We had an action-packed day yesterday with our friends Anne, Andrew and Zekey. They visited the new house for the first time yesterday, which was very exciting for Zeke, as that tour included plenty of new toys he has never played with before. It was also exciting for Alex as hostess, because she got her show off her crazy-good sharing skills. Which will probably be abandoned at some point soon, but we enjoy the sharing while the sharing's good.

Before the house visit, though, we trotted off to the zoo. Which opened late - perhaps the tiger was eating a zoo keeper and they had to clean up? Anyway, there's a great playground right above the zoo, so we all got dizzy playing on the insane rides they have that are suspiciously large for kids but just right for adults. Once we regained our equilibrium, we trotted back to the now-open zoo for a little flower picking - way to go Alex, they didn't need that flower there anyway - and general animal admiration. Zeke got a soft pretzel, Alex didn't care. Zeke petted the goats, Alex cowered a bit with Daddy. (She's scared of their bleats, and hasn't petted them in weeks. But we'll get her over it sooner or later. Better than her fear of silk flowers...She ran into some, literally, at AC Moore, and is scared of anything in a vase now. Poor thing!)

The zoo was a hit, as far as we could tell. Then lunch - also a hit even if Alex pigged out, mostly on tiramisu, while Zeke picked at various things and never really ate much.

Back to our house for playing with the hose - Zeke sprayed Alex repeatedly and she loved it. When she reciprocated, it wasn't so well received...

Then inside when the storms rolled in. Alex napped, Zeke, not so much, but he played the heck out of her toys. I woke her up later to get ready for dinner, and she woke up proclaiming, "Binturong!" Dreaming of the zoo much?

Then it was off to dinner with two wiggly kids who spent more time in the restaurant's conveniently located garden than in their seats. But their ice cream sandwiches were a hit (duh) and all was well when we escaped. Left, whatever.

Alex stayed up uber-late, but in her crib, so Mommy and Daddy could recover in relative peace.

On the agenda for today. Nothing, sweet nothing. :D