The Park and Daddy Daughter Date

• We headed to the park a couple days ago (Belleview Park; which is the best park ever!) because Matt really wanted to play basketball and they opened the petting zoo and train ride. So we went and had a blast. It was so fun watching the kids, we just missed the zoo and train ride last year (they close it from Labor Day to Memorial Day), so it was our first time. Jonah has been obsessed with cars, trains, and especially airplanes, so he LOVED the train ride, and Mikelle loved the petting zoo. It was like a very small version of Thanksgiving Point's. The animals are not in cages though (most of them), they are all babies and just walk around and you can go up and pet them. Also, Mikelle got to milk a pretend cow. Then they played in the little stream there and ate chips; so were so tired, they only went down the slide a couple times and then we headed home.

• Then Matt and Mikelle went on their first daddy/daughter date to go see the movie UP on opening day. Mikelle and Matt have been looking forward to this movie for a month or so, and they had so much fun. They saw the 3D version and Mikelle came home and told me all the things that happened in the movie.

• I thought this was blog worthy; this was a conversation with Mikelle yesterday:

Mikelle: "Mom, why is it dark?"

Me: "Because the sun went down."

Mikelle: "oh, okay mom, I will try not to step on the sun."