An exciting Easter weekend!

Craig was going to the temple with the youth on Easter Weekend, so we decided to make it a fun getaway, so on Friday we took Lucas to the D.C. Zoo!  Lucas is obsessed with animals!  It was a pretty nice day, slightly windy at times, but very pleasant.  Unfortunately, everyone else thought it would be a great day to go to the zoo, too.  It was complete chaos trying to park, Craig ended up dropping us off at a random street corner and heading to the metro station to park.  Lucas and I were on our own for awhile and I have to admit that it is slightly intimidating to be on your own with a child in a very, very busy area!  We conquered our fears made it to the zoo, and Craig found parking, so all's well that ends well.

Lucas was so excited he loved the zoo!!!  He went from animal to animal, wanting to see more and more! He loved the birds and reptiles!  As previously mentioned it was pretty busy at the zoo, but fortunately Craig's height came into play and Lucas was able to see everything!  For example the Gorilla area was very busy and it was difficult to see anything, until Craig put Lucas on his shoulders and then Lucas was able to see every Gorilla, as other children on their father's shoulders struggled to see.  There was lots to see and Lucas saw pretty much all of it.  We had a difficult time convincing him to leave!  The zoo was a success, Lucas still talks about our trip to the zoo and the different animals we saw!

Friday night we went to Cafe Rio, yes, you heard right we had dinner at Cafe Rio!  There is now one in the D.C. area, and it was wonderful!  It didn't have quite the same feel as one in Utah, but the food was still excellent!  You could easily pick out all of the LDS families, which pretty much made up most of the people at the place!  Best of all, Lucas loved it!!!  Not really surprising since Lucas loves Mexican food!

Saturday we attended the temple, Lucas and I wandered the temple grounds while Craig went with the youth.  It was a pretty nice day!  I wanted the temple to be a special experience for Lucas considering it was Easter weekend.  We had a special Easter Egg hunt, centering around Christ's Curification and Resurrection and the days lead of to these important events.  Lucas thought this was fun and loved picking up the egg, that I would try to discreetly drop with him right behind me.  He still found it exciting, even though he was totally watching me drop the eggs!  It was a pleasant experience and I could not have imagine a better place to be at on Easter weekend!

Before we headed home to decided to drive downtown and see the cherry blossoms since it was that time of year!  After sitting in traffic for an hour we finally arrived, but much to our dismay there were no cherry blossoms in bloom, it was disappointing, lots of people and festivities going on to celebrate the event, but yet no blossoms.  Apparently the warm weather had made them come and go earlier than normal.