Presidents Day

Lucy had no daycare yesterday, since it was President's Day. It was not a holiday for me or Husband, but I took the day off to spend with our little one.

We started our day by sleeping in and snuggling, can't beat that! Around 9:00 or so we left the house and headed to Choo Choo Bob's Train Store in St. Paul. I had heard about this place but we hadn't been there yet. It is a store of course, but it also has a few model trains set up, as well as several train tables and a play area in the back. Lucy had fun playing with Thomas and his friends.

After that, we headed to Target to do a little shopping and then ate lunch in the cafe. We had to fuel up for our next stop, Como Zoo! This is one of our favorite spots.  Most of the outdoor animals were inside for the winter, but they have several buildings where you can view the animals inside or through a window - aquatic animals, monkeys, big cats, and Lucy's favorite - polar bears. They weren't very active when we were there, but the special treat was that a female and male lion were both inside and easy to see close-up.

Walking between the buildings was no big deal because it was 40 degrees and sunny on this February day! It also wore Lucy out, and she fell asleep on the way home and then continued with nice nap in her own bed, which gave me some time to do a couple of things around the house. Lucy was really, really good all day and we both had a lot of fun. I could handle starting each week like this!