Out and About

It was a really nice day in Tucson today. The kids were itching to get out so we packed them up and off we went.

We have an annual pass to the Children's science museum in Oregon but that pass allows us to visit many museums all over the US. There are a couple here in our area that we can visit with that pass. Not bad.

We visited the International Wildlife Museum. We are such a nerdy family, we love museums, observatories and any type of garden

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We saw

Lions


giraffes


alligators




mammoths


all sort of animals with horns


and bears


Kids had a blast.





They love that we always stop to have a treat

Well, this week Sophie had an accident on the playground. She fell on the slide and broke her leg :(

She's so proud of her cast. Hahaha. She asked for a purple one.


We did some sight seeing and found a cool little Old West park called the Pinnacle Peak. Its really cute, they have a  Little Western Town complete with a train ride and carousel. I had so much fun taking pictures there. I gotta go back and take the girls in their cowgirl boots :)









Wish I had one of these at home











I never get tired of taking picture of my Evie, I love her sweet face and unruly curls






It was still bright and sunny after our day out so we went to the pool/spa and had a BBQ




And my attempt at a low carb burger. Now THAT is a cheeseburger


Everyone had fun.




well, almost everyone

She was upset that she could not get in the pool

Happy Easter.

Hope everyone is having a good Easter Sunday. Its our first Easter here in Arizona. I'm glad the Easter Bunny found his way to us.

here's a picture after he visited


Nick and Sophie made the Easter Bunny E.B at Build a Bear. They made him the day we went to go watch HOP.


Sophie's Basket


Evie's


and Nick's






I got each kid a shirt.  Ugh, notice all the Uhaul boxes in the background. We STILL have not finished unpacking.


We usually have a big Easter lunch at home but since it was just us here and at the moment the kitchen is full of boxes, We headed out to Cracker Barrel! I LOVE this restaurant. I have not been to one since I was living in Kentucky/Tennessee. Gosh I miss living in the South. If I could move back anywhere in the US it would either be back to Southern California or KY/TN.

Here's Nick sharing his ice cream with Sophie :)




After a nice hearty Brunch we decided to go exploring. We ended up at the Tohono Chul Park Gardens. It was hot and almost every plant was prickly. TOTAL opposite of the Oregon Gardens.














I thought it was adorable that some cactus were shaped like hearts









It was nerve wrecking walking around the gardens. I thought that at any moment one of the kids would fall onto a cactus. If that was not bad enough we were met by these signs









We saw some of these tiny endangered fish in the stream




My sweet little Evie




Nick made the observation that the cactus looked like it was wearing a crown


The meditation garden




Evie ringing the wind chimes






Sundial. It was 1 O'clock


Desert rose


The kids area. They were given little wooden "boats" to float down the fountains


The kids were hot and tired after our visit.

I did have time to make Easter treats. I made yellow cake cupcakes. frosted them and then used really cute sprinkles called "Easter egg hunt" It looks like grass and colorful Easter eggs scattered all over the cupcake. I then topped it with a Bunny shaped marshmallow.

super cute