After music class on Saturday morning, we went to the barn to see Auntie Anna. "Her" barn was having an open house, so we had to go check it out. We had been talking about seeing Auntie Anna and the horses all week, but unfortunately it was a bit anticlimactic. Ben was terrified of the horses.
This is as close as he wanted to get to the horses, and even here he was giving us a forced smile.
He did find one animal he liked---the kitty!!
We were definitely in the car longer than we were at the barn, and as I could have predicted, the whole way home he was saying "want to ride the horse!" and "want to paint the horse!" (You could put your handprint on a horse…) Maybe next year, buddy! I wish I could say that he took a nice long nap when we got home, but he most definitely did not. Instead, he cried and whined for grandpa to come over for the essentially entire 2 hours he should have been napping. (Oh, and when he wasn't asking for grandpa, he was asking where daddy went--over and over and over.) Thankfully, grandpa came to the rescue and I was able to go out to a night of painting for my mom's birthday. She wanted a night out with her kids so that is what she got. :)
We all made hearts for her to add to her painting collection at home. Ta-da!
Although the first time I did one of these painting things, it totally stressed me out, it is actually quite fun! Happy birthday (again) to my super mom/nana! We love you SO much!! Andy came home on Saturday evening, so all was right again in Ben's world. We went to brunch on Sunday morning with some friends and we finally met their (not so) little guy after almost a year! Ben loved meeting a new friend, as he always does.
Even though it was a rainy morning, we decided to stick to our plan of going to the zoo. Ben had been talking about the zoo all weekend, so we thought we better follow through. It ended up being the perfect day for a trip to the zoo. Perfectly crisp fall air and minimal crowds---just the way I like it! Since there wasn't even a line, we hit up the train first.
Andy and Ben were so excited to show each other things that they saw along the way. :)
It is essentially a zoo trip requirement to feed the goats at some point, especially since they probably won't be out that much longer. Ben is a little more afraid of the goats than he used to be, but he loved it nonetheless.
I love how annoyed this goat looks that I am taking its picture.
I'm not quite sure why I look the size of an elephant in this picture, but it must be the angle. Haha! I was a little concerned that I was actually carrying an elephant, but I went to the doctor today who confirmed that I am measuring right on track. Phew!
All of our zoo pictures are essentially of the same thing, just a different day, but it is fun to see how Ben has grown! He loves the zoo more and more every time we go. He wanted to give the baby monkey an unsolicited hug and kiss this time around. He loves babies, regardless of species. Hoping he likes his human baby in a few months!
He had to hold hands with the monkey as well.
We powered through our trip to the zoo because Andy had to get home to study and I wanted to clean. I feel like I just tackled my closet not that long ago, but I purged my closet and again got rid of over 125 items! It felt so good! I'm really trying to de-clutter my life before baby boy #2 arrives! We have so much stuff in our cozy little casa! We are definitely keeping that red-headed football lover though!
Yet another weekend gone too quickly. Looking forward to the next one! Happy Tuesday, friends!
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