The VanValkenburgs: Easter Egg Hunt at the Zoo!

On average, I think I'm more annoyed with this Blogger site than it's worth but I still come back for more. Hopefully everyone else finds my headache worth it too. I read a post by a fellow blogger a few days ago about not being able to post pictures in order, it has always been an annoying task for me but I've done it (they don't post in the order that you download). Anyway, now it's not letting me move the pictures around at all. That said, please scroll down until you get to the BEGINNING of our day with the mountain goat! Then you can come back up for the rest of the pictures. So annoying!

We raced to get onto the train in time. It was so fun so see Megan's face as it started to go and watch her wave at all of the people walking by. Her little happy face is the best in the world.

Sorry, my face is not made for the "self portrait".

She's a pretty cute girl. She was so excited for the train to start.

Polar Bears! It made me sad to see the one bear doing this over and over again. Does that mean he's sad?

Stop here for more bunny pictures! She wanted to show the bunny her Easter loot. She was so proud!! She kept saying, "Bunny! See! See!"

Hunting for treats!

StArT HeRe!

Yesterday was a rough day for Megan and me. The interesting thing is, I only saw her for about an hour and a half. I picked her up from being with Tami over night and then had to go to work. Whenever she comes home from a fun filled event like that, she brings major attitude. Before long both of us were crying. And at only 2 years old, she recognizes when I'm sad and she cries for me. While I was having my meltdown, I was actually thinking, if I knew it would be this hard, would I do it all over again? Not for a minute would I change our lives now but wow, it is way harder than I ever imagined. Then I thought, if it's hard now, will it get easier? Then I remembered myself as a teenager and realized that we are REALLY going to be in for it. For a REALLY long time.

I was really looking for a way to redeem myself with Megan today and so as Plan B, we were headed to the Portland Farmers Market for some outdoor time. I love those markets and can't wait each year for the Hillsboro market to open. I was also looking for an Easter Egg Hunt and saw that the zoo was having lots of them today. I didn't think there would be a chance for us to get there without a backup on Hwy. 26 so I didn't tell Megan that was my Plan A, just in case it fell through. Well, there was no backup and I was able to find a parking space pretty quickly even though it was packed. As soon as we got to the parking lot Megan said, "ZOO?? Yeah!!!!" She knows that place just from the parking lot and she also knows that if she looks on the other side, she will see the Bob the Builder banner at the Children's Museum. So that is the introduction to our very fun filled and well behaved day!