Zoo trip

Another eventful weekend for our household. We took off Saturday for Iowa City. Adam's dad and stepmom were flying in to meet up with her sister prior to a trip to Israel. We left around 9:30am to stop with the kids at the Niabi Zoo. I had been to this zoo when I was young and didn't quite know what to expect. But hey, anything beats the Peoria zoo! The Niabi zoo was small, but very good for kids. I was pleasantly surprised how nice it was. They had this cute "Australian" section where it was open and a kangaroo or emu could walk on the sidewalk in front of you. I though that was pretty cool. The kids had fun feeding the goats and fish. My and I got to ride on the merry-go-round. The damn bees were my only complaint. I was freaking out.... I HATE bees! I felt bad acting like a 2 year old in front of the kids, but apparently I fear them more than I know. I loved the little strollers they had to rent for the kids. They were perfect. I have to add.... don't eat the hamburgers at this zoo... it was a brownish gray mystery meat. I am still alive to tell the tale, but I really don't know what I ate.
When we got to our Iowa City hotel we had some issues. We went to our room and it had the worst smell from smoke. Adam and I had headaches, there was no ventilation.. it was nasty. So we found a new place to stay that was much better and by the mall. I love the team spirit of Iowa City. You walk around and over half the people have a Hawkeye shirt on! I still don't know why I didn't check out that campus. I really really wanted to go there when I was in high school. No regrets with EIU. Thank goodness Mark Fauble didn't go to Western!!!
Anyhow, Maya colored a pic for a coloring contest which I thought was awesome. I also had to add the little blurb about AquaDots.