Zoozie Zoo

On a nice day we went to Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport, CT. It has some animals but isn't very big. We can get through it in about and hour and a half. I had picked up the girls from my MIL's and we came home and packed a lunch. We sat at a picnic table and watched the bison as we ate. Riana called them elephants so I guess we will need a trip to the Bronx Zoo in NY to show her the real elephants. If they still have some. Then it was off to the rest of the zoo. It was starting to cool down so we made our way to the monkey house. It is always so hot in there but being winter it was just right for us humans. It was a fun day.

Fish Tail

What I learned today
When I was younger I knew someone who had a different king of braid in her hair. She told me it was a fishtail braid and it was done with 4 strands instead of the usual 3. I taught myself to braid and french braid. Now 20 years later it is time to learn to fishtail. I have tried on Barbies and my children but I couldn't figure it out. Thanks to the computer, I looked it up on YouTube. Here is Shayla's fishtail! It takes alittle longer to do but I love having something different. I don't think many people know how to do it. Now I do and I am proud of myself.

Why can't I say no?!

This problem starts on Cultural Commission. I am a member and now the secretary. It is an unpaid position. We organize lots of events for the city. To name a few: Halloween and Easter egg hunt for kids of the city. Summer concert series on the green for most of the summer. Tree lighting at Thanksgiving. The biggest is Derby Day. That takes months of planning. Now we are in charge of having a Farmer's Market. Somehow I am now co-chair person for this.
Next is Shayla's school. I attend the PTO meetings and helpout once in awhile. I went to the last meeting and am now the chairperson for the May Mother's Day Plant sale. I also volenteered to help pass out the last fundraiser when it came in.
I go to Trinity's school for their "PTO" type meeting last month and there was only 1 other parent there. VERY sad. They even offer free babysitting! Anyway, after I drop off Trin the secretary catches me on the way out and asks if I will corodinate the fund raiser for them. Sure!
The day before Valentine's Day I went to the 2 classes and read The Night Before Valentine's Day. The day before St. Patrick's Day I went to the classes to read The Night before St. Patrick's Day.
All this and not a penny for it.
On the upside- I got a job offer! The Valley Art Console wants me to teach Scrapbooking at the new Valley Arts center! The perfect job for me and finally I will get paid for it. I won't start for a few months.

Free Ice Skating...Not worth it.

Feb 11 the skating rink was giving free skating lessons. I called and signed up Trin and Shayla. I was told it was from 4-5. So Shayla came home from school and I rushed to get her a snack and be at the place (15 mins away) on time. We got there and the kids put on their skates. They have their own because Rita is nice to supply them with some when they get outgrown. The kids got on the ice at 4:00. There were tons of kids there as you can see from the pictures. The were shown a few things. Then they got all the kids off the ice at 4:23! they had a whole 23 minutes of instruction. Not worth my time but I did get a few pictures.

snow walk

Riana and I walking in the snow!