Memorial Day Weekend

We had a lot of fun this Memorial Day weekend. We did not do anything big, but it was so much fun! Sometimes those weekends are the best kind!

Daddy came home post-call again on Saturday morning. We gave him kisses as he went up to bed and Maddie and I went off to the Butterfly House (rain in the forecast). Maddie was super excited and said she was not going to be scared of the butterflies today.
We got inside and she was not scared! She did a great job. There were some beautiful butterflies - a lot more than usual, it seemed.
Maddie wanted to take some pictures, so here are her photos:




I wanted to take a picture of my beautiful butterfly and she was having none of that. Watch as my child turns into her father ...
That would be a refusal face ...
starting to crack ...

almost cracked ...
got it! ...
realized what happened and is covering the beautiful smile ...
giving up ...

"I'll get you next time Mommy. Next time ..."
I finally got a beautiful shot (I think I had to bribe her with something)


The next day was a beautiful day. Maddie, Daddy, and I (and much of St. Louis) went to the zoo. Maddie just LOVES all the animals. Today she really wanted to see lions, zebras, giraffes, and elephants.


We went into the reptile house and Maddie loved all the snakes. Yuck!


The next morning was Memorial Day! Maddie and I had the day off ... poor Daddy went to work at 4:45AM. :( It was a special day because it was Man Man's 10th birthday! Maddie and I woke up and made him his birthday cake (canned cat food ... a real treat for my diet boy).



I then realized that Miss Maddie's hair was getting VERY long. Since we are heading to the beach soon, I thought she could do with a little hair cut. Here is the before (which, yes, I know is beautiful but it takes forever to dry and I am just thinking of the beach, people!):

Here is the after ... about 2.5 inches off:



Later that day, Maddie wanted to make her own zoo. She sorted the animals by category and really did an amazing job. I did not help her at all! She put lions, tigers, cats, dogs and foxes in her princess house, giraffes in another area, water animals in another (hungry hungry hippos, fish, penguins, alligators, etc), monkeys in another, cows in another, bunnies in another, and then the elephant, kiwi and koala in another. I was actually really impressed with the thought process and how she sorted everything. It is fun to learn about her little brain.