The Weekend

ND/SMC

Saturday, we headed up to South Bend for an impromptu trip to start Mother's Day Weekend. I didn't take many pictures at all, it was a really gloomy day and we'll be heading back up there in June. So we decided to go to the bookstores and then go to UP Mall since I hadn't been there since I was at Saint Mary's. Since our Disney Store just closed here and we don't have a Sephora in Fort Wayne (these are two of my favorite stores), I was excited to be up in the Bend and get to go to these places. So after a lunch at Papa Vinos-of course-we hit the mall.

Of course what did Avery spot the very second we walked in...yep, the bungie jump (that we also no longer have at our mall). She hadn't gotten to do this in so long and was one extremely happy little girl!
The ND bookstore has these ND-shaped pretzels, so of course I had to have one since I love soft pretzels with cheese. By the way, the cafe here also has the most wonderful gelato (I had mango-fantastic!).
My princess on the ride home...
My little man took the opportunity to snooze also:)

Mother's Day

Artie and I took the kids to the zoo in the morning. It was chilly outside but a gorgeous day.
First thing we always go see is the monkeys...this particular monkey came right in front of us and Avery giggled in a laugh we had never heard before. Spencer was cracking up just listening to her, we all were it was precious:)
We got to feed a giraffe! It was so neat to get to feel her tongue and give her lettuce and see her up close-they are beautiful!
The zebras were very relaxed!
No visit would be complete without Avery getting to ride a pony:) This was Trish and poor thing went so slow we almost got lapped. We missed our regular, Sadie, who took another little one.
Spencer got his first ride on a carousel! I'm not sure what he thought, but he didn't cry, so it must have been okay:)
Artie ran out and got dinner and a cake to finish the day. This is what he and the kids picked for me! He claims he didn't realize it was a Dora cake, he just picked it because of the flavor (oreo ice cream on vanilla cake-yum)! Avery enjoyed the Dora figure:)
Even though Spencer's birthday isn't until next week, we gave him a taste of the cake...he liked the ice cream but not the cake. We'll see how he does next week!
Of course Avery gobbled it up!

First Manicure!

Technically this is from today, not the weekend, but I had been promising her I would do this since the weekend so...Spencer had an echo today and while Artie took him, I figured it was a good time to occupy myself with something fun and spend some time with Avery:)
The result, purple toenails and fingernails!
She did great letting me paint her nails for the first time! I think she was pretty happy:)