Polar Bears

The Friday before school got out, Avery was going on a field trip and Aidan was having pajama day at school.  I thought Lucy and I could have a little fun for ourselves, so I put her in the stroller and ran uphill to the zoo where the new polar bear exhibit was opening that day.  I thought we could get there right at 9 when it opened, beat the crowds, and run home to get Aidan off of the bus at 10:55.  Once we got up there, we found out that the exhibit didn't open until 10 when they would be holding a ribbon cutting ceremony.  Lucy was adamant that she was going to see the polar bear "today", so we visited all the other animals before waiting in the hot sun for another 40 minutes for the ceremony to start.  When the ceremony started (5 minutes late of course), a bunch of speakers, including the mayor, talked for forever.  By the time we finally got into the exhibit, it was 10:25.  We spent 20 minutes quickly seeing everything - it was pretty awesome and that is coming from someone who doesn't like the zoo.  I looked at my clock at it was 10:45.  We were at the bottom of the zoo, so I buckled Lucy in the stroller and started running.  I don't think I have ever run that fast, but we arrived home just minutes after Aidan got off the bus -- he was still walking down the sidewalk to our house.  Not the in and out visit we had planned, but everything worked out...