Weekend Recap: More Animals & More Warm Weather!

I love having time to blog on a Sunday night! :)  This nicer weather just makes everything better.   Another fabulous weekend has come and gone.  I love, love, love weekends with my family.  We had a relaxing Friday night with homemade pizza and Dateline.  That's my kind of night!  After music class on Saturday, we headed to my friend's parents' farm for the day to see some 2 week old goats and other animals.  Since Ben loves the zoo, I thought that this would be equally fun for him.  What I didn't take into account is that it is actually scary when you are up close and personal with the animals!  We were in the barn for a whole 2 minutes when one of the goats stood up on the side of its pen and it scared me which in turn scared Ben who started crying.   Things were a little better when the goats were out in their play pen.  I still tried to keep my distance, but Ben was eager to feed the little kids!

Ben was loving life as long as he was being held, which was totally understandable since even the baby goats were bigger than him.  He kept saying "down," but as soon as a giant animal came his way, we couldn't pick him up fast enough.  He was so excited to see the horses.  Again, I was afraid of the horses, but luckily they were retired horses that kids used to ride, so they were pretty gentle and slow.  

Ben's favorite animal was definitely the kitty, probably because she was soft and smaller.  He kept petting and hugging the cat--such a sweetie pie.  He liked the chickens and Golden Retrievers too but NOT the huge New Foundland (who barked in his face.)  After we were farm animaled out, we got some food and did a little shopping and walking around outside.  

Ben was pretty pooped after our adventures.  After he went to bed, we watched a little Final Four basketball and our friend Maggie came over too.  We always love when she comes over!  Unfortunately, Wisconsin lost by a point.  Boo! 

On Sunday morning I did some crazy cleaning.  I am happy to report that my closet has over 100 fewer items!  I emptied my whole closet and got rid of everything that I hadn't worn for awhile.  It felt so good!  We went out for lunch after my surge of productivity and got to go on a little walk while we waited for our table.  It was absolutely BEAUTIFUL today!  "Noses" from Benji and a walk in the sunshine with my boys?  Life doesn't get any better!

We topped off our weekend by grilling out and having our parents and Auntie Anna over for dinner.  Ben loved having the company and cried when they all left.  I am sad that we have to go back to work tomorrow.  :(  I miss Benji (and Andy) SO MUCH when I'm at work.  Until next weekend...

Have a great week!  Hoping and praying that Ben has a great day at school tomorrow!  Maybe I will finally finish Ben's 18 month post this week since he will be 19 months in a week!