A Sunny Weekend

Aaron had his Navy drill this weekend, so the kids and I decided to enjoy the sun without him. With snowfall on both Thursday and Friday we were really in need of the sunshine. Friday night we cleaned up the house so that we could be out all weekend without the guilt.

Saturday morning started with the Butterfly Pavillion. This was only the second time we've been there. Both time we have had a great time but I have a hard time justifying going more often. First the Pavillion is on the North side of Denver; we live on the South side. That's a long drive. The other reason is the cost. It only costs the kids and I $12 to go in; but we end up being there less than an hour. There is not much to look at outside of the butterflies. Inside the butterfly cage it's hot and humid so we can only spend a few minutes before we are all sweating and ready to leave. Despite these reasons, we went this weekend to look at the butterflies. We had a great time just walking through the exhibit. Caleb was such a big boy! We didn't even take his stroller in. He really enjoyed the freedom.

After the butterflies we headed over to the big mall near the Pavillion. We just found this mall a few weeks ago. Everyone kept telling us how nice it is. It is a nice mall, but not worth going that direction unless you have another reason to be over there. It will be nicer in the winter time when the ice skating rink is open. Campbell is thrilled at the prospect of going shopping and ice skating at the same place.

Sunday morning the kids and I packed a picnic lunch and headed to the zoo. The last time we went to the zoo was during the Christmas lights in December. Sunday was a much warmer visit. It was so nice to be walking outside in the warmth of the spring sunshine. The geese were in rare form perching on lamp posts and rocks. There were also a few sitting on eggs. We will have to return in a few weeks to see the fuzzy little gosslings. We spread our blanket in the grass over by the camels. The kids really enjoyed watching the camels and the peacocks while we ate lunch. We ended up spending a wonderful 3 hours at the zoo. This is on our list of must do's again for sometime soon.