Boo at the Zoo surprise

We wanted to do something fun as a family and decided to go to the Zoo.  Daddy had not seen the new baby elephant yet. When we arrived we realized it was the annual Boo at the Zoo.  It was packed and all the kids were in their costumes.  Noah was very disappointed he did not have his Black Spiderman costume with him.    As we walked in one of our local radio stations was handing out bags.  They were playing Thriller and to the embarrassment of my husband I started doing the dance.  The DJ's started doing it with me.  It was pretty awesome.

They also have a new baby Columbus monkey that is pure white and her mother holds her close to her black fur.  It was really cute.  Noah and I witnessed two spider monkeys wrestling in the trees.  They were really pounding each other.  Noah talked about it the rest of the time there.

Daddy did get to see baby Zuri,  the cutest baby elephant ever.  I begged him for a pet baby elephant but he stood his ground.  He was duly impressed with the baby.  I think all three of us would have had conniptions if he did not love her as we do.

We saw the cougars which Noah got a huge kick out of.  The penguins which I love and all along the way we got to Trick or treat.  I was really super dooper fun as Noah says.

We ate lunch up by the tigers.  We had yummy ham and cheese sandwiches, grapes, carrots, juice and yummy cookies for dessert.  That is when it started to rain.

Noah said he was tired and Sofia was rubbing her eyes.  So we made our way back to the car.  When we arrived their was Santa Claus greeting us at the door.  It was a bit of a let down that he was gone now.  Noah said it was a good reminder of fun things to come.

We had a lovely time.  We spent the rest of the afternoon, cleaning, napping and just hangin out together.
I made Wassil and oatmeal cranberry white chocolate chunk cookies.  Which ended the day just splendidly.

The Great Baby Pumpkin 2009

We went on the search for the "Great Baby Pumpkin" tonight.  The kids excitement was palpable as we drove in the car to find him at the pumpkin patch.  This search has now become an October tradition.  We need to save a "baby pumpkin"  from the bad guys at the pumpkin patch.  The "baby" called us on the way there to tell us what pumpkin patch he was at.  Bad guys chased us to try to stop us from arriving.  Luckily Daddy and Noah had armed our car with some heavy artillary just in case of an event such as this.  I am glad I have these men to keep me safe.

A rainbow came up just after we arrived it was a sign showing us we had the right place to find the Greatest baby pumpkin ever.

 We found Sofia's first,  hers has a long stem that curls a bit.  And just the perfect size for her.

Noah checked in all the nooks and crannies of the patch looking and searching for the pumpkin that needed him the most.  He found it in just enough time.  That is before the bad guys found him.

We found the family pumpkin and an extra one that was just so pretty that mommy just could not leave it there.

There were so many beautiful fun things to do everywhere you turned around.  The kids were giddy with all the fall colors, pumpkins and smells.  It was wonderful walking in the cool air with a hint of water.

They had a maze that you got to walk through a castle first to go into to find your way out.  They had air blowing in the doorway.  Sofia and Noah did NOT like that and did not want to go through but we finally convinced them  it would be fun.

Once inside it was all laughter and smiles, chasing and fun.  Noah was on a mission or quest and he kept telling us where the blocks were and telling us on our pretend walkie talkies where to go.  It was quite delightful.

Out of the maze you arrived at a Pirate Ship.  Noah decided that him and Sofia were really pirates and they could go on the ship without walking the plank. I took tons of pictures but I don't want to post way to many.  This was  a pretty cool ship just for a halloween decoration.

Noah became the "Captain"  he steared the ship.  Sofia was his first mate.  He even discovered the dungeon and put two unsuspecting kids into it.   He fired the cannons and talked and yelled just like a pirate would.

For beauty I am posting this photo of the pansies can you believe the colors.  They delight the eyes and the senses.
That is what the evening was,  Just delightful and what a fun way to spend time with the family.  In a later post I will show you our "Family" of pumpkins.  I love this tradition.  Now should we paint or carve them.  Hmmm.  so much fun and so little time.

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I've Got Soul or are we Dancers

The Killers

Last night I was lucky enough to go to THE KILLERS
Many moons ago,  my sister in law Verity invited me to go and I was so stoked.
It was pretty amazing.
There music is so upbeat and fun.
The entire concert I could not get out of my mind
"That some people are just born to rock and roll"
The did have a slight technical difficulty
so they had to pause for about 5 min.
But it did not distract from the experience.
Brandon Flowers was amazing, jumping around the stage
You could tell he just loved what he was doing.
Dave Kuening the guitarist, the one with the curly mop
I apparently get rock and roll crushes easily
and Dave has amazing arms and Brandon is really hot on stage.
I loved the songs,  Human, Spaceman, You've Got Soul and Bones
It was pretty incredible and I am really glad I got to go

Just for laughs

Utah State Fair 2007

Last night was the first night of the Utah State Fair and as such admission was only $2 a person. So we gathered in the car with Uncle Nik and Aunt Lena and we were off to the Fair. I love the Fair. It is so much fun. There are so many interesting people to see and fun booths and food. We went last year and I hope to make it a tradition.

Noah was so excited to see the animals. As of last year his favorites were still the goats. They are really friendly animals and very soft to pet. He and Kersten were connected the whole night exploring all the fun things to see. That is why their are no pics of me. I loved seeing the wonder on Noah's face. He also got to see a sheep being sheared and baby pigs.

They had some adorable miniature cows. Noah kept saying "Ahh, cute" He could not get enough

As a reward for not whining and being a major pain, when we arrived at the Fair. Noah was really grouchy and whiny. So we told him if he made good choices that he could ride the ponies. From then on he was happy and did not throw fits the entire night. He loved riding his horse. He actually had really good posture

I love the kid farm area they have. You go and do activities to earn money to buy a treat at the end. He got to plant a seed and harvest a carrot. Deliver the hay to the animals (he is doing that in the pic), brush a sheep for wool, feed the cows grain and he earned a dollar and bought a carton of vanilla milk. He was very proud of himself for earning the money himself.

Nik and Noah went down this huge, giant, wavy slide. It looked like fantastic fun, The pic I took of them going down, did not turn out. Lena got a better one, I am hoping she posts it on her blog. At the bottom, you could tell Noah was not sure how to feel but when Nik started saying how cool it was and getting excited that it was so fun. Noah started jumping up and down and saying "Yeah" with his fists in the air.

Overall, it was a fun filled night. We arrived home tired but happy. Noah said he liked the fair. He could not decide what his favorite part was.