Day At The Zoo

During Vivi and Preston's Fall break, we spent one of the days at the zoo.  (They are so lucky to have two weeks of Fall break instead of just the one week the boys get.  But the boys get extra time off in the summer so I guess it's a fair trade.)  Anyway, we chose a really good day to go.  There was hardly anybody there that day.  It was at the end of October, and there was just a slight chill in the air.  We were plenty warm though with just a light jacket on.

I think it was the first time, in all of our years going to the zoo, that the kids didn't have to wait 10 minutes for a turn to get a picture with the bronze hippos, or have to wait in line forever to see how far they could jump.  We got to take our time with everything.  And there were tons of animals out and about that day.  The best part was getting to have a fun, wonderful day with my three littlest kiddos.  :)

Prestonisms

There are so may things I love about my sweet Preston, but one of the things I love the very most is his curious nature.  I often wonder what is going on in that head of his.  Sometimes his curiosity is enough to drive me to drink (if I drank that is), but it really is one of my favorite characteristics of his.

As we were out driving one afternoon, Preston was looking out of the car window and said, "Mom, how can the sun and the moon be up at the same time?!  That is so crazy!"  He is always full of such questions and statements.  I love the wonder and curiosity in that boy.

As I said, I would love to know what is going on in that head of his most of the time.  As I was snuggling with him before bed one night, we were chatting about our day when all of a sudden he said, "Mom, I wish I had your bum."  I couldn't help myself, I burst out laughing!  All I could think of was his skinny little five-year-old body with my bum in place of his.  He would never be able to get up!  Hahaha!  That boy... He is such a corker.

I love when kids try to repeat a saying, and they just don't have the wording quite right.  Well, a couple of weeks ago, the big boys were doing something to annoy Preston, and he yelled, "Stop! You're raking on my nerds!"  It definitely lightened the mood.  We all started laughing hysterically.

One of my favorites sayings of his is how he says the words "each other".  He used to say it their-chother.  Recently he has changed it to arch-other.  I hope he doesn't say it correctly any time soon because it's too cute!  I just love that boy to pieces and am so grateful for the amazing, curious, goofy,  wonderful kid he is.