Amazing

It all began this morning when the kids let us sleep until 6:45!!! Micah still got up at 5:30, but he played quietly downstairs for over an hour and Amelia slept until 7:15!!! Amazing.

We were playing in Micah's room when he decided to clean up his room. Then he asked me, "Can I make my bed?" Amazing.

We had planned to go to Cannon Beach for the day but never heard back from the friends we were going to meet up with, so we decided to go to the zoo instead. Amelia didn't nap all morning and was great in the stroller. She even enjoyed seeing some of the animals. We pressed our luck and went out to lunch at the cafe at the zoo and she still did fine. Amazing.

Micah had so much fun. The last time we went was about a year ago and he had fun, but you could tell that he would rather play on the play equipment at the zoo than see the animals. Today he LOVED seeing the animals. I did too, frankly. One of the first ones we saw, the otters, were playing. One was playing with a big plastic bucket. The chimpanzee gave us quite a show and jumped up to the glass while we were looking at it. Micah walked a lot and only ran out of gas for short periods of time. He was able to refuel by sitting in the stroller for a few minutes. He didn't complain at all. Amazing.

The weather was incredible. It was overcast the whole time, but never rained. It was a little cool, so we wore sweatshirts. There was hardly anyone there. Amazing.

We drove back to my parents' house for afternoon naps and Micah slept for 2 hours. Amelia is still sleeping. Ryan and I both took a nap too. Amazing.