Perfect day

Today was such a perfect day!  I found out it was free day at the zoo so we cancelled our plans for the children's museum and headed off to the zoo instead.  The weather was just perfect, it must have been 50!  The animals were all so friendly, many of them came right up to the edges of their cages so everyone could get a good look.  The boys were just thrilled and Elizabeth was in awe by all the animals.  Our favorites were the orangutans, cheetah, and the dolphins, the under water dome was AMAZING!   One orangutan was a total ham and hung out right in front of the crowd posing.  In the ocean exhibit we got to pet dog sharks and one was so friendly he kept raising his head out of the water and getting right up under our hands, even Elizabeth got to pet him. The dolphins were really active and swan around us in circles, they swam right in front of us again and again and the penguins did the same.  The cheetah paced back and forth right in front of us too.  I have to hand it to the Indianapolis zoo, they make it so you can get up close and personal with the animals!

After we got home we had a quick dinner and then family home evening. Benjamin chose the game and we ended up with a jousting tournament.  John and I were the horses and the boys climbed on our back with padded light sabers (we were fresh out of jousting sticks)  It was a lot of fun for the boys to try and knock the other off as we ran at each other from across the room.  Elizabeth got in on the fun and trounced the boys with a little help from her trusty mare.  It left us all rolling in laughter on the ground.  We all had so much fun we know it will make a return visit.

All in all today was pretty much a perfect day, even if I do still have  a mountain of laundry to fold tomorrow. :)