Weekend and First Day

This weekend we met up with friends at the zoo.  It was miserably hot, but the kids LOVED it! 

In the birds and bees exhibit, you can pay a dollar to get a stick with food for the birds.  The birds were a little bit harder than normal to coax onto the stick, but Kennedy REALLY wanted to touch it!

Kayt's BFF, Maddie, came with us.  All the kids that were coming are Kennedy's age, so Kayt got to bring a friend.  They were very patient and extremely well behaved.  The night before, Kayt had her first ever, sigh, sleepover with Maddie.  We love that she has such a wonderful friend to share all of these "firsts" with!

At Teton Trek, one of the newer exhibits, there are fountains.  What a great way to cool off!  Maddie was all for it!

The girls had a great time running around them.  We didn't take swimsuits, so we made them stick to hands and feet in the fountain.  It was a great idea in theory...not so much in application.

Kennedy's friend Addison had a blast, although when the fountains would stop and start up in other spots, she was a little scared.  Her mommy is WAY nicer than I am.  Kennedy got to stay in the stroller.  

 

But Addison played with her too, and Kennedy shared her water. Despite the heat, it was well worth the trip.  And both of my kids took really good naps that afternoon!

 

And here's my sweet Kayt on her first day of first grade.  She's growing up WAY too quickly.  Now if I can just get her to lose the fake smile, we'd be set!  Hope everyone else who had to go back today had a great first day!

Carie