Spring Break!!

So who knew that Mother’s Mornings Out would have Spring Break?  Well they do…can’t really blame them though if I were with all of those kids every day I’d be looking for an excuse for a break too!  Anywho…What to do with an active two year old who is with mommy ALL week??  That was the million dollar question.  Luckily we had fantastic weather and lots of friends who were on spring break as well.  We planted some special flowers for Bo, fed a donkey or two, and played in a space shuttle!

The Easter bunny was kind enough to bring Bo some gardening tools and a watering can, he always wants mama’s so I guess the Easter bunny thought he deserved his own. We started off the week planting a flower for Bo to take care of.  First we painted a clay pot and once it dried we planted a little plant just for him.  It’s on our upper deck so we go out in the afternoons and water it. 

Wednesday my aunt Amy and cousin Beth, who were also on spring break, decided to take our little cousin Parker for the day and go to the Children’s Museum.  We love it there so we quickly hopped on board when they invited us.  Parker and Bo loved it and loved spending time together.  Later on Friday we joined Parker again to go to the Yellow River Game Ranch click here if you want to learn about it.  It was SO much fun.  At first I wasn’t sure what Bo would think, since he wasn’t too keen on the petting zoo at the Atlanta Zoo, but I figured it was worth a shot.  Turns out he LOVED it! When you go in you can buy bags of corn, peanuts, packages of crackers, carrots, apples, etc… to feed the animals.  We stocked up on a few things then took off down the path.  It is basically a small path, about a mile long, with just a small rope on either side of the path to keep kids on it, and the animals are walking around everywhere (most of them).  You’d be walking and a deer would just walk across right in front of you.  Bo loved the chickens, roosters, and ducks that were walking around.  Even the squirrels come up to you, sit on their back legs waiting for something.  We’d give them peanuts and they’d run off the path and bury it.  Who knows how many stashes are out there.  It made me think this must be what it would be like to live in a fairytale like Snow White!   We will definitely be going back and taking daddy with us.  Oh and if you come to Atlanta…this runs circles around the zoo and it’s cheaper!

Other than that we just spent time playing outside in the beautiful weather, a few trips to the park, and a little shopping for new clothes for Bo since he’s outgrown everything and needs an entire new summer wardrobe!  I had a wonderful week with my little man…made me realize how blessed I am to be able to stay home with him.