Girls Day Out

The weather has been just perfect for the last couple of days. But the forecast predicts storms for the rest of the week. I decided to take yesterday and today off from our usual "To Do" list and spend some quality time wallowing in summertime bliss with the girls. Carpe Diem! On Monday we headed out to the West Side Market. I told the girls we were going "out". Minutes later, Emily emerged "ready" for the day wearing Ava's shoes. Not bad...they were even on the correct feet. She's in that stage where she wants to dress herself. She's also in the stage that constitutes making a seriously cheesy face when you pull out a camera. Her "cheese" face is a little Quasimodo. You'll grow to recognize it in each and every picture. She looks like she's winking.



My original plan was to hit the market and then head for one of the Metroparks and have lunch and go for a hike before naptime. I packed a cooler for lunch and we all slapped on our hiking shoes. Then I remembered that the zoo is right next to the market and that it's free on Mondays. Perfect. We could lunch at the zoo and then Ava could pick three or four exhibits to see before we headed home for Emily's nap. I shouldn't have told her the plan. Once it's out there, you can't take it back. Apparently free Monday at the zoo is absolutely crazy when school is out. Compounding the problem, the main road to the zoo is closed...under construction. It took us TWO WHOLE HOURS to make the usual 10 minute trip to the zoo. We were grid-locked. It kinda stunk. The girls were awesome. We had lunch in the car. We jammed to that great Cleveland rock n' roll on the radio. And once we got to the zoo, it was already naptime. No rush to get home now. We had a lovely time. A new dinosaur exhibit is open. It's kind of like walking through Jurassic Park. The dinosaurs are animated. The girls loved it. I didn't take pics of the rest of the zoo, but I did capture Ava and Emily exploring the dinosaur exhibit.

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