autumninok: Spring Break 2017

This winter has not really been much of a winter at all. It hasn't really gotten very cold & we've had very little snow & ice.

That doesn't mean we weren't ready for spring break though. I took off the first 3 days of the week. Which meant Jenny & I were back at finding day trips to occupy 5 kids under the age of 7. Day 1 we decided to take the kids to Pawhuska to the Pioneer Woman's Mercantile.

We naively thought we would get there, meander through the store, run up to the bakery/deli & grab some food & head on our merry way.

Shows what we know - we got there & it was a 1 1/2 hour wait to get in the store & a 4 hour wait for the restaraunt. On top of that the Oklahoma weather had decided to dress up as winter that day so it was blowing cold. We'd come so far though so we decided we'd take turns waiting in line while the other one stayed in the car with the kids.

Thus a little over an hour and half & about 40 petty small child arguments in the car later we made it to the door.

Yay! Until we get inside & realize it's another hour wait to get into the deli/bakery & then come to the knowledge that we have brought 3 antsy children & 2 babies into a crowded store full of breakables.

We meandered around for a little while & knew there was no way we'd be able to wait to go up to the bakery/deli with our crew so we loaded everyone up in the car & pulled into Sonic before we ventured home.

Spring break activities also included sleepovers.

First night at Nenny's.

It's hard to be the babies and get left out of the big kid activities

If it's any consolation Nenny used the kids to help clean the next morning so it wasn't ALL fun & games ;)

Night 2 was at our house & by this time you'd hope exhaustion was setting in & we'd have early bedtime but you'd be wrong.

It was after 11 before every one was down for the night & everyone was up for the next day's fun by 7.

Day 2 took us to the zoo.

While we have had an unseasonably warm winter per the norm for spring break it was cold the first few days. Of course this just so happened to be the days I took off to be with the kids. Hence the winter coats & hats for everyone on zoo day.

Apparently this girl wasn't a fan of the hippos or maybe it was just being inside the muggy pachyderm exhibit. There also is a strong possibility that this is her true feelings when her mom tells her "you're having fun!"

This guy was loving every minute of it and the girls really seemed to enjoy themselves too.

The little girls were fascinated by the seals.

They could have stood & watched this one swim past them for hours. Until Emmie remembered her job of guarding the snack bag.

Speaking of jobs this guy apparently felt like it was his job to get a picture with every animal statue he found.

By mid-afternoon we had lots of complaints of tired feet & only a small wagon to pull a couple of our crew in at a time so we packed up & headed home.

Wednesday we stayed at home and enjoyed not having to follow any type of schedule. In all honesty this is probably an accurate description of that day.