Call us crazy, but for no reason in particular, we loaded up the boys (and a car full of stuff) and headed down to Omaha for the weekend. Sure, we had friends we could visit, and I've been dying to get William to the Omaha Zoo, but nothing like a wedding or family function or long-time tradition or anything bringing us down there. Just a good old fashioned road trip--just for the heck of it. It was plenty of work, and one little seven-month-old who shall not be named was teething and pretty much a terror all weekend, but the trip was wonderful. And so good for my soul. Because it's things like this that I vowed not to give up just because it was "too hard" or "too much work" with kids.
We stayed with a good friend of mine from high school who has a son just a few months younger than William (and baby number two due in December!), and it was so much fun to watch the boys buddy up and play together almost immediately. Saturday morning we hit up an apple orchard with dwarf trees so the boys could reach most of the apples, and then we went to visit some a friend from college to waste away the afternoon watching college football (also what I needed--a Saturday of football, sangria, and delicious homemade "bar" food. So wonderful--and so busy trying to keep the boys occupied and out of trouble that I didn't get any pictures there. Fail). Sunday we spent a good part of the morning/afternoon at the famed Omaha Zoo, and I'm pretty sure we didn't even see half the exhibits. The place was seriously awesome--and definitely worth more visits down the road (especially since the elephants weren't on display!). I see the potential for this to become an annual trip--and I'm totally okay with that!
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| They may have been dwarf trees, but they certainly weren't dwarf apples! |
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| Mesmerized Boy #1 in the aquarium |
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| Mesmerized Boy #2 in the aquarium |
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| Teething may have turned him in to a little bit of a monster, but at least he's still cute! |
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| Pretty soon we're going to need a selfie stick to pull off this picture |
My little monkey holding his bottle with his feet
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| Swinging in the jungle |
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| Loved watching this boy take in all the sights--sometimes you forget the joy a simple waterfall until you see it through your child's eyes |
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