Tulsa Weekend

My little goat woman. In El Dorado, Ar there used to be a woman that lived in a box car and had lots of goats. She was called the Goat Woman. THIS was Emily's favorite exhibit at the Tulsa zoo. The goats. Not the wild, exotic animals-the goats. Well, she also like the chimpanzees, but she was most concerned that they were not wearing any clothes. She said,"those silly monkeys are naked!"
Steve took off early on Friday and we headed to Tulsa for a mini vacay. I had saved my latest issue of Southern Living to read on the drive there. The weather was beautiful on Friday. The drive went fine until I halved a cereal bar for Emily and Sarah Kate to share. Emily had an all out fit because she wanted the whole bar. Her crying caused SK to cry and Steve was trying to get us to our hotel in unfamiliar territory. It was not a pretty picture. All I could do was laugh. What else can be done? We made it to the Double Tree and got some incredible, warm cookies. One bite of those and it made the last thirty minutes of screaming fade into a distant memory. We ordered room service and it was really good, but really expensive. We won't be doing that again. SK was really irritable by the time our food came. The lady bringing the food greeted Sarah Kate with "Hello Fussy." Then she said, "I could her that baby all the way down the hall." Soon after we ate, I put SK in the Pack N Play for the night. She cried for one hour!!!!!! We tried pretending we had all gone to sleep but, it didn't work. I was just waiting on a call from the front desk telling us we were disturbing the peace. I felt soooo bad for the people around us and on our hall. We were in that hotel for two nights and would you believe I did not see one living soul while I was there? I don't know if SK had cleared out our floor with the crying or they just were not busy this weekend.

Saturday morning we headed to the zoo and found out it was a free day at the zoo. Apparently, the news was out because all of Oklahoma and the surrounding states were there. I am pretty sure of it. I have never in my life been in such a crowd. It was like walking in the streets of New York city. We still had a great time. I don't think SK got much out of it.

SK got so hot at the zoo. She spent most of the time chewing on her fingers. She didn't care anything about the animals. Bless her heart, she didn't see the animals for all the people. Both girls were sound alseep before we got out of the parking lot.

We ate dinner at Joe's Crab Shack. Ohhhhh it was sooooooooooo wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we stopped at Maggie Moo's. I got brownie batter ice cream with Heath Bar in it. It was GREAT! Here is a weirdness about me: I don't like creamy ice cream. I like it gritty. This was a little to creamy for me, but it tasted good. When I say "gritty" I mean like Chick-Fil-A and homemade ice cream is usually gritty. I know, call me crazy.


Sunday morning, we ate breakfast at McDonalds or "DonDonalds" as Emily says. Have you had their new coffee? Delicious!
We went to the Tulsa Aquarium. It was very interesting. Emily enjoyed it for about ten minutes and SK just enjoyed a two hour stroller ride. I LOVE museums and I love to people watch. Museums are a great place to people watch. I had a great time!

And then.....to top off the weekend I had my best restaurant experience EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We ate at Los Cabos. OH MY GOODNESS GOOD!!!!!!!!! THE BEST CHIPS and SALSA EVER!!!!!!!! I love Chili's, but this topped them. I also love El Canaveral in Cabot, AR, but this beat them. The chips were very thin (transparent) with glistening salt. Ohhhhh heavenly..... and the salsa was very thin and runny and sooooo salty and FLAVORFUL! The atmosphere was so perfect and John Mayer was playing over the speakers. It could not have been any better. Our girls acted good too, I think......I was so into the chips and salsa, but I don't remember them being loud or anything.

I love going on little trips like this and making memories.