Pooped out with partying! Sat. we went to a fun party at the zoo. A lady had animals for the kids to pet- a hissing roach, a snake, a turtle, a chicken and a rat. Dominique wanted to pet them all, but Ivan only wanted to pet the furry one- he told me later that the reason he didn't want to touch the others were that they were fragile. There was cake, presents, then a tour of the zoo and goody bags with cool zoo paraphenalia. The monkeys are always my favorite and they were in high form. You know an animal is entertaining when a whole crowd is laughing and pointing, oohing and ahhing.

Then we went to another friend's place out of town where we hid and found eggs. Ivan and Dominique loved finding the colored eggs, chocolate eggs and eggs with hidden treasures, but they didn't like gathering the real eggs from the chickens in the little room where they discovered that chickens not only lay eggs, but they fly at little children's heads.

Today I cooked a huge turkey meal and we ate with neighbors, then we went to some more friend's house to eat again and hang out. I have tomorrow off from keeping the boys and it's a good thing because I'm pooped!

In between all this, Brian finished the painting project and cleaned the house and I got groceries and took care of our two kids. Pictures to follow. As of now they are still in the camera, but the kitchen looks so great! It makes us want to do the entire house.... ahhh, some day.