Happy Memorial Day! And a hearty thank you to our past and present servicemen and women. We enjoyed a wonderful combo of productivity (Michael took two finals for school and painted Katelyn's bedroom), birthday celebrations, and some blissfully fun family time. Don't you love those weekends where the to-do list and the have-fun list both get the attention they deserve?
Birthdays. This ol' fella turned 6 on Saturday. He's still wondering when his party is going to start and when he'll get to eat cake. He did get a big bone and a nice serenade from his sister to celebrate the day. Happy birthday, Malone!
On Sunday, we celebrated another birthday. Our sweet little buddy, Erik, turned 3 that day and his family came over for dinner and cake (a delicious dirt and worm cake to be exact!)
And we all got to don our party hats for the occasion...
Big brother Dane and Katelyn had to give some special hugs to the birthday boy!
It was so fun to celebrate Erik's birthday and spend time with great friends!
While it was tempting to sleep in - oh wait, that doesn't happen any more take it easy and relax on Memorial Day, we opted for a day of activities as a family instead. We visited the Como Zoo in St. Paul for the morning and it was a lot of fun!
Katelyn especially liked the giraffes ("they have looong necks!") and the big gorilla.
If you look close, you can see the tiger we admired from above...
So much to see! Katelyn spotted a cougar during our photo op ("dere's a big cat right dere!";)
The tortoise was also a favorite - it was huge... and s-l-o-w.
We went to the gorilla exhibit and within seconds, one of the gorillas walked right over to us in front of the glass to say hello (or maybe, "what's yo name?") Katelyn wasn't scared and the rest of the day she talked about how the "gorilla looked at Kate."
After the zoo, we visited the attached children's theme park, Como Town, for a couple rides before heading home for lunch.
"Cheeeeeese!!!"
With as much as Kate likes to do things on her own ("I can do it by myself"), we thought she'd like to drive a car by herself as well. She chose the "lellow" one and it was definitely a highlight!
There's nothing like a Memorial Day joy ride! Weeee!
The fun continued after nap time as we headed out to Medicine Lake for an afternoon dip! It cooled off quite a bit as the day wore on, so our visit was brief but both Katelyn and Michael enjoyed the water.
If the unofficial kickoff weekend to summer is any indication, I'd say we have plenty of fun in store in the coming months! Thanks for reading and enjoy the short week ahead!
3 comments:
What a fun and productive weekend for the Mlakar family!! Katelyn, you look so cute with the Z brothers, and what a big girl you are driving your own lellow car!! See you very SOON!!!
It must have been a zoo kind of a weekend. We did the same thing! Looks like you had a great time, and Missy, you look adorable!
LUV the zoo pictures! Watching our zoo friends is so much fun! You look wonderful, Missy!!
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