A day of hooky

So Tuesday I did something that I thought I never would, I pulled the kids out of school to make a fun day in Madison. But now that I say that, I knew that someday it would happen. Josh and I had talked about it back when he was farming since farmers go nowhere from April to October.  It's not something that I would want to do if my kids were going to miss something big like a test or if they were falling behind on something. Also once they get older and the classes get harder and there is more work, it won't probably happen, but right now they are at the age that experinces are important and sometimes those can't be controlled to just the summer or weekends.

Anyhow Tuesday morning we had a lazy morning. Didn't race, but yet we still manged to make it out of the house by 825am. it was nice to just be relaxed, hang out in our pj's for a bit. Bella got to play with the calf and chickens.
Our first stop after home was the zoo. Silly me thought they opened at 9am, but its' really 930am, so we decided to hit up the park first.

he looks so much like his daddy these days. 

Once the zoo was open we were off and running. We saw just about everything we wanted to but the lions and tiger. Not too bad. It took us just over an hour and we road the train and carousel.

They were big into reading the maps. 

Always with the giraffes 

First time we've caught him laying down

These giant rodents are so funny

 Not as good as the How tall sign, but still as cute

 He was so close, it was pretty awesome

 Badgers!

 another zoo tradition.

 This little boy so badly wanted to do the train. So we had to do it first. He was so excited and happy to be on the train. Totally worth the money

 This was bella's choice. So we all rode it. The kids had a blast here too

after this we went into the photobooth to get pictures. that was fun as the kids had never done that before. Then we wrapped out our time int he zoo with the gift shop tour.
Next stop was the dentist for max. It was just a check up from his previous dental work. I think i forgot to post about that, but he had to go into the hosptial to be put under for two crowns and a few fillings. Poor kid got the bad end of the draw with teeth. This appointment went pretty well, but you could tell he held it against the dentist since he bit him. oops! But it earned Max a token and he got himself a new bouncy ball.

We then raced to Noodles to meet Aunt Diane for Lunch. My kids were starving since the missed thier normal snack break. it was really busy but we got a good spot. We managed to hang out there with Aunt Diane until the kids just couldn't' handle it anymore. We then stopped at the donut place before heading back to Aunt Diane's place. I promptly stop taking pictures, why i'm not sure,but somehow it happened. The kids did have a blast running around Aunt Diane's place.  We then manged to make it home before the traffic got crazy.  

Saturday June 6th

What a day we had.. We didn’t tell the kids anything until it happened, so the kids were both up by 6am. Josh made breakfast. Afterwards we all got dress and packed to go. We wanted to make it a fun family day…and that we did.

First up was the zoo! The kids had so much. We let them take turns picking where we went and what we did. We played on the playground, train and carousel. Well max did the Carousel. We are pretty sure it was his first time, as Bella always boycotted it at the zoo and he was sleeping at Disney. We got see the Polar Bears a lot! We also had a snack at the new Glacier Grill. IT was just a great time at the zoo.

Next up was a trip around Madison to go to Ella’s Deli for lunch. The kids weren’t sure what to make of the place other then they too had a carousel. Max was cranky because he was tired, but he managed to make it though.

 

Next up was a stop at a friends house to pick up some books. Which worked as a good distraction for Bella until we made it to our next stop, Cabela's . We finally made it to the new one where Josh picked out his father’s day gift. Bella got new bobbers, Max a paint your own John Deere Tractor and cinnamon pecans for me. I”ll admit it’s not as impressive as the one in Richfield and I think has less stuff then the Prairie du Chien one, but it’s the closest for us now. I do like they have a café in it. 

On the way home Max fell asleep, so we let him sleep once we got home. Poor Josh was in pain with his pain so he tried to ice and heat that before he headed off to church. He went tonight because I sing tomorrow and he had a big house project to get done Sunday.  Bella and I just relaxed until Josh got back home.

We had a “whatever you can find” supper. Seemed to work well for the kids. Then Josh suggested doing a bonfire. The kids loved that idea. So we all went down to do chores and get a bonfire going.  The kids had fun looking for sticks to for the fire. Then they would go off and play with toys. We roasted marshmallows and made smores. Max preferred plain marshmallows.  Once it go darker Bella asked for sparklers.. so we said sure! The kids had a blast with that. But we figured out why we had them left from last year..they smoked like crazy!

 

I also got a video of Max talking about our day