{"id":20892,"date":"2016-12-18T23:16:48","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T06:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/?p=20892"},"modified":"2016-12-18T23:16:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T06:16:48","slug":"year-6-week-8-day-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/2016\/12\/18\/year-6-week-8-day-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 6 – Week 8 – Day 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am trying to get caught up.. again.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Gramma and I took the boys on an adventure that involved staying in a hotel. The boys love hotels and they were very excited.<\/p>\n

They did not know that we were going to travel through a portal to the north pole!
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We are boarding the “trolley” that will take us through the magic portal.
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This is the “aurora borealis power cell” that allows us to jump over 3000 miles in space
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We were there to see Santa Claus’s workshop. The boys had to help some elves put together teddy bears.
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And they tested some rocket toys
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They visited some toy assembly rooms
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They stopped in Mrs. Claus’s kitchen for cookies and hot chocolate
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They had to attend Elf University and got an honorary Elf certificate
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Brendan was still working on his cookie. He ate the whole thing!
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We visited the sleigh hanger and saw the control room where they monitor the flight.
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Then the boys met Santa and gave him their letters they wrote
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Trevor wasn’t so sure
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We had to go back through the portal to get to our hotel and get some sleep. What a trip!<\/p>\n

Wednesday morning, we went to Out of Africa zoo in Camp Verde, AZ. It starts with a safari bus trip through the animal habitats.
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We were warned not to try to pet or feed the zebras because they like to bite
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But the giraffe wanted snacks. We all had Acacia leaves for him.
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Brendan loved the ostriches because of MERC from Miles from Tomorrowland. He wishes there were real robot ostrich pets.
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We went to see the Tiger Splash show but the tiger wasn’t really feeling like jumping and swimming.
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The boys did get to learn a lot about giant pythons.
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They really enjoyed petting it
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Give them a dirt pile and they are the happiest.
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Gramma had to leave for real this time – just in time to hit some nasty winter weather. We are glad she is home safe.
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She just missed seeing Trevor’s class perform their holiday songs
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