved the little picnic in the dark. The moon was bright with it's light reflecting on the water so after the snack we walked along the waters edge running from the waves for about an hour. We had so much fun.