Snapshots of our week

Fun at COSI!

Pajama time, eating pop-tarts with Daddy:

Playing at the park:

Harvest Festival

Saturday afternoon we went to a harvest festival at The Homestead park for a couple of hours. The weather was sunny and beautiful, it actually felt like summer. Wesley got to ride a pony named "Chocolate Chip". He was really excited about it!


Then Wesley got to pick out his very own pumpkin. He liked walking around and picking up all the pumpkins, they were just his size.

He even got to sit in a real firetruck and pretend he was driving. But of course he was too busy to look at me for a picture. :)



We all enjoyed our fun fall day!

Having fun at Emil's house.

We went to Jeremy and Aurelia's for a cookout, and the boys had fun playing together. Emil was really good at driving his little car, but Wesley wore his seatbelt just in case. :)

Happy Birthday to me!

My birthday was on Wednesday, and my dear David made it an extra special day...
The morning started early with a surprise breakfast in bed, which was a caramel machiatto from Starbucks (my favorite) and some yummy pastries. Mmmm, what a way to wake up!
Then a beautiful bouquet was delivered in the middle of the day, which made me feel very loved.
We went to the Cheesecake factory for dinner, which was delicious, and the service and atmosphere were great too. David did a great job keeping Wesley entertained while we waited for our food. Reading books a little, and playing with cars a lot, even building a cool ramp with the menu...

Me and my Oreo cheesecake. So good!As you can see Wesley enjoyed the cheesecake too. :)

Thank you David for my extra special birthday!!!

Day at the Zoo!

We went to the zoo a couple of weeks ago with our friends Aurelia, Emil, and baby Remy, and we had some of the best viewings. All of the animals were awake and moving around, even the koala which sleeps 23 hours a day, and I don't think I've ever seen it awake before. There was a porcupine in the same area as the koala, and whenever I talk about the koala Wesley says "porcupine walking in the leaves." We got to see the kangaroos jumping around, which also are usually sleeping, and Wesley thought that was a lot of fun. We also went on a little boat ride, which we've never done before, and a train ride. You can see the pictures of all of us on the train. Our other exciting sighting, was that we saw Jack Hannah! He and his family sat right in front of us on the train. I got a pretty good picture of him, and it just looked like I was taking a picture of Aurelia. :) Aurelia and I were very excited about seeing him, but of course the boys didn't care. They loved seeing all of the animals, and had fun climbing on the animal sculptures too. Oh yes, and petting the goats "very gently" in the petting zoo area. I kept telling Wesley to pet them very gently, so now whenever we talk about it he has to add "very gently." And he did a very good job of being gentle with them, even though he kept trying to ride them. :) It was a very exciting and fun day at the zoo!

Newport Aquarium

A few weeks ago Wesley and I met "Ma" (my mom) at Newport Aquarium, in Cincinnati. I would highly recommend it. We all had a great time! It was really fun for Wesley, and it was also really interesting for adults. Wesley still talks about it, and everything that he saw there. He says he doesn't like the sharks, but he liked the turtles, and penguins. We even got to touch a horseshoe crab, although Wesley really just wanted to touch the water.