LOST!

My camera :( Last time I remember having it I was taking a little video of Keaton dancing. I was sitting on the couch, but don't know what I did with it....went to the zoo, went to the dinosaur museum, went to a halloween carnival...no camera. Hope I can find it before this weekend.

FALL FUN!

We have been enjoying the cool weather and starting to get into the Halloween season. Here are a few fun things we've done.

First we made a little sign Keaton helped glue the papers together then he did all the stamping and stickering himself. (kept him busy for maybe 20 minutes of conference Sunday) We decided to hang it on the bedroom door.

Well that didn't take long enough so we went on to his pumpkin. He was very proud of its face and super excited to put in on the table and spread the leaves.

Then the next day for FHE treats we made orange jello that we cut into small cubes and put inside these cute little jack-o-lantern oranges. Mine aren't as cute as the picture I saw on the Internet but you get the idea. We made 5 and Keaton told me each time what the shape for the eyes and nose should be and if it was sad, happy or scary. He loved passing these out to everyone that night.

My next project... I need to scrapbook the last two years of Halloween before this one comes!!!!

Official Members

I recently took Keaton to the zoo. It was only his 2nd time and once again he loved it. It was $25 for both of us to go. No train ride, no stingray bay etc. Last year I got this zoo membership coupon. $108 for two adults and up to 4 kids...I decided to go for it but the new coupon won't be out until late October. So I just paid for the day and decided to wait. When I was leaving they told me I saw a sign that said I could apply that days admission toward the membership. So that's what we did. I now have an adult pass for myself and for "guest" plus four children. Do people actually say they only have 1 child? Anyway we had lots of fun and now that the weather is getting nicer maybe we'll make a few more visits.


Just for comparison, this was Keaton last October at the zoo, a little shorter and a little more baby face.

Then this year, last week of September. He has actually grown quite a bit and lost some roundness to his face, although he still has chubby cheeks.

The reptiles and amphibians were one of this favorite things.

He was actually a little scared with this Javelina (Collared Peccary) started walking toward him, it was hard to get this pic.

We watched a lion tear apart a box with some sort of bird inside that he and the female later shared. After that he definitely wanted to be the lion on the Carousel later that morning.

When it was time for a break we decided to go into the monkey village before we had food etc. It is pretty fun to watch those things scurry around. The man was telling us all about how the Alpha Male recently got out and he's always trying to escape because he gets picked on. The zoo had taken out the previous Alpha because he was getting old. None of the females like the new one because he didn't "prove himself" to get his position. Apparently he has still fathered many children but the women gang up and beat him frequently.

This is not him, he was in "time out" because of his recent attempts to run.

The slash pad is really conveniently placed half way around the long walk. This is where we took our break, there is a nice place to get food and sit by the lake.

Bye animals, see you soon! Maybe even over fall break!