Last week our daycare provider was on
Spring Break with her children - so I lined
up a plan for Max to have a little Spring Break
fun of his own. Everyone pitched in and it
ended up being a really fun week.
Monday was Titi's (and Penny's) day!
Max was super pumped to give Penny
the toys he's been saving for practically
a year. Penny promptly ripped them to
shreds...
They also gave Penny a bath, picked violets in
the backyard, colored, had I-pad time...and were
off to the car wash - all before 10:00! haha!
Max would love nothing more than
to visit the car wash EVERY day - but
we usually limit this to once a week. :)
They also visited the chicks at the library.
(When we were there the previous week,
there were five....but the librarian told
them there were only four because one
had already gone to the "farm"....like
does that mean it died?) I'm confused.
The true highlight of this library visit
for Max though was learning about a little
gem called a vending machine.
There were multiple parks visited - and
lunch from the drive through at Wendy's...
eaten on the deck!
Day one culminated in some couch time
with the I-pad...and a very tired Max :)
Day 2 was his regularly scheduled ZooKids day....so
we made this a day with Mama.
Max asks me if it's a ZooKids day nearly everyday....
and was very pleased that we would be learning
about "farming" ...
Each ZooKid got to pick a farm animal to add
to "Old Jack Hanna's Farm" on the carpet....construct
their own barn and stamp the animals inside...
as well as get up close and personal with
the Kuhne Pigs and Mini Horse that live on Zoo grounds.
Wednesday was Papa Rob's day ...and
when I left in the morning they were playing
"Cut the Rope" on the I-pad.
Before long though - I got pictures of them
at "bounce club Powell" - which is like
an indoor trampoline park.
Along with all the trampolines...they have
a giant pit filled with foam blocks.
Max loves to slide into them or
run and jump into them!
There was a quick trip the Post Office
for stamps - and mailing of birthday
invitations....before heading home and
packing up for the drive to Dayton.
They arrived in Dayton just in time
for a nature walk...trip to feed the fish...
and dinner at Skyline!
We arranged for Thursday and Friday in Dayton
with the intent that mommy and daddy would drive up
early Saturday morning for all of the Easter
festivities...
Hanging out at Mim's and Grandpa's brought
filling all the bird feeders...dropping
peanuts for the squirrels and
carrots for the deer and rabbits...
watering of all the flowerbeds...
And a visit to Learning Tree farm to see
all the spring farm babies (so nice of them
to time this visit perfectly with our ZooKids theme)...
Mims reported the farm to be bustling
with activity...and lots of school groups.
At one point, they joined up with a school group
while the farm educator was talking about chickens.
According to Mim's, she encouraged the kids
to pick up the chickens and so Max was able to
pick up this white chicken. And basically,
now my whole life is made. And I'm begging
Papa Rob to install chicken coups.
Are we zoned for chickens? Probably not.
But, can you deny the love affair between
Max and the chickens? No. The answer is no.
I really think we might have a
budding farmer on our hands.
He seems to be a total pro at tending
animals, driving tractors, and the like.
After lunch at McDonald's (all about that
happy meal toy) - they headed to another
Dayton favorite - Cox Arboretum...which
was in full bloom!
(^^ is that his senior photo?? where is my baby!?)
The real highlight was Friday - when this crazy
trio boarded the L&M Easter Train out of
Lebanon, Ohio. They rode the train about 45 minutes
to an Easter Village....complete with Egg Hunt
and visit from the Easter Bunny himself.
Again, according to Mim's - you could stand outside
while the train was moving...but Max wasn't too keen
on that. He was also a little worried about the egg
hung - but once there - was happy to pick up the eggs,
complain that his basket was getting heavy,
and eat all the Tootsie Rolls.
We had been preparing him for the possibility
of visiting with the Easter Bunny....
and while it clearly wasn't his favorite
(read: I'm fully expecting therapist
bills some day in the future) - I'm really
proud of him for going up there none the less.
Other highlights from the rest of his stay at
Mim's and Grandpa's included making
brownies...
another egg hunt at Poppy's house...
where Max was able to claim 25 cents
per egg ...for a total of $7.50
At one point Poppy tried to pass of a dime
in place of a quarter....but was Max not having
any part of that. He said "That's a dime Poppy!".
Homeslice knows his change.
Also - I think the fish in their pond are quite
well fed at this point ...because Mim's freezer
has about four less loaves of bread.
Max likes to create a giant dough ball
from one piece of bread and chuck it all in
for the blind carp? catfish? to eat.
What a fun week for Max!
xoxo
Cuuuuuuute!!!!
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