What a day!! What a great day!!

Today was really such a great day! The best part was that we had Dad with us all day! The morning started off with Ryan letting me sleep later then normal. It is really great to get to wake up at 7 but lay in bed til 8. When all the kiddo's were getting dressed we decided to head for the Zoo. It was so fun. The Zoo is definitely one of the kids favorite places to go. We are planning on heading back next week. Cooper brought his bike so that was a hoot. He loves to fly down the hills with his legs up, not really watching were others are going. The girls love that they have a water play area. A new water area opened today and it was amazing, it has a cave and slide, who knew you could have so much fun at a zoo. But, poor little Ry was having such hard times, she has a diaper rash. I have actually never seen one so bad. She was miserable, and I am just bummed that they don't make diaper rash cream with something to numb the area. But we made it through the Zoo.
We were going to head home but instead we decided to stop at the 9/11 memorial sight. Since this past Thursday (9/11) I have been talking with the kids about what happened and we were looking at pictures. Before I decided to talk about it with the kids I really worried maybe it would scare them or maybe they are to little and don't need to know about it, but I am so grateful that I did decide to have a little learning night about it. Since then I really believe it has helped to teach them empathy. They are truly interested in the lives of the people that were lost. Just today when we were at the memorial, the kids were interested in finding the names and ages of those who passed away. Every flag that had a stuffed animal at the bottom was showing that it was a child that had died. Cooper was our finder for all the kids. As we were leaving it was really hard to believe how many lives were taken in such a small period of time. I hope that the feelings my kids felt today at the sight may stay with them and that they may remember how they felt.
We then headed to Costco. Yes, on a Saturday with five kids at lunch time. But really that is the best time. There are samples everywhere, we almost get filled up before we leave. It was fun, the kids love shopping there, and we do too. It is always nice to spend less then 6 bucks on a lunch to feed 7. Can't really get any better.
Then home sweet home. It was time for some naps, but like I said Rylie was really having a rough time. We had to get here taken care of and comfortable, she didn't even want to sit. She would get up on her hands and knees because her bottom hurt so bad.
But, tonight all is well the kids are sleeping, hopefully comfortably, and I just hope that another day like today won't be far away. It was so nice to be together as a family. All the silly cares in life really don't matter when we are all just having fun.