To celebrate our last week of school, we took James and Ellis with us to Santa Barbara for the day. First we hit the zoo, where we rushed to all our favorite spots and saw the lion prowl and roar at us.
Then we popped in to the Sea Center to pet sharks and starfish and do some sea life investigations.
The funniest part is thinking back to when it took four adults (Derek, me, and grandparents) to take just Tommy to the zoo. Now I really think nothing of walking around all day with six kids by myself. It helps that everyone is potty trained and that I borrowed Sarah’s stroller to push around our lunch and water bottles. Here’s hoping it will be this easy with the foster kids, too!