May's Friday Family Dates

We have had some fun Friday Family Dates this month. In early May I found out that because I'm a teacher, I get into Thanksgiving Point for free (I knew there were more benefits to being a teacher than only working 180 days a year). I really wanted to take the kids to the tulip festival, so we went on the last day it was running. 

We started off our night at our favorite family restaurant, can you guess which one? We only eat there every month. It was the weekend of Cinco de Mayo, so Makayla was really into all the festivities. 

 Then we headed to the festival. Kayla loved the waterfall, but Caden was a little scared of it.

 Our little guy was in the middle of one of his many sicknesses this month, so we got a lot of snuggle time in.

 The tulip festival was so pretty. Kayla kept running around screaming, "Look, nother flower!" and "so bu-tiful".

 I love my three cute kids. Since "Baby" goes with us everywhere we go, I figured she should be considered one of my children too.

 Can this little guy get any cuter? I think not.

 Or this little cutie. I could just eat her, she is so cute!

Then last week we took the kids to the Living Planet Aquarium. The kids loved it, but Tyler and I were pretty grossed out at all the animals, especially the octopus. I have never seen something so disgusting in all my life. Ugghh... it gives me the creeps just thinking about it.

We got to see a lot of different kinds of fish, penguins, otters, sharks, turtles, snakes, and sting rays.  My favorite part of the day was when we looked at the python and Kayla started saying, "ewww... gross! That's gross, Mommy!" I think she had heard us saying that way too much during the day.

 Makayla was too busy trying to find Nemo and Dori, so she wouldn't turn around to smile for our picture.

And Caden was just plain done and didn't want to be held

But don't Tyler and I look great? We're the only ones who know how to look at the camera. 

We finally managed to get everyone to look happy in the shark skeleton mouth. 

Kayla and Daddy got to get an up close look at the otters in the little cave. 

 Then they had fun crawling though the "reef"

 

Yep, life is good with my cute family!