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Today we went to the Bronx Zoo and had a great time visiting all the animals. The boys really enjoy the zoo, and the Bronx is top notch. Its so big that we never do everything when we visit. We’ve been 3 times now and still haven’t seen a couple of the exhibits.

This was our first time ever going on a weekend. Crowded. Understatement. It’ll probably be the last time we go on a weekend. It was still a beautiful day and lot of fun, crowd and all.

Well, St Patty’s Day is finally upon us and in hopes of finding a pot of gold, we have come short! The boys wanted to dress in the funny hats and necklaces but weren’t too keen on taking pictures. It was a nice sunny, warm day so all they wanted to do was play. “No time for pictures, Mom!” Happy St. Patrick’s Day to everyone….and a special Happy “Fitzpatrick” Day to Megan!!

As you can tell from the pictures, we just got back from our trip to Arctic. We stayed a few nights in the igloo, and had a number of up close encounters with the Beluga whales.

Okay, not true…actually its just the aquarium and kid’s museum. But it has been really cold and seems like the Arctic.

Jack was reading Eric Carle’s classic to Jude and we were able to catch it on video. I suppose “catch it” is an overstatement, with affinity for the camera, he’d gladly give us 3 or 4 takes, if necessary… but getting Jude to attentively listen would likely only happen once.  

Yesterday was Jack’s Neverland themed birthday party. He has been counting down the days to his birthday and his party all month. We made a paper chain so he could tear off a ring each day, which helped quell the incessant “When is my birthday?” questions a bit. But his adrenaline cup flowed over yesterday morning when he woke up at about 5:30 ready for the party to begin. The questions of “How long until my friends come over?” started then and continued about every 2 minutes until people showed up (thankfully, at the relatively early hour of 10:30). Needless to say, he was amped- before the cake and pixie sticks.

The house was overrun with pirates, fairies, and lost boys. It was fun. All the kids went on a treasure hunt to find Hook’s gold (which was located at Skull Rock). The pirate ship cake was huge- I’m guessing it would feed about 30. I’m not sure how we’re going to finish off all the leftovers.

Anyway, it was fun, and we wish everyone could have been here.