Sheep says Baa

Since I have no idea what Addi did with my camera's SD card that has our pictures from our zoo adventure you will have to settle for a shoet little video from our trip to the zoo. To weeks ago our weekend adventure was to the zoo and the beach. Lie our adventure last weekend we used a library pass to go to the zoo for free. Addi enjoyed it and would wave hi to all the animals. She liked the farm animals the best because she knows all the farm animal sounds.

After the zoo we decided to go to the beach. However, Connecticut does not have public beaches. Online it said it cost $5 for the beach near the zoo so I thought that wasn't bad. Well, it is $5 if you live in Bridgeport, $20 if you live else where in CT and $40 if you outside of CT. Since our car is still registered in Iowa they wanted us to pay $40. I was not about to pay $40 to spend an hour at the beach and by this point Addi had fallen asleep so we said no thanks and started driving away. Not even 2 blocks down the street was a public park with a parking lot and across the street was the beach. Apparently you are paying to park at the beach not use the beach. We parked at the park and walked across the street and down a block to the sandy area and spent an hour or so playing in the sand and water at no cost. Who would pay $40 to go to the beach it is ridiculous. Addi loved digging in the sand and finding shells. The water was so warm and Addi liked playing in it better than the pacific ocean water. Sorry that you all don't get to enjoy any pictures, but I didn't have my camera at the beach anyways.

Our latest Adventure

So for our latest Adventure we decided to go checkout the Mystic Seaport. Our library has a pass that gets you in free and it was dog weekend so Tito could come with us.

Because of the lovely Tropical Storm Dan it was pouring rain for most of the afternoon. Tito looked like a little rat all wet and I think people thought we were crazy walking around in the pouring rain, but we weren't the only ones.

They have lots of big boats that you can tour. This is a big whaling boat.

Addi liked to steer the big boats.

Since it was Dog weekend they had lots of dog things like dog water rescue, police dogs, and champion dogs.
This is Rufus he was best in show in 2006 and has won hundreds and hundreds of awards the most of his breed. Addi got all excited to see the woof woof, but Tito wasn't and I had to keep Tito out of Rufus's view or he might think he was a rat to chase and eat.
They had a cute little children's museum we played in to get a break from the rain. In the end we ended up back out in the rain but Addi didn't mind and she had fun splashing in the puddles.

Besides the giant real boats they also and little wood boats for the kids to play on. Since it was kind of a crapy day Addi got all the boats to herself. They even had a boat named after her (sort of).


After a fun filled afternoon in the rain it was time for the real excitement storytime with Clifford. Addi loves to watch Clifford so I was really excited to take her to see him. Tito was very interested and went right up to Clifford when he came in.
Addi was a little timid at first and decided to enjoy Clifford from afar.
But by the end she couldn't stop hugging him. I the video she even says CLifford, but it is hard to hear her so you will just have to take my word for it.
So if all those pictures were not enough for you here is a little video of Addi's favorite parts of the day.

After we left the seaport we went and had some dinner at Mystic Pizza (ever seen the movie Mystic Pizza with Julia Roberts?).

And then we drove out to the end of the little peninsula and played on the beach for a min. Even with the awful down pour we had a fun family adventure.



Stay tune for last weekends adventure we took to the Zoo and the Beach as soon as I find what Addi did with the memory card that has our pictures on it.

Happy Birthday Bayee!

A very happy 13th birthday to aunt Bayee (Baylee). We love you and wish we were there to celebrate with you. Welcome to the teenage years even thou it seems like you have been a teenager for years.
Click here to see what I made her.

Family Fun at the Park

For our own family night last night we decided to check out Salmon Brook park. It looked like a good park for our family. It has a dog park, water to play in and a play ground. Well it wasn't as good as I thought, but we still had fun. There are no kids under the age of 8 allowed in the dog park so we couldn't take Addi in with us so Jared took her to play while I took Tito in the dog park. He had fun for a few min until 4 big austalian sheperds came in and started acting like they owned the place and wouldn't let Tito run around so we left to go find Jared and Addi. The pond to go swimming in was all fenced in with a life guard but it was gross looking so Jared found a spot on the bank of a little creek to play in. Addi had fun, but we got eaten alive by mesquitos. I like the other park with a swimming pond better and there wasn't as many bugs and it is closer. Then Tito wasn't allowed at the kids play area so again only one of us could take Addi to play. We still had fun and Addi enjoyed herself, but I will not be taking the dog and the baby there by myself anytime soon.

Lobster Festival

We went to a lobster fest last night. I was excited I like lobster right? Well I like lobster meat not a actual lobster with eyes starring at you as you rip him open to get your food.
The eyes didn't bother Addi she just picked up a claw and started eating.
Addi ate 1 1/2 of the claws and all of the insides (that I didn't even try they were green) She tried the tail but didn't like the texture so mom got to eat the tail.

Even after stuffing herself with lobster she had room to finish off Rocio's chocolate cake.
After stuffing ourselves we burned a few calories by dancing to the live music.
And as usual Addi made some new friends and had no problem going up to random people and sitting next to them on their blankets or stilling their ball to play with. Good thing everyone thinks she is so cute.

Another FHE in the Park

For our 2nd FHE in the park our ward played baseball.
Addi wanted to play with her daddy.
But she could quite make it through the fence, so she had settle for watching and chering on her daddy.


Yeah daddy.

Guy wasn't at the FHE but it looked like another little nursery boy was trying to make his move. He wasn't quite as forward.

After baseball we had some fun at the park.

And tried to cool off at the misting frog, but it was to hot and the mist was more like stream.

Smarty Pants

Addi is a very smart little girl. She knows the sounds of many animals and even ones that most kids wouldn't know. How may of you know what sound a butterfly makes? Just ask Addi and she will tell you it fliuth fliuth. You have to hear it that is the best I can do with the spelling. Where did she learn what noise a butterfly makes you may ask? From her daddy of course. Addi loves to read books and one of her favorite is Maisy's favorite animals. One day I was reading it to her and when we were on the page of the butterfly she started making this weird noise. Later when Jared was reading it to her I noticed that he had a noise for every animal in the book including the butterfly. Although she knows more animal sounds now the butterfly and the lamb were among her first. Most kids moo or quack, but not our smarty pants she flutters like a butterfly.
All fun aside Addi is very smart for her age and we get confirmation of that every time we go to the doctor. Yesterday we went in for Addi's 15 month check up (she is 16 months old but with the move and insurance change we are a little behind). The doctor asked if us if she knew words like dada and no so I started listing off her list and half way through the doctor stopped me and said ok so she is way past where she needs to be. Another bright note from the doctors appointment is Addi pasted 20 pounds. She weighs 21 pounds (13%) and is 31 inches tall (50%). So not that I am bragging or anything (just being a proud momma) but my little girl is a smarty pants and I love teaching her new things. The last little while I have been teaching her to say her name and yesterday I taught her how to say her name when someone asks her what her name is. Its so cute. If you ask her what her name is she points to her self and says Addi. So now she can tell people what her name is and how old she is. Now its off to learn how to write her name. j/k