Just Be Cuz!!

We are so so so lucky to have at least one family member within 3000 miles of us. Cousin Meg came to visit during her Fall Break from Vassar. It was awesome because she stayed with us for 4 nights and it felt like it was a real vacation for all of us. We had an action-packed weekend full of Orchards, KidCity (again!), Octoberfest, Sheep, TWO hay-rides (neither with hay), a Chili-tasting cook-off, a friend's party, and best of all home-cooked meals compliments of Cousin Meg (and cookies too)!!!

I will try and re-cap with pictures. I will start with the Orchard trip. It was a Saturday trip planned by Bex's school. Bex had a lot of friends there and got to see both of his teachers too. He was a little confused to see them outside of school. The other super weird and creepy thing is that his school mascot (A giant bear with HUGE lips) that was in attendance... Bex was not amused.

Boy down

Bex was taken DOWN by his friend Clare. She wrestled him to the ground. He put up with it for quite awhile before starting to cry. Note the cardboard elevator that Clare's dad made for her. It is pretty awesome and hilarious watching BOTH kids try and fit in together- maybe that's why my boy got taken down!

Whale of a weekend

We went to the Mystic Aquarium this weekend with Bex's friend Clare. We had an awesome time. The Beluga whales were amazing and really interacted with the people. Bex got a little nervous when they head butted the glass though. Here are some pics from our adventure. I just kept thinking how much Bex's cousins would have enjoyed it- Duke would have been singing "Baby Beluga" the entire ride home!

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Carrot Top

Kidcity!

Topher is away at a conference so Bex and I decided to venture out of New Haven to a nearby town where there is an awesome KidCity Museum. I didn't expect too much (it is Connecticut afterall) and was totally WOWED! It was so freaking cool! Bex got to do so much. He went sliding, looked at cool bubbles (he can now say bubble!), picked carrots and weighed them, moved fish up big pulley systems, drummed on walls, drove cars, explored underwater caves, painted a fence and more. We will definitely be back!! I will hopefully post some movies from this next time.

Playground Time

We have been having a great time at the playground after school! Bex loves being outside and is friends with most everyone there. This weekend we busted out Bex's latest and greatest wardrobe too. He gets all of his cousin's hand-me-downs including the ridiculous skinny jeans and shark sweatshirt (featured below). He looked so hipster... he remembers that he was born in San Francisco! Tonight at the playground we ran into his friend Charlotte who likes to take Bex's cherrios and feed them to him. She takes about three for herself and then gives Bex one, and repeats until the cup is empty. It is pretty darn cute!