a little morning date, the zoo and big jud's

we were this close to going back to seattle for my grandma's burial this week

but didn't want the kids to miss school or have to sit in the car for so long

since it turned out to literally just be a burial with no memorial 

and we'd just had such a good visit saying goodbye two weeks ago

so we stayed home

but michael already told them he was taking his bereavement days 

so he stayed home for two days with me

and took care of me because i have a terrible head cold

which is another reason we decided not to go..

thursday we mostly ran errands

friday morning we went to a cute little bakery in boise for breakfast with the three little ones

 eleanor preferred to eat her scone with a fork and knife

thankyouverymuch

 we also checked out a few home stores

before it was time to pick the kids up at school, we did a little yard work

henry was a cute little observer

until he started eating all the dirt and grass he could get his hands on

today we went to the zoo first thing
it was pretty chilly so we were a little nervous about that
but it ended up being the perfect day to see all the animals

michael took henry down the giraffe slide

i think he liked it

we were all happy it was back open

after being closed the last few times we went

after a fun day at the zoo, we went to big jud's for lunch

michael had been there but it was the first time for the rest of us

noah was took our pictures

big jud's has big burgers

we shared this one

and those fries

and had a ton left over

we're trying to work with olive on letters a lot

she loved this

yum

it was seriously so good

then we went to costco
and eleanor and henry sat in the cart together for the first time
i swear it wasn't too long ago that i remember putting hazel and noah in a costco cart together
for their first time