Zoo, MOA, pictures, Exhausted!

Friday night we went to Zoo Boo at Como Zoo. Leah did say she had a good time (but that was after we left). She cried at almost all of the adults dressed in costume, and multiple times said that she wanted to go home. She had the most fun when she discovered the lone real animal out that night- a buffalo! She got eye to eye with the buffalo, but she was afraid of people dressed in costume! Go figure. Hopefully, she will outgrow this phase soon (not sure if it can be called a phase since she has always had this fear).

Saturday started with an open house for Joe's niece, Nikki. They have themselves a nice, spacious apartment.

After a visit with Joe's family, we headed to the Mall of America to meet up with some of my family- My mom and dad, Dan, Tiff, Thea, Delila, Aunt Linda, Uncle Steve, Cousin Kris and Nikko! We had a great time with them. The occasion was to celebrate Kris graduating from college- Congrats! The kids enjoyed time at Underwater World, Nickelodoen Uniververse and Lego Land!

This morning we went to get our pictures taken. I always get a little worn out with the process! We were going to carve pumpkins this afternoon, but that has been put on hold as mommy and daddy are exhausted!

October Celebrations

Birthdays

10/5: Cousin Keith
10/17: Shorty (my Father-in-law)
10/23: Cousin Annette
10/26: Cousin Jim
10/30: Christian (Nephew- Joe's side)
10/31: Cousin Dell


Hope your day is/was fabulous!

Apple Jack

My mom, Leah and I went to Apple Jack Orchards today. We had a great time. It was a decent fall Minnesota day (sunny and 50 degrees F). We spent about 3 hours

• visiting the ducks and goats
• playing in the children's maze
• running through the trees (all picked over)
• going through the pumpkin patch (also all picked over)
• going a short distance into the corn maze (about 100 feet)
• playing on the hay bail
• watching the river
• enjoying some apple treats!

We had a very nice day. After the orchard, it was off to swimming, and then we went out to dinner. Needless to say, Leah was exhausted and fell asleep on the way home.

Singing Sensation!

Leah loves to sing. She especially loves to jam to Taylor Swift. Unfortunately, it is difficult to capture her doing this because she never "performs" for the camera. I did get this (notice I am behind her) the other day!

Leah was struggling with holding a microphone and playing her guitar, so Joe built her this microphone stand! Pretty great Dad! He also bought her a new guitar that actually makes noise when she strums it.

Here is some video of her in action. Singing the well known song- ABC's

Where have we been?

Yes, it's been awhile since my last post, but we have been busy!

• Last Tuesday, Leah and I joined Tiffanie, Thea and Delila at Pump It Up
• Last Friday my Aunt Susan and Uncle Joel were here from Georgia for a short visit. It was so nice to see them.
• Friday night, Joe and I went to see Rascal Flatts with opening act Taylor Swift with our friends Rick and Jaclyn. Had a great time- maybe too good.
• Leah got to spend Friday night with Nonna and Grandpa (with visitors Aunt Susan, Uncle Joel, Aunt Tiffanie, Uncle Dan, Cousins Thea and Delila, Aunt Linda, and Uncle Steve). Leah just loves being around her cousins especially Delila- she just hovers over Delila (who is 5 months).
• Leah got to spend Sat. night with Grandma Mary. Mary stopped by Saturday morning, and asked to take Leah for the day. What a lucky girl!
• I was able to get together with some friends from PT school on Sunday for an early dinner. So fun to catch up with the girls!
• Today we are cleaning up the house, it feels a bit neglected!

I finally added some more photos to My Photos. Go check them out!

Weekends go to fast!

We had a fun weekend. Our friends, Gunnar and Mary came to visit. We all attended a couples baby shower for our friends Kyle and Lisa who are expecting a baby boy in November.

Leah got to spend the weekend with my parents up at the cabin. It sounds like she had a great time. She especially loved playing in the leaves. I hope my mom got some good pictures of that because we have NO leaves in our yard (probably because we have only a few trees that are all evergreens)!


Joe built this fabulous display for his dept. 56 Halloween collection. He set it up so that it is all connected to one light switch. Leah loves it. She wakes up and has to turn it on, she gets home and has to turn it one, and, well, you get the picture!