Binder Park Zoo

For my sister-in-law's birthday, she wanted the whole family to spend the day at Binder Park Zoo. What a great idea! It was such a fun and exciting, although very warm, day! Brayden had an absolute ball! We could barely keep up with him as he ran from exhibit to exhibit. He was in awe the entire time. He loved all the animals and was so excited! We all had so much fun and we were glad that we could help Keri celebrate her birthday!!

Daddy and Brayden

Grandma and Brayden eating lunch. (Brayden spotted a peacock walking by the window as I took this picture!)

Mommy and Brayden getting ready to head out to see the animals.

Aunt Keri and Brayden feeding the giraffes. Brayden was a little unsure of this at first!

With Grandma and Aunt Keri looking at the monkeys.

He was so excited that he couldn't contain his enthusiasm! He was squealing and jumping around here. :)

Keri, Sean, Brayden and I posing for a quick picture before leaving Wild Africa.

Going for a carousel ride. He loved it!

Feeding the pygmy goats with Grandma. This picture was taken about 5 seconds before he freaked out!!

Doing one of his favorite things....going down a slide!!

Brayden cooling down in one of the misters they had going at the zoo.

His favorite part....riding the train!

This was the scene about 5 minutes after leaving the zoo! We tuckered him out!!

Wheeee!!

A couple months ago we bought a used swingset from a family down the street from my parents. Brayden is an outdoor lover and we needed something to occupy him while he was outside. We are just finally getting time to assemble it in our backyard. Sean got the swing up the other day and Brayden has been swinging non-stop. Tonight, Sean got out the slide and you would have thought that Brayden was going to explode with excitement. The whole time he was putting it up, Brayden kept repeating, "slide? slide?" Sean couldn't get it attached fast enough and Brayden was already flying down it, giggling and squealing the whole time. I think this has been one of the best investments that we have made!!

Ready. Set. Go!!!!

Wheeeeeeeee!

Watch out Milo!

Up the rock wall.

Here I come!!

Target Deals!

I cannot believe the deals I got at Target today. When the cashier first told me my total, pre-coupons, I nearly fainted. And then I nearly fainted again when he told me my total after coupons. Even he was speechless and couldn't believe what I saved with coupons. You are not going to believe this!!!! The picture below is all of my purchases today at Target.

Total Cost: $81.50

Total Savings: $74.98

Total Out of Pocket: $6.52

Yay!! I couldn't believe it! It really pays to take time to research and clip coupons. It is times like this that motivate me even more. I never used to clip coupons and often scoffed when I got behind someone who had coupons. Now....I can't imagine paying full price!!