Spring Break- Feeding the Ducks

Tuesday we hung around the house.  Ian and Gavin hung out with us all day too.  The boys loved having them here all day.  Beckam had his first experience with sidewalk chalk.

Wednesday we went to playgroup.  Susannah had a cute treasure hunt put together at the park for the kids to find the pot of gold. (St. Patricks themed playgroup)  The boys all loved it.
Thursday we headed downtown to feed the ducks at Hermann Park.  We decided to go after lunch.  Normally from the exit we are in the parking lot in about 5 minutes.  We didn't realize that everyone on spring break had a similar idea and it took us 45 minutes! :) Jaden kept saying how boring it was.  Yeah, sitting in a car IS boring.  But we eventually got there!  Then it was FUN FUN FUN!

They all had a great time.  No matter how much bread you bring...it's never enough!

We even spotted something that wasn't a duck! Can you see it?  I thought it was a beaver at first.  But it's tail was so weird.  It looked like an overgrown rat with a different face.  Some kids there said it was a swamp rat and the girl by us said it was a Nutria, and told us all about them!

Beckam was so good about coming back for little pieces of bread I had put on by his stroller.  No one fell, so I'd say it was a pretty great afternoon! :)

A paddle boat went through and scared the ducks away.

There is a train that goes around the park.  Beckam loved hearing it blow its whistle.

Slowly the ducks and the Nutria came back for more bread!

See...weird looking huh!?

It was even trying to steal the bread from the ducks.  Right out of their mouth!

Seriously, they could have thrown bread all day long!

Jaden got a little nervous when this duck showed up.  He said it was creepy.  It looked kind of like a dinosaur!

But eventually our bread was gone and so we headed to the playground.

My big monkeys!

Someday Beckam.  Don't worry, you'll do all that someday!

He was loving going down the stairs holding the railing.  He did it so many times.

The boys have some great balance and walked all the way across this unstable beam.

I helped Beckam go across, which he hated!  He like this one closer to the ground!

And he walked down and back for quite some time!  We've all been loving all this time together.