Ben has been the bearer of silliness lately. When Steven expressed his fear of the dark, I had a conversation with the boys about prayer and the Holy Ghost. We talked about what he does and what he doesn't do (beat up bad guys). We event talked about what you need to do to keep it with you. Well that last part really stuck with Ben and later that week when he asked for a snack and I gave him an answer he didn't like he told me, "God does not like it when you say those words! The Holy Ghost will come out of you!"
Also this week, when Lucy started playing with a doll on Ben's bed, he got mad at her. It was a bunny doll in a dress so I told him that it was actually a doll for girls. He said, "No it's not, it's wearing yellow!" I then pointed out the purple bow on it's dress. Well, Lucy won out for awhile and Ben appeared to be doing some pondering. After a bit Ben stated, "Mom it doesn't matter what color it is." So yellow or purple, Ben will still play with it ;)
On Friday, Steven had his first play date in Michigan. I am so grateful that the RS President arranged for her son to come over and play. Steven woke up that morning saying, "Is my friend coming over to play today!?" He was so excited and they had such a good time together. And bonus, he only lives like 5 minutes away from us and he is also in Kindergarten at Steven's school (just different teachers).
On Saturday we wanted to get out and do something fun so we decided to go to the Detroit Zoo. It was cold, 18 degrees- real feel 9 degrees, but we decided we were going to get a membership so it wouldn't matter how long we lasted. Despite the cold we had a good time and saw quite a few animals (mainly just the ones that were inside buildings). Ben had a tough time walking to exhibits (it was just SO cold) but I loved the lack of crowds and loved just getting out and doing something.
We went into the atrium first and there were some beautiful birds. We saw a HUGE nest (bottom right picture) but were not lucky enough to see its owner :(
I have decided that I LOVE penguins- seriously cutest things ever! And of course the kids were totally excited by them too! Terrible picture though...
Next we went into the Reptile Building. It was full of creepiness! Check out that huge snake! And the crocodile that is going to bite our kid's heads off (although I am still not sure if that one was real...)
But at least the turtles were super cute :)
Our last stop was at the Polar Bears (though I missed them in this shot of Lucy & Tyler) and seals. The Polar Bears were fun to watch pacing their cage and the seals were fun to watch swimming around. We also saw Bald Eagles, Elk and some random horses as we made our way out. All in all a fun day trip :)
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