NYC and Fair

I headed to NYC this weekend to visit three of my very good friends. One of them lives there and the other two were visiting her. It was so fun and I ended up staying Saturday night there so it was Boys Time in New Hay Hay this weekend! They had a good time. On Sunday, Topher and Bex picked me up at the train station and Bex and I went to a neighborhood park that was having a fair. We went on a pony ride (really just two horses dragging a carriage behind) which Bex went nuts for and we ran into our friend Masha and her son Lionel. The kiddos had a great time running around the community garden together. On the way home Bex was starving and couldn't cram enough cereal bar into his mouth!

Duck time

North Haven County Fair

This weekend was full of fun activities. On Friday night we went to a friend's house (Masha and Dan who have a small maniac of a child named Lionel) for a evening BBQ. It had been awhile to since we saw them and Bex loves all of Lionel's toys. Then on Saturday we had a tornado warning but that didn't stop us from going to the free New Haven folk festival, where we ran into two other sets of friends (Rene, Jeff, and Clare- the one's we went to the Yale Lake with) and a new potential friend from Quinnipiac who is also a new prof there and her husband. Then on Sunday we got up and headed to The Pantry for breakfast- it is actually a pretty decent breakfast- and we ran into Masha, Dan, and Lionel! We all had a great breakfast together. Topher, Bex, and I then went to the North Haven County Fair where Bex went nuts seeing all the animals. In particular he loved feeding the goats and now tries to feed all the dogs in the neighborhood. He was a little nervous about the camel but was very impressed with the elephant and the sheep! Felt like we actually have a few friends this weekend- and we may even like them! Today was the first cool day all season and it definitely is starting to feel like fall- we are excited for it! Here are some pics from the fair.

Lake Powers

The Keller-Carroll clan had a pretty awesome long weekend. We headed to the Yale Outdoor Education Center- which is just a fancy name for a kick ass lake, cabins, camp ground that Yale owns. You can only get in with a Yale ID and it is only about an hour away from our house. We went up there this weekend with some friends of ours and there kid, Claire, who is in Bex's class at school. The lake was awesome and I got to fulfill a life-long dream of paddle-boarding!! Bex played in the water and had a great time looking at the two little goats on the property. We were all a little bummed that we discovered this place on the last weekend of the summer that it is open. Here are some pics- starting with me driving the new Prius, looking very New England. Ending with Bex being totally worn out on the way home.

BM

Bex has had some pretty bad diaper rash so we have been following Huck and Duke's example and having him go sans diaper sometimes in the house. The other day Bex set a decoy by peeing in the hallway (pretty standard) and while Topher was cleaning it up Bex pooped, stepped in it, and tracked it all over the house. I was out of the house during this adventure :) Bex tried to make up for his bad behavior during bath time.

familia

Bex had an awesome time in LA with his cousin David. Davis showed Bex a lot of things- like how to play croquet and fly these fun little plastic discs. Bex was very impressed with everything that David did! Bex's next favorite thing was going to the very very hot LA zoo. It was crazy hot but we still had an awesome time seeing the elephants getting a pedicure and hearing the monkeys go nuts when Topher walked into the exhibit. Despite having a great time- he was happy to be home. 

Stay Awake!

Here is a gem of a movie with aunt Katie doing her very best to keep Bex awake on the way home from the LA zoo. He was so exhausted that he didn't even know what to do with this...