Find Kardus

Im so so so so so so far behind.  I think I have at least 10 blog posts I need to do.  Weve had such a busy Fall that its been really rough trying to keep up the blog...especially since on top of fun family activities weve been doing on the weekends, Ive been travelling during the week.  Now that I got that off my chest, Ill just dive in head first and begin digging my way out of the back log.

One of our Fall activities was hitting up the Cincinnati Zoo.  We had free tickets from Joels work so combine that with a trip to Cincinnati for Audreys first birthday and we had a full weekend!  

I dont think I blogged about it, but way back in September, we stayed in a hotel when we went to my cousins wedding.  That wasnt as horrid an experience as I had anticipated at the time.  The kids slept sort of ok - except the part where Tyler fell out of the bed twice.  

Since that trip wasnt awful, we decided to stay in a hotel after the birthday party.  The kiddos thought it was pretty sweet.  Mostly the swimming part and the part where they got to eat pizza while watching a movie sitting on a couch in a hotel room.  

This time, since Tyler was so keen on falling out of bed, we got smarter in our room layout choice.  We opted for a king bed with a sofa pull out.  This was brilliant for several reasons:  1) Joel and I got a king bed and 2) the sofabed worked out awesome for the kids - we turned them crosswise and put Tyler toward the back of the couch.  Then we brought along his "bed bumpers" and put them in between Lily and Tyler.  This pretty much blocked Tyler in and prevented him from being able to fall out anywhere.  Also prevented the kids from rolling all over each other - Tyler tends to steamroll whoever hes in bed with and Lily will kick the snot out of who she sleeps with.  They  are wild sleepers.  

The next morning we headed on over to the zoo.  It was "HallZOOween" so the kiddos got to wear their costumes.  They were adorable.  And I think Ill just let the pictures tell the rest of the story.  Bottom line:  we had a great time.