Day in the City........and the Zoo (Saturday)

Well, yesterday was our churches annual Day in The City. Non-OKC people may know this better as Community Care, or something along those lines. It is a day when we get out and help anyone who needs help.

This year the kids and I went to the Feed The Children warehouse and helped put together Family food boxes. It was a little scary considering there were three forklifts driving around, but before the morning got started the drivers were made aware of the children and we made a little area so that if they got bored helping they could play around a bit and not wander. Oh what you can do with large pieces of cardboard and boxes. The coordinator for FTC gave the kids a package of crayons and they had fun. They each did their share of helping out. I tried to get a few pictures, but since we were there to be productive I didn't take too many.

Here is how it went: There were two college girls taping boxes that we (the four of us) were to put on a rolling belt where others would place needed items in the boxes. SO, after the girls taped the boxes we put them on the belt. Our job was to make sure that the belt was full at all times. Every child took turns, at one point Jonathan said "Mom, you said this was going to be fun, this is not very fun" so we had the "we are helping others talk" and he seemed to do a little better after that. He and Abbey enjoyed putting the cereal boxes in each box, but the placement of the cereal box in the box seemed to be a little bit of a challenge since neither of them could actually see into the box. Fortunately the others helping were very patient and friendly and enjoyed letting the children help out.

We lasted for about four hours and then left. All three kids were covered in black, Mollie was exhausted from a lack of a morning nap and all three were hungry. So, we ate and then went to the Zoo.
What else do you do after a long morning????

The Zoo was actually a request from Jonathan. Since he is in school he doesn't get to go with us during the day, so it had been a while for him. Little did I know that it would be PACKED. It was the Garden Gala and also Zoo Character Day. We did manage to walk around for a couple hours. When we got home all three kids fell asleep and I was wishing that I could too.