Family Night at Mobius

We earned some free tickets for the children's museum here in Spokane. After school on a Monday night we decided to take the kids (you know, before the FREE tickets expired. LOL). Mobius is very small, but we ended up being the only people there. When we first got to Mobius, there were a few other kids, but they all departed within a 1/2 hour leaving the Snook family to roam the place alone. The kids had a blast! I think the little cars were the biggest hit, even for the biggest kid out there.

After our time at Mobius, we walked across the street and enjoyed a rare treat of dinner at Red Robin. That means that Jim and I actually braved a Restaurant with 6 kids. Actually the kids were great. Of course we got plenty of stares and finger points. Seems we are an oddity going out in public with so many kids, but I am getting more and more used to that. (especially when the stares are because they are amazed the kids are being good and not for the opposite reasons. LOL).

At Red Robin of course they ask if the kids can have balloons. I am not a big fan of latex balloons mainly because of the fights that they tend to cause, but also for the choking hazards with the little kids. I know, spoil sport mommy. I decided since it is a special night of rare treats, why not give in for this one as well. Of course, just because they got the balloon doesnt mean they got to keep them. After dinner we walked over to the park and gave our balloons to Jesus. The kids enjoy letting their balloons go and watching them fly up into the sky. It is a fun thing for them to do and keeps me sane by not actually keeping the balloons.

Anyway, it was a very fun night. Here are some pics to share with you!

Woodland Park Zoo

We took a fun drive down I-90 a few weeks ago and spent the day at the Zoo. We went over to the Seattle area to take some baby clothes, toys, pay pen etc to my brother who is having a baby in just a few short weeks. I thought since we were over that way we would make a day of it and have some fun at the zoo and boy did we have fun.

The kids enjoyed looking at all of the animals and sites. Here is a slide show of the pics from the day.

The elephant featured in the above slide show was doing a dance. It was so cute to watch. Here is a video that Tyler shot of the 'dancing elephant.' One of the zoo workers said that she was taken to anothe zoo to 'mate' and while in the big truck traveling she started doing this dance and has ever since. I guess it is a stress thing, which is sad to think about, but the dance itself if very cute to watch.

Anyway, it was a very fun day. The kids had a blast and it was well worth the 4 hour drive to get there. We will definitely have to make the trip again.