Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

We have a fabulous zoo only 20 minutes away from here and we had no idea.  The truth is people continued to tell us how amazing this zoo was, but being from Seattle where Woodland Park Zoo is, we just didn't believe them.  The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is huge and truly is amazing.  In June we bought season passes and have been there twice.  We will definitely get our money's worth at the zoo!

 

 

 

 

 

Camel Rides! 

 

 

 

 

Big Party

In May, Gram and Gramps flew out to Michigan to visit Steven and Heather and we all made a fun week of it!  We spend a few days in Ohio and a few days in Michigan.  It was our first time seeing Heather and Steven's house - it is beautiful and in a great neighborhood!  Here are a ton of fun pics from that week.

 

 

 

 

Snow cones and a "just because" party!

 

 

 

Smores and Brownies!!

 

 

I love that Tom had to give this a try!

 

 

 

Adult dinner out at Great Lakes Brewery

 

Tea Party!

 

Avery got the hang of walking behind things this trip - it was pretty fun to watch!

 

MICHIGAN!!!!!

 

Sprinkler fun!

 

 

 

 

 

Awesome campus and stadium! 

 

 

Walks, treasure hunts, and maps!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picnic Lunch!!

 

WE LOVE MICHIGAN!!

 

 

 

 

Library

One of the first stops for us after our vacation was the library.  This summer the library participated in a reading program and we needed to turn in all of our forms.  We calculated that in the 6 weeks we were gone, Kiara averaged 30 minutes a day reading.  Kiara did the math and found that she read 21 hours (at least) on our vacation.  Crazy!! 

 

Potty Training

I did it!!!!

 

This is definitely not one of Tom and my favorite parenting activities but this little girl finds a way to make anything enjoyable :)!!!!