Busy Busy Busy

I am exhausted!  It has been a busy week and it still isn't over.  Mom and I took the kids to the zoo on Thursday.  Spring Break is officially the worst time to go to the zoo!  The parking lots were full when we arrived so we ended up parking several blocks away and walked in.  It wasn't so bad until it was time to leave and we had been walking for hours and had to go to the car which was parked 3-4 blocks uphill.  The zoo is still pretty crappy.  It seems like there are not a lot of animals on display and those that are were extremely crowded.  A couple of the main areas are still closed for construction/improvements.  We left D.C. just in time for rush hour but was lucky enough to stop partway down the road to hang out at the hospital for a couple of hours.  The kids got to meet their new baby cousin.  Christopher said "hi baby" to the baby a couple of times.  We were pretty late getting home, but the kids slept most of the way and went right to bed (and most importantly, slept in).

We had to pick up my sister and her friends from a three day hike in Harper's Ferry.  It started out decent, just a little cool.  But when we took the bus from the parking area to the historical area it started to rain.  We stopped in a couple of areas, met up with the hiking team and headed out.  Poor Christopher was freezing from the drizzle and cold.  We got home pretty early and I put both kids in their rooms to nap.  Neither one went to sleep but Christopher played in his room, by himself for almost 2 hours! 

My mom has a busy day of Easter activities planned for us for tomorrow.  A local church is doing an egghunt and other activities in the morning and then we'll have an egghunt at the house.  Sunday will be Easter lunch and another egghunt at an Aunt's house.

Kids return to school next week and we'll have to abide by a schedule again.