Zoo Fun

The kids are such goofballs, always full of activity

These two are so fun to watch and listen to

I never knew falmingo's were so interesting

This is Brayden watching the elephants...when he was about 2 he was totally freaked out when one of the elephants trumpeted....he still covers his ears!

Spring is in the air. It was 70 plus degrees, beautiful day even with the strong wind. We decided to head out to the Zoo, a second choice for Brayden has he was set on going to the nature center. Sadly the nature center is closed for renovations. We had a lot of fun, the kids just love to run and see what animals are out and if they are out what they are doing.

On a sad note one of their favorite animals-the big brown bear was no more. I left the zoo with some very sad kids who had lots of questions about death/dying. Becca couldn't understand why Jesus didn't make him better-a question I struggle with myself...try to think of a logical/succinct explanation for a three year old. Brayden just didn't understand death and thought that the bear would just be there next time. We ended the conversation with the Bear's heart being with Jesus in heaven. I don't think the conversation made much sense to them and by the time we make it home it didn't make much sense to me either. Sometimes faith is much easier than a logical explanation!

In some of the pictures you can see Becca is still quite into having Blackie her bear with her. Today we discovered that Blackie had gone missing. After searching the house/car I realized somewhere along the day yesterday we had lost him. You would have thought the Becca's world was ending-even though she didn't seem to miss him at all last night and this morning. Well, after some heavy thinking I realized that she had him when we stopped at the park yesterday but I couldn't remember him making it back into the car. It was supposed to rain tonight so, with a big sigh I decied to drive back to the park and look-the whole time telling Becca that Blackied most likely had gone home with some other kids and was VERY happy. Can you believe what I found laying in the middle of the park sidewalk....BLACKIE and lovie. I was shocked to say the least. At supper when we were telling Ron Becca informed us all that Blackie didn't cry last night because he had his lovie and Jesus was in his heart watching him and keeping his safe.