Weekend recap: Farewell to 2011 edition

Happy (almost) New Year! Everyone is outside lighting fireworks, but Jack and I are inside watching Sesame Street because he burned his hand on this sparkler:

I thought I would take advantage of the free time to do one final blog entry for 2011. I noticed on the side bar in my archives that the number of blog posts has dwindled considerably each year. I wish I could wax poetic about something profound to end the year, but I have nothing. Looks like it's just going to be a weekend recap!

Yesterday, I took the kids to the zoo. Ellie immediately asked if there were elevators at the zoo. When I responded in the negative, she became much more excited about the trip. Tom had to stay home to wait for our new TV to be delivered (a new TV! After 10 years of the same old one, we finally got a fancy, flat screen thanks to some generous Christmas monies from our parents). We met up with Daniel and Sabrina and some friends and spent a good 4 hours checking out the animals. The kids had fun imitating the animals they saw.

Their favorite was petting the goats at the Children's Zoo. There weren't many goats in the enclosure this year. Seems like they used to have a lot more goats along with an assortment of other animals. Oh well, the kids didn't notice as they happily brushed every goat they could find. After the zoo, we went over to Tara's house to celebrate my mother-in-law's birthday. Usually, Ellie insists on helping blow out the candles, but this year she had company. All in all, it was a fun night.

Aside from the little sparkler incident, we ended the year on a high note. 2011 has been good to us. Here's to an even better 2012!