Outside Fun

What's been going on in Addison's world you ask?  

Well, we've been busy taking advantage of the gorgeous weather we've had here over the past week!  Addison had her first trip to the zoo on St. Patrick's  Day.  Nick took off early that day and we met up with one of his co-workers and his daughter at the zoo.  They even brought along their wagon equipped with a canopy for the girls to ride in.  Addison loves riding in wagons so I knew we had it made!  She enjoyed scoping out all of her surroundings, but I'd have to say it would be a toss up as to what was her favorite part of the day...either the Cheerios that her new buddy so kindly shared with her during the wagon ride or watching the carousel go 'round and 'round!  She did lots of roaring at the animals which gave us all a good little chuckle.  Unfortunately, we weren't able to see the chimpanzees though!  We will be going back for a second trip before it gets too warm out so we can hopefully see more of the animals.  After we left the zoo we headed to my parents' house where she enjoyed picking up Grampy's golf balls, sitting on Grampy's tractor, and dancing on the chicken's cracked corn!  What a BIG day it was!!

We also took our first trip to Toys 'R' Us with Addison to get some fun outside toys.  We broke down and got a little Stage 2 jungle gym for her since she's wanting to climb anything she comes in contact with.  She was a little hesitant about it at first, but quickly warmed up to it after she discovered she could climb up the slide.  I think she enjoys going up the slide more than she does going down!  The novelty of the jungle gym wore off after a few trips up and down the slide and naturally, she picked up two pieces of mulch that kept her occupied for much longer...go figure!!!  She could spend hours toting around buckets to drop mulch, rocks, and leaves into.  Nick had fun blowing bubbles while Addison had more fun sticking the bubble wand in her mouth!  

We are keeping our fingers crossed that the snow they're calling for this weekend misses us and we get our warm weather back so we can continue getting outside more to play!  Here are some pictures of Addison's latest adventures!

Addy 'n' Leroy

Today was my brother's birthday so we decided to take lunch up to him at his feed store.  Addison LOVES going there and you'll see why!  

This is a little bit of what she did in our hour there:

She sat on one of the saddles he has for sale

     

She rode around on a dolly in the warehouse

 She cheesed BIG time after giving Uncle Jay a B-Day smooch

She had Grampy pushing her around the warehouse

 She met her new BFF, Leroy!

 She even got down on the ground with him...this kid is not afraid to get dirty!

She even played with Missy!

Missy gave Addy a good-bye lick!

Leroy followed her all over the place!  It was too cute!!!

 She was so gentle with the 3-day-old pygmy goat, Leroy!

He just tagged along with Addy!

Winter Wonderland

Nick and I bundled Addison up and took her out for her first adventure in the snow on Saturday afternoon and boy o' boy did she love it!!!  We kept trying to keep her in the shallow parts, but she was bound and determined to play in the deep stuff where she couldn't even manage to take more than just a couple of steps before falling face first in the snow.  Did this upset her?  Not a bit.  She thought it was hilarious and plopped down on her bottom to chow on some snow.  Not to worry though, I explained to her before going outside that we stay away from yellow snow!  She liked it so much despite the cold that she got upset when we took her back inside where it was warm.  Nick and I were freezing so I made us some hot chocolate and gave Addy a little bit to cool down in her cup, but she wasn't as impressed with it as I'd expected.  What kid doesn't like some hot chocolate after playing in the snow?  Then again, what kid enjoys falling face first in the snow?  Oh yeah, that would be our Addison!