Summer Field Trips

Ryan went on the field trip with Madelyn to the Como Zoo in early July.  Madelyn was super excited that daddy was coming!  She kept asking him to sit with her on the bus and she knew she would be in his group.  They had a beautiful day and were able to see a lot of cool things.  Ryan is such a great dad - he is so involved with the kids and doesn't think twice about taking time off to spend the day with Madelyn.

Whitney & Madelyn
Excited for the zoo!

It was mommy's turn to go on a field trip and we went to the MOA Sea Life exhibit.  I promised Madelyn I would take her home with me after the field trip and she was so excited (I was too!).  Mommy/daughter time - we haven't done that so this was something special.  I'm sure Madelyn would have been fine not even going on the field trip as all she wanted to do was not go back to school :)  The field trip was fun - we had a behind the scenes tour and the kids got to touch some fish and see so many cool sea creatures.

I ended up driving separately so we could stay at the MOA.  Madelyn wanted to ride the merry-go-round and then we ate lunch at Johnny Rockets.  She really wanted orange pop.  She had never had pop before so I figured she wouldn't like it but I wanted her to be able to have it.  She took one sip and said "this is spicy, it tickles my tongue".  She then proceeded to drink the pop and water at the same time as that tasted better.  After lunch we stopped by Auntie's house which was fun to see her.  I think Madelyn was missing Bishop & Nora but it was fun to catch up for a bit.....and then we were off to get back to Maple Grove to pick up Jack.

It was such a fun day!  I can't wait to do it again.  Days like this are so special as they don't happen as often as I wish they could.

Natalie Price was in our group - so fun!

Touching the animals 

Love this sweet girl!

First time trying orange pop!