Mommathon

Back to the zoo...There was still a lot to see. We went to the aquarium and rainforest today as well as riding the train and seeing the giraffes.











Hangin' out in the rainforest with my bro



We had WAY too much fun.

Today we went to the Omaha Zoo and it was pouring for quite a bit of the day. The kids were troopers though and luckily a lot of the zoo is inside.



Sean has to buy a sweatshirt to keep warm.







A trip to see the fountains before dinner. We ate at the Upstream Brewery and then took a carriage ride. We did not get back to the hotel until late and the kids slept like logs.

The view of downtown Omaha from our hotel room.



Our first stop







There were so many good pictures from the Children's Museum. They had so much fun and there was so much to do. This weekend was the last weekend for the dinosaur exhibit, too. It was kind of scary at first, but they warmed up to it.

Liam and Colm have decided that they would rather take a shower instead of a bath. This new arrangement is fine with me. Showers are faster, however, sometimes grubby kids need a bath. I figured this out today when stepping out of the shower Colm was still covered with grime. Sometimes a kid needs a good soak to get all the dirt off. So after his shower he took a bath, too. Now he is super duper clean (except for the pen marks from when he drew all over himself in the car on the way home from Omaha. I think those will take a couple of days to wear off.)

I have class on Halloween night and I have been told through some fairly reliable sources that our instructor is not the type to sympathize with those of us who have children and let us go for the night. I would even be more than happy to come for an hour and then leave. She said we can have one absence this semester, so maybe that will be mine. We'll see...

This was not the kind of book that I thought it was going to be, but it was still good. This is a memoir-type book about the author's journey to Christianity...and it was not a smooth one. The author is very honest and candid about her early years as a drug addict and alcoholic. The book is mostly tidbits of her life and how they all add up to what she is today...a single-mom, a Christian, a writer and someone who fully believes, but still struggles.