Spring Break Recap **Lots of pictures!**

We had a wonderful Spring Break. In fact, it was a little too good. We "popped" most of those balloons, hardly took any naps and didn't get a single chore done around the house. Oh well! It was so fun to spend time together. Here's a brief recap with LOTS of pictures:

Monday & Tuesday:
We spent the first part of the week up at the cabin. There is still about a foot of snow in most places, but it is melting quickly. On Monday morning, we took a nice walk up the forest service road to a great look-out point over the creek. As always, the girls enjoyed reading and playing with Grandpa and Grandma Cook.

Sierra collected a bag of treasures along the way...rocks, twigs, pine cones, pieces of metal, etc.

Wednesday:
Since it was gray and rainy on Wednesday, we decided to try a relatively new indoor play zone in Boise called Rafiki. We had a coupon for a free admission, so it was quite affordable. The girls had a wonderful time playing at all the different stations.

The "snow" table...really fun texture!

The dress-up center.

The kitchen/house play area. (Ally contaminated the plastic carrots. Yikes!)

The art table.

Not pictured, but definitely the most exciting, was the climbing structure and slide. They also had fun using their wooden blocks to build some great cities.

Thursday:
It was still cold and windy, so we had to plan more indoor activities for Thursday. We started off with about an hour at POJO's before heading over to Barnes & Nobel for some book browsing. We also hit Target that afternoon and found this on sale for the girl's combined "big" birthday present in June. SHHHH!

Only in Idaho would you find a "toddler friendly" arcade game like this one!

Clearly, Ally is captivated by Sierra's story-telling ability.

Friday:

The weather cleared up nicely for a day at Zoo Boise with Aunt Susie and cousin Annie on Friday. We had a great time viewing the animals, riding the carousel, eating lunch and just being together. The lions put on quite a show for us in their new exhibit...complete with a nice loud growl and mane shaking.

The cousins at the entrance to the new exhibit.

Friendly natives in the model granary.

We enjoyed the new signs posted around the zoo. So informative!

Cutest (and happiest!) kid at the zoo!

Savannah's newest trick....WALKING! She is 10 months old.

Our little birds!

We were so excited that the "hairy dogs," as Ally calls them, were finally back!!!

In case you haven't been to the new exhibit, here is one of the newest zoo members.

On the way home we made another stop at Settler's Park and let the kids expend any ounce of energy that they might have had left in their tired little bodies.

Saturday:

After sleeping in and catching up on some laundry, the girls and I headed over to Kelly's house for a very fun baby shower in honor of our new little girl and another friend from church who is also expecting a little girl in a couple of weeks. I have a separate post for that event...so stay tuned. We had a great time and got lots of fun presents!

In the evening, we went over to Susie and Benjy's house for a birthday party for Uncle Chuck. It was a fun family time with a random Mexican theme. (No idea why!) Chuck had requested Mom's famous cinnamon rolls instead of birthday cake and we all enjoyed the change!

Uncle Chuck, Aunt Missy and the nieces.

As you can see, it was a busy and exciting week. Now, it's time to tidy up the piles that have accumulated in every corner of the house, catch up on mail/blogs/etc. and get the girls back on a regular schedule. ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz......