Thursday, June 16, 2011

Zoo time!

Tuesday morning me, Crew and Grammy headed for the Akron Zoo.  We were having another gorgeous morning and thought the zoo sounded like a perfect place to visit!  We joined again as members this year because it makes the most fiscal sense!  If we go three times it pays for its self and I know we will go at least two more times!  The older Crew has gotten the more he enjoys the zoo and seeing all of the animals.  He runs right up front and wants to get a close look at every animal!  The Akron Zoo is smaller and doesn't have some of the BIG animals like the Cleveland Zoo (i.e. giraffes and elephants), but it is only a fifteen minute drive and easier to walk around...especially for little kids!  And really great for when everyone else is back to work and it's only me taking Crewsie :)

Grammy helping Crewsie get a better look at the penguins swimming!


Barb and I were trying to get Crewsie to chew like the llamas/alpacas!

The ugliest birds ever...i forget if it was a vulture or a condor?!
Going across the rope bridge...
Sleepy kitty...
One of Crew's favorite...the carousel!  This carousel is truly like a work of art...so pretty!
Crew took two rides...after the first he had a slight meltdown and didn't want to get off!



He finds a new girlfriend EVERYWHERE we go!
At Frontier Town!
Riding the new train at Farmland!  Really cute new area for the kids...new barns, trains, petting zoo, etc.
Learning how to milk a moo cow!
This bear was ADORABLE...I wish I could have captured a better picture to show what he was doing...it was so cute!
And my favorite...the lions!  Doesn't it look like you could go snuggle with them!?!?!
His paws were E-N-O-R-M-O-U-S!!!

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Strawberry Pickin' and Playground Swingin'

Monday morning we met a friend and her Mommy's group at Bauman Orchards to go strawberry picking...it was so much fun!  We had a gorgeous morning...about 65 or 70, sunny and beautiful blue skies!  I could take days like that every day of the year!  Crew and I picked a couple of quarts of ripe little strawberries...now I just need to figure out what to do with them!  Maybe a little homemade strawberry jam...or pie!?!?  Then on our way home we passed a nice little playground and just had to stop and play!  Every time Crewsie sees a playground he yells "Momma!  Gayground!"  Not kidding...gayground, not playgound.



Momma and her little strawberry picker!


Perfect GORGEOUS day!

He wanted to eat one soooo bad!

Crewsie and his friend Jude helping their Mommas pick berries!
Crewsie kept calling these guys llamas, but they were technically alpacas.
Sheep!!!!!!!!!

How many heads can fit through one hole!?  I swore they were going to get one stuck!
Gayground time!



Loves to swing...definitely his favorite!  The slides are a close second.


He loves when I put him on my lap to swing and go really high!  Obviously I can't get a pic of it...maybe next time Daddy is with us.
Sweet, precious little face...I can't get enough of this kiddo.  I can't tell you how lucky I feel to be a stay at home momma...I feel so lucky and spoiled that I get to spend so much time with my little man.  I just COULD NOT imagine having to work and not be with him everyday...it would seriously break my heart!  I think its going to be REALLY HARD for me one day when he goes to school :(  Can you tell I'm already dreading it!  Luckily it's still pretty far away.

Our strawberries! Yum!