Willow Park Zoo and Date Night with Manda

Had a fun day off with the all the kids. We went to the Willow Park and Zoo which was small but very fun. They had a scary aggressive peacock that jumped right up on top of the four foot fence when Amanda played back the call it made when we got close to the baby peacock. She recorded it on her iphone and when she played it back, it got all nervous and started looking around for another bird. The zookeeper said that the peacock occasionally flies out of the pen, but he has never seen it attack anyone before. It was a beautiful day at the park afterwards and as usual, Maci had a new friend that she was exchanging phone numbers with. We came home after playing for a bit and made lunch and then I went to do laundry at the laundromat and take Sierra to get an eye examination for contact lenses while the others stayed here to nap and watch a movie from the library.

Sierra did such a good job putting in and taking out contact lenses that it seemed like she had done it before when really this was her first time. We had potato soup and Red Lobster biscuits for dinner and then Amanda and I went on a date. We walked around the historic district on 100 North and Main St. It has a bunch of old homes that have been converted into cute little salons, coffee houses, diners and little boutique type places. There is a bicycle shop that I need to take my bike to to get the flats fixed so I can ride with the kiddos. I think I'll do that in the morning. After walking around, we went to a little restaurant called Angie's and got a hot fudge brownie sundae that seriously could have fed all of us for $6. Amanda and I barely made a dent in the thing. We had a good talk about marriage and important stuff that young adults talk about. Amanda is a fun girl to hang out with and I'm glad she is here. She will be staying in Utah about 3 more weeks before heading back to New York for her new nanny job that will only be 5 minutes away from Wadi. She really loves him and is excited to get back to him. They haven't been together since May 28th so it will have been almost 2 months by the time they get to see each other again.
Tomorrow's practice schedule is from 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm, which is such a bummer because the firework show is at 9:30 or ten ish. I'm hoping that the director will let all of the little boys go early to see the fireworks but I guess that will depend on how well they're doing. Either way, Amanda or I will go with the other kids to see the display while the other one waits for Jace.