Toledo Zoo and almost a week apart

Last Friday, I planned a rendezvous with my parents to drop the kids off with them. Sam and Grace were pretty pumped to spend six days by themselves with Grandma and Papa. On the heels of the fun and crazy family weekend with all of their cousins and aunts and uncles, they were ready for some undivided attention.

Since I knew I'd probably be missing them like crazy, I decided to have a special zoo day before sending them packing. We put our drive in first and spent the afternoon at the Toledo Zoo before meeting up with my parents. We had a great time. The zoo was really nice and we even got a little rain to cool us off while we were there.

Grace was all about the photo ops throughout the zoo:

Sam was all about his blue slushie:

And we all enjoyed watching the mother and baby polar bears play:

It was a fun day with my kiddies before the big send off!
They had tons of fun this week with Grandma and Papa, checking out the festival and fireworks in town, swimming at the neighbors, playing at the park, getting ice cream, making s'mores, etc, etc, etc!

Kris and I had a great week, too, taking full advantage of spending time together exploring Lexington without having to pay a babysitter :) And I even tackled a fun project I've been hoping to get done for awhile. I'll post on that next.

So excited to see my kids tomorrow for the pick-up!