a break

It was about time for spring break to roll around.

I’ll bet you can guess what we did. And if you can’t, you haven’t spent enough time reading our blog.

We went to Chicago.

And since the weather was so nice, we spent the first whole day at the zoo, where I learned that I’m now way too pregnant to be walking around carrying Tennyson, and I also learned that Tennyson has some strange power over animals.

He played peekaboo with an Armadillo. I’m not even joking. The armadillo would come out of its cave.

Tennyson would laugh. Then the armadillo would run back into its cave. Tennyson would bang his hands on the ledge.

The armadillo would come back out. Tennyson would laugh, and the whole thing would start over again. It would have gone on for hours if we’d have let it. 

And it wasn’t just the armadillo. At nearly every display we went to, the animals would instantly run to the glass toward Tennyson. He got to see a lot of animals extremely up close. 

Tennyson also got to go to his first movie. I was very nervous about how he’d do. He’s never really sat through an entire movie before, unless he’s sick. But he did amazing. It really shouldn’t surprise me. I always get nervous about how he’ll handle things and then he’s no trouble at all… he’s the easiest kid ever. He spent the movie moving between laps, or sitting in his own chair, or standing up and peeking through the chairs in front of us. We strategized perfectly because it was just before nap time, so he wasn’t overly hyper, plus it was 10:30 on a school day, so the only other people in the movie were moms with 2 and 3 year olds like us. He watched the entire movie without a single complaint. Oh, and please ignore how awfully giant I look. So much baby.

 

The rest of the vacation was really just spent hanging out around the house. Tennyson is always spoiled rotten. He got to play Just Dance with his aunts, his uncle chased him around the house, grandma played kitchen with him for hours on end, and grandpa wrestled and watched Mickey Mouse Clubhouse with him every morning.

The trip flew by. I love our little getaways to see family. Life is always so quiet when we get home.