The zoo and cute smiles

We have had a lot of fun the last few weeks. We took Ethan and Madeline to the Zoo a couple weeks ago and had a great time. Ethan loved the Zebras, Elephants (including the baby elephant) and giraffes. But his greatest love was the carousel. He chose to ride the Zebra, and that is about all he has talked about since. He is still young enough that just looking at animals through glass isn't as exciting as he anticipates. At nearly every exhibit, he would say "I want to go in there!" But they do have the carousel and a fun train ride that he thought were pretty cool.


When we stopped for lunch, this peacock was just wandering around the tables. We weren't sure if he escaped from his cage or what, but that was also pretty exciting.

This has nothing to do with the zoo, but I realized the other day that I must refer to things as being cool quite a bit, because in just the last week, Ethan has started saying "Mommy, come here! I want to show you what's cool!" or "Come see what's cool!" It sounds so funny coming from a two year old.

Here are some pictures we took of Madeline last night as well. She is really becoming a social bug. She smiles and coos back at you when you talk to her. Sometimes she is just sitting in her bouncer chair while I'm cooking or something and I look down and she is just smiling at me. I love it! She will be two months next week. Crazy how time flies.

Happy Halloween

Here is our great trick-or-treating duo. None other than Curious George and the Man with the Yellow Hat. Ethan loved it--as did everyone in our neighborhood.

Our Past Month

We have had so much going on the past month we thought we'd share a few pictures. Mom and Dad Mendes stayed with us for a couple of weeks in October (much to Ethan's delight) so he got tons of undivided attention. It was perfect to ease the transition. Anyway, here are some pictures of what we've been up to.

This is the Living Planet Aquarium that is just about 10 minutes from our house. Ethan loves the tank where you can touch the rays, as well as the jelly fish.





Ethan and Papa feeding the ducks at Wheeler Farm.


While we were at the farm, we had a picnic lunch by the pond. After about 10 minutes the sprinklers came on right under our table. We scrambled to get everyone out of the spray, then 30 seconds later they turned off. We decided it must have been a candid camera stunt or something. We are currently watching for ourselves on TV. It would have been a lot funnier to watch it happen to someone else.




Here is Madeline at 1 month. It's hard to believe she is that old--yet I can hardly imagine not having her either.