Easton and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day!

The first Saturday of February every year they have free museum day in Sacramento. The zoo is included in this deal so I thought it would be fun to bring the kids. Across from the zoo is fairy tale town (that was free as well) so I thought if we had time after the zoo we would head over there. With the weather being nice (75 degrees) and everything being free, everyone and their mom had the same idea. It was insane! Here are some of the highlights from this zoo trip (I'm being sarcastic by the way)...

• Stuck in traffic for almost an hour just a mile away from the zoo.
• Having to parallel park since there was no other parking available (lets just say that I haven't paralleled parked without help (and that was only once with Nathan) since I took my drivers test over 9 years ago. It was scary but I didn't hit any cars and I got it the second time : )

Yes, I took a pic of my parking.

• Standing in line for about 1/2 hour just to get into the zoo.
• Easton freaking out not once, not twice, but three times because he didn't want to move on until he saw the animal that was hiding away and probably sleeping.
• Worst tantrum in the history of ever for Easton when I tried leaving the snow leopard without him seeing it. Full on screaming bloody murder for at least 10 minutes all the while kicking and hitting me uncontrollably. I put him in a timeout and stood on the other side of the sidewalk so that he couldn't hit or kick me anymore. He was crying and hyperventilating the whole timeout (which lasted at least 5 minutes-not his normal 3) and there were several people who passed by and thought that he was lost.
• Going back to see the snow leopard. Easton took one glance at it and was completely satisfied (can we say little stinker?-I'm sure I had other words running through my mind but we will just stick with stinker).
• Throwing another fit because he wanted to see the red river hog. Luckily we came out of that one relatively easy (compared to the other ones) once I wrestled him into the stroller, handed him a snack, and told him we were going to see the river otters (which back fired on me).
• No river otters so you guessed it...another tantrum. Since I was tired, there was a bench not occupied, and everyone was hungry I figured we could hang out for a while and eat while we waited for the river otters. Thankfully one came out but Easton wouldn't leave until the otter went into the water. I was worried that would never happen but finally it took a quick dip and we were ready to leave the zoo.

I generally love the zoo but after this experience I'm not sure I ever want to go back or at least not for a really long time. I need time to forget about this zoo experience.

Okay and if you thought my day couldn't get any worse, you would be wrong. Here are some more highlights from the rest of the day...

• Going to Costco to grab some roses for my lesson on Sunday turned into Easton throwing a fit because he wanted to watch the movies on the TVs. I had Blair asleep on my shoulder so it was a little difficult to get Easton to move along in the direction I needed him to go. Then Easton wanted a brownie sample. I caved in so that hopefully I could look at roses in peace. Unfortunately the brownie was extremely hot so instead of peace I had an annoying three year old begging, then crying, and then screaming for the brownie. This woke Blair up so she was crying too. I gave up and walked out of the store with a crying one year old and a screaming/crying three year old running behind me. It was embarrassing and I'm sure people were looking at me thinking, "and she's having another one?"
• At home Easton clogs the toliet using a whole roll of toilet paper AGAIN!!!
• Easton along with Blair (they are partners in crime these days) soaked Easton's sheets with water.

Both kids were definitely in bed early that night.

Blair's latest is to take her pajamas off.

Easton's latest is to sleep on the floor. I'm tempted to move his bed into Blair's room since he doesn't seem to use it anymore. I'm guessing he doesn't use it because it gets very crowded in there will all the pillows and blankets he claims he has to have.

Partners in crime. Easton and Blair got into my makeup today right after their bath. Blair got mascara all over her face and Easton put eye shadow all over my floor.