Cousin Time

Auntie Erin, Orson, and Hugo visited Wisconsin at the end of July. 

We had lots of adventures together. 

 Taking the boys for a fun but very slow walk along the lake. 

 Bike rides around our neighborhood in Whitefish Bay. 

 Visiting our children's museum. 

 Jumping on the beds and wrestling. 

 Forts. 

 Slides. 

Tons of fun in the sand. 

 And some naps in the sand. 

 Picnics by the lake. 

 Wiggling on the beach. 

 

Hammocks. 

 Ice cream treats. 

 Fun at the log cabin. 

 Watching the excavator dig the foundation for a new home by Grandma's house. 

 And general cousin cuteness. 

We miss them already!

New Zoo

Calvin and I met Daddy in Chicago a few weeks ago. We checked out Lincoln Park Zoo while Daddy was working. 

 There were lots of neat animals to see. 

 And things to climb on. Some things weren't meant to be climbed on

 and others were specifically for climbing. 

 Follow the little blue hat going up

 up, up!

He also loved to climb on this gorilla statue.

I feel like Calvin's daddy can relate to how this statue was treated. 

 He also liked to climb the fences. 

Calvin loved the Bambi water fountain and was good about not climbing on it. 

Overall, he was very good so I finally let him do the penny souvenir thing. 

 We also got to ride a neat carousel. First time with no safety belt! 

 Then he got to see the real gorillas. 

 "King Kong!" he kept saying. 

 One last fun thing was a ride on this nice little train. 

 And a successful trip to the gift shop (successful in getting him out of there without having to buy anything, that is).

 We took a taxi back to Grandma and Grandpa's house and he went from chatting away to zonked in no time flat. 

Another fun zoo trip!