Archive for the “Out and About” Category
Prospect Park Zoo: October 11, 2009
Better late than never! Here are pictures from a trip we took to the Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn with Margaret, Sofia, Kary, and David.
Natalie and David pretend to be baby birds:
And turtles:
And pretending the hedge is a bench to sit on:
Natalie’s reaction to being licked by an alpaca:
A nice family portrait, taken by talented Kary:
David and Natalie hug good-bye:
Trip to CT, September 2009
We went to Connecticut in September to celebrate my grandmother’s 96th birthday. First, we spent the evening with Auntie Jodi, playing at a park and eating at Pepe’s Pizza. Chris has been fairly obsessed with making and eating the perfect pizza lately, and was thrilled to eat at one of the first five pizzeria’s in the US.
Natalie had her first taste of Dora novelty ice cream—it actually tasted NOTHING like ice cream!
The next day we hung out with Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Ray, then celebrated Great-Grandma’s 96th birthday!
Fun at Howell Farm, Late Summer 2009
Another better late than never set of photos and videos! Howell Living History Farm has become one of our favorite hang-outs in the summer. Chris discovered a stream behind the farm’s main attractions…it’s cool and shady and the perfect depth for even Natalie to wade in. One of her favorite things is to pick up rocks from the bottom of the stream and throw them back into the water.
Here are some pictures from when we ran into Natalie’s buddy Olivia and family at the farm and from a trip we took to Howell with Diane and Clara. Although it certainly wasn’t intentional that I fell so behind on blogging, it’s nice to look at these photos as another snow storm approaches. Summer will be here soon!
And a video! The first part of this video is significant for a couple of reasons. First, because Natalie volunteered to help extract the honey in a room full of strangers, as well as the man running the demonstration. It’s one of the first times Natalie hasn’t been too intimidated or shy to do such a brave thing. And second, because there were kids twice her size who had trouble getting the crank all the way around. The second part I edited down quite a bit. Natalie and Clara went on making rooster sounds for much, much longer. You’re welcome!
Aquarium January 2010
Not late, not late, not late!!!!
We took a trip to the aquarium on a very chilly day in early January. I was 36-weeks pregnant at the time and by the end of the trip I was having a little trouble walking. I’m carrying this baby much lower than Natalie, which causes a lot of pain in my pelvis and that classic pregnant-woman waddle. Despite being uncomfortable, the trip was a very nice thing to do with Natalie before her baby sister arrives. Natalie especially enjoyed all the touch tanks.
Here she is touching the rays:
And making funny faces:
Brave girl in the shark tunnel:
After the aquarium, we went to Target. When I asked Natalie which was more fun, she immediately said “Target!” But I don’t think that’s really true….
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I was going to link to Natalie’s first trip to the aquarium when she was about 8 months, but couldn’t find any blog entries about it! So these pictures are really, really late, as in circa August 2007:
