Cruise around the bay

This past Monday (the 18th) we got to take a dinner cruise around the bay - compliments of LECOM SGA. It was nice to be able to get away and relax a little, even though the weather wasn't the best. As you can see it was very overcast and it actually started raining while we were out. But we enjoyed our time together.



Aubrey enjoyed watching the big paddles on the boat and being the center of attention - as usual!
She also enjoyed eating lemons and making faces and then trying to feed them to her daddy!

Port Farms

This past Saturday, Aubrey and I went to a place called Port Farms. It is a pumpkin farm that has lots of activities for kids and adults as well. They had their opening day Harvest Festival this past weekend, so we decided to go check it out.

This is Aubrey and Emily (one of her friends from our playgroup) playing in a corn box (instead of a sand box). This was so much fun, even the adults joined in. We also brought some corn home in our pockets accidentally!
They also had other play areas, two big racing slides, a tricycle race track (and big tricycles for the adults), a corn maze, a rope maze, straw fort, hay rides and goats to pet. One of Aubrey's favorite places was Tiny Town - they had homemade buildings set up in an area with a gravel road. Aubrey enjoyed pushing the cars inside the buildings and digging in the dirt!






Here she is, eating her snack (no she's not picking her nose!) - she has some goldfish in her hand and is trying to figure out how to eat them without dropping them!

Dress Up

As you can see Aubrey enjoys putting on mommy's shoes - she's even cuter trying to walk in them!
She thought it was so funny when I tied her sweatshirt around her waist - then she put a roll of tape around her arm and started jabbering like it was a telephone!



She also loves hats and just had to wear Pop Pop's new hat before we sent it to him!

Another day at the zoo

Last week we spent another morning at the zoo. This time Aunt Cindy went with us and took lots of pictures of the animals and Aubrey and me. It was a nice cool day - a lot of kids had gone back to school - so it was not crowded at all and we got to enjoy the animals.

Aubrey made a friend with the goat - when she was waving bye to him - he "bleeted" at her - she thought that was so neat - her eyes got so big!

The lions were taking a "cat nap" - but it was still cool to see them - they are so big!

Aubrey, Cindy and I all got to see a giraffe drinking - I have to say that is something that I have never seen - it was pretty cool to watch it bend down so far to get a drink of water! The Erie zoo also has kangaroos - they can hop across the trail right in front of you - they are very interesting looking creatures.

Erie now only has one polar bear - his brother passed away a couple of weeks ago. He broke his leg and they operated on him - but on the way back from Pittsburgh he died of cardiac arrest. So, this bear has been a little lonely - but this day he enjoyed swimming and playing for the kids.

Aubrey liked watching the meerkats running around their den - I think they reminded of her Tater Tot running around our house!

She also liked the leopard - although she tought he was getting a little to close! And the horse is always a fun one to pet and talk to .

Luau

Some friends of ours had a luau a couple of weeks ago. Of course all of the pictures that I have from it are of the kids - so I hope you enjoy them. This is Dailan and Aubrey "pushing" Jackson in one of Dailan's cars.

Here Dailan is showing Jackson how to honk the horn to get everyone out of his way! Isn't he going to be such a good big brother (his mom is due in December).

Now, Dailan has decided that he wants to "ride" in the car so he walks it all over the yard - it was so cute to watch him do this!

This is Alyssa enjoying some Pina Colada. She couldn't get enough of that stuff!

And here is Aubrey just "chillin" in her luau dress barefoot of course!

Pop Pop's Visit

Pop Pop helped Aunt Cindy drive back to Erie a couple of weeks ago. So, Aubrey got to enjoy some time with him. Even though she was incredibly cranky most of the time, due to teeth, she still got to have fun lounging with Pop Pop in the chair watching one of her Little Einstein videos!

She also enjoyed sitting on his feet while playing her piano! And of course he didn't mind one bit!
Aunt Cindy and Pop Pop helped Aubrey make the mashed potatoes for supper on Friday night. They were so yummy - they did such a good job!

Aubrey enjoyed licking the spoons when she was finished stirring them! She loves mashed potatoes - this time they did not end up in her hair though!

Firehouse

While Pop Pop was here we got to go to the Erie Firehouse #13 with our Parents group. It was so much fun - Aubrey got to see a real Fire Engine and even sit in it. (My batteries died right as she was getting into it, so I don't have a picture of that!)
One of the Lieutenants put on all of their gear for us to see. The kids were so excited when he finally put the fire hat on! He also turned the lights on the truck on - he spared us with the siren - since it is very loud in the garage! How nice of him!
We got our picture taken in front of one of the antique fire engines they keep at this firehouse.

This is part of the group of parents and children that Aubrey and I get to play with usually every week. As you can see there are kids of all ages and it is so neat to see the older ones "play" with or around the younger ones! I think it is a great experience for all of these kids to be around children of all ages as well as kids their own age. We love this group and look forward to all of our get togethers!

Chatty Aubrey

As you can tell Aubrey loves to talk on the phone. Sometimes she actually calls people and chats away with them.
Other times it's her pretend friends that she is talking to.
It doesn't really matter to her if it's her real friends or imaginary friends as long as she gets to talk on the phone!

So if you pick up the phone one day and there is a little voice jabbering away on it, it may be Aubrey calling to chat!