So, as usual, less than a week after the new school year starts, Michael has had his birthday. :) To celebrate the five of us went to the Austin Zoo on Saturday. It's a smaller, rescue zoo, but it was just about right for the kids. Though the boys were disappointed that most of the big cats were passing the midday heat indoors and out of sight. Carly had a blast! Neither Michael nor William had the guts to feed the goats, sheep, etc., but after a little while Carly gave it a try. She loved it! She then ran around the whole zoo happily feeding any hoofed animals she could find. :) It was very cute!
Michael did really like the rest of his birthday celebration though! Jenny made an awesome strawberry shortcake, I got him some used GI Joes, and he spent the money that he had received from Grandma Connie at the Lego store in the mall. He was very happy and tired by the end of the day! The GI Joes were an especially big hit with all three kids! These are the first action figures that they've gotten, and they have been having a ball playing with them, throwing them around with grocery bag parachutes, burying them in the playground, and building Lego vehicles for them to ride. :) Ah, the memories! I'm pretty sure we'll be looking around for more action figures in the years to come. It's too bad that they're so freaking expensive! One ninja turtle costs like $13!
The next night was Michael's turn to stay up with me for half an hour after the other two went to bed. Well, he really wanted to play minecraft together, so we did. :) And consequently we both lost track of time and wound up staying up for around three hours, until it was almost 11:00. We were both really tired the next day, but we did have a lot of fun together that night! One of the highlights was the fact that we dug a long tunnel under the ocean, then dug a stairway up to the ocean floor, then built a shaft up to the surface of the ocean, where we built a castle in the middle of the ocean! :) Buddy, talk about a moat!
In other news, my school has started back up, and things are going very well. I'm on track with my dissertation, and I've really been enjoying the group of kids I'm teaching so far. :) Also, my silkscreen for printing on tshirts came in last week, and I'm looking forward to doing my first shirt this week. :)
