Halloween at the Zoo

Lisa & Jessica joined the boys and I for the Halloween "party" at the zoo. This is the first time the boys and I have gone to this, and I'm certainly glad I didn't try to take them by myself!!

Here's Jessica (as an Indian girl) in front of Bumpkin. I tried to get Glenn to stand with Jessica, but Bumpkin was talking to everyone, and Glenn was having none of that.

Sean is gesturing at his costume. I think. Or not. Maybe it was the pumpkins. Or just asking me what the heck I was taking a picture of. We may never know.
I know what he's pointing at, here. He was nuts about all the pumpkins.
Sean wore his costume for about 2 minutes.
I have no idea what he's doing here, but it's cute!
Glenn's tired of waiting to get moving (Lisa & Jessica were making a potty stop) and Sean was getting tired of the costume.
Let the trick-or-treating begin!
Sean stopped to point out every pumpkin for about the first 5 minutes. I was glad when he moved on to something else.


At one point, I turned around and Sean had vanished - into the hay maze. Glenn & Jessica weren't too far behind (you can just see Sean's head, in the back row)



He really wanted to get a closer visit with the ducks
Glenn would wear this costume, mask & all, 24/7 if I'd let him.
Had to stop again to chat with the ducks.
Lisa & Jessica
Jessica was more than willing to stop & have her picture taken with all of the characters - Glenn, not a one.
The non-living characters were fine & dandy, tho.

Dinosaurs!!

We stopped to eat at the dinosaur area, so the second half of our trek was in the dark.

I think that Jessica was more than a little disappointed to find that all of the sweets in the candy land area were made of either plastic or wood.
Jungle Book
A rare shot of Glenn walking around without his mask
Snakes!
Glenn & Jessica
Sean loves to try to drive.
I had to climb in the van to get him out - another little boy was just about stomping, saying, "Sean! It's my turn! Seaaaaaan!" No idea who he was, but he heard me saying Sean's name & picked up on it.
We discovered that Sean digs Twizzlers
We already knew that Glenn likes to cheese it up for the camera (here, we were waiting for Jessica to get out of the 4-D SpongeBob ride)
Giant Legos!




Last bit of fun was the Carousel. Nicely lit up for the festivities.
Sean's first ride, I believe.


At the end of the night, everybody was still smiling & willing to sit for a picture. That's the sign of a good time!!

Sean's Birthday at St Matthews Park

Today, my sweet boy turned 2!!

We went out to breakfast (which Glenn complained about the whole time we were there), then to have pictures taken (which Sean didn't wish to cooperate for) and then to a great little park in St. Matthews to meet up with friends Jenny, Sadie & Evie.

Glenn
Scott attempting to crawl through the tunnel with the boys. Just look at Sean's face!







In one of the little league ball fields (I think we carried home far more of this dirt than was necessary...)


Glenn's loving Evie again

Sadie & Sean enjoyed climbing around, and altho I was certain he'd be tumbling off at any moment, he never did.
Check out how filthy they got playing in the dirt!




Swing time


I held Evie while I was on a swing, so Jenny could push Sadie, and Evie was loving it!

A very good day!
(Family party pictures to follow)

Fun with Gammie & Gampaw

Today, after church, I took the boys to Bardstown so we could see Gammie and Gampaw.

The boys had an absolutely WONDERFUL time playing with Gammie.
Glenn was trying to get Gammie with the bubbles (I can't remember his exact words, but something was said about bubbles all over her head) while Sean was using Gammie's legs/pants as support while standing on a basketball.


I think Gammie enjoyed herself, too. ;)

(Sean's standing on the ball here - notice the grip he's got on her pants)