The Park, The Zoo, & a FLAT TIRE!!!!!!

Lets just say that "2 Buck Tuesday" at the Zoo for me is cursed! I really should have known better considering I have tried this before. Foolish me thought that this time would be different though. The first time our Mommy and Me group did the infamous "2 buck Tuesday" it was so busy we had to get shuttled from a far away church. So there we are all with two kids, double sized strollers, a diaper bags, lunch bags and a camera bags. We were all expected to haul all of this onto a regular yellow school bus quickly and easily all at once. Yeah Right! So we did and it was frustrating and very stressful and swore to each other we would never ever do it again. So when Lindsey had it on the play group list I hardly even gave it a thought other the "Lindsey what were you thinking putting that on there, there is NO way I am going!" But then the night before I got to thinking that school was in and there couldn't be that many people and the kids would just love to go. So I thought we would give it one more try. So there it was a beautiful Tuesday and I even was way ahead of schedule leaving the house at 10am not the scheduled 10:30am. Then I arrived at the Zoo where it was starting to get crazy the parking lot was full and they started to point people in the direction of the church. Not knowing what to do and knowing that Lindsey was on her way I called her. That's when we decided the park down the street was a good back up plan. The kids had a fun time playing and a wonderful lunch, Thanks Lindsey! When we were all done with the park and headed home (which you have to drive past the Zoo parking lot to get back to the freeway) I had the brilliant (NOT) idea to see if we could find a spot. Which we did so we went to the ZOO. Here it is nap time and we are just showing up at the ZOO. However I do have to say we had a wonderful time at the Zoo the kids had a great time and were really good considering they were missing their naps. So here are pictures of the kids at the Zoo.

Joshua rubbing his sleepy eyes.

THE TRAIN

I only took the little stroller thinking that the kids wouldn't want to sit. Boy was I wrong. Ethan's a stroller hog which was fine with Joshua. Well, until Joshua was just so tired he wanted me to pack him, which I did for awhile. However have any of you ever pushed a stroller one handed? They do not go straight, it's very annoying. Then this particular Zoo has a huge hill you have to get up before you can exit. So there I was holding Joshua in one arm pushing Ethan with the other up a huge hill. That's when I was desperate and grabbing at straws so I asked Ethan if Joshua could sit in his lap and to my surprise he said yes. Yeah it was fabulous and look at how cute they are.

Okay so is the suspense killing you yet are you wondering about the flat tire? Well here it is. Once we were done with the Zoo we came out to the car and to my horror the first thing I see is a FLAT TIRE! Ugh! I stared at it for ever hoping I was just seeing things but nope there it was a very flat front drivers side tire. So what do I do well first thought is to tow it but that costs money, then most or all tow trucks aren't big enough for me and two car seats. Then I think call Will maybe he can come help. So I call and call and call but of course he is not answering. He is at an off site shift where he doesn't keep his phone on him. So then I call my friend Amy just to vent a second before I proceed to change a tire. She helped a ton by calling her husband who called and got a hold of Will. THANKS Amy and John it was such a stress relief just to know that Will knew that I was stuck at the Zoo. So after I talked to Amy I started to change the tire. I had to get the crow bar out from under the seat back seats which is under the kids car seats. Ugh, so I took Joshua's car seat out and nope I was wrong it was under Ethan's side. I then got the spare tire down and rolled over by the back tire. Then I start to Jack up the car, this is all the while I see middle aged men getting in to their cars driving away. Yes they saw me I know they did!!! So there I am mumbling under my breath while I am jacking up the car when this couple finally ask me if I need help. FINALLY!!! So thank you Aaron and Carrie for stopping and helping me. There is no way I could have done that by myself, first off I don't think I would have been strong enough to get the lug nuts off and second my kids needed to be taking care of. And one last gripe, why do they put jacks in your car that are not tall enough to jack up your car! Luckily I had pulled up over a side walk in front of the car. We ended up jacking the car up using the front frame. Thanks again to these nice strangers!