A beautiful weekend

This weekend was absolutely gorgeous out. It was in the 80s (yes, in Wisconsin in October!) and sunny; the perfect weekend to be outside. On Saturday, we went for a walk on the Glacial Drumlin State Trail, and it was so nice to see all the leaves changing colors.

On Sunday, we went to the zoo; Kate's first time. She loved seeing all the animals, but I think she liked seeing the other babies and kids even more! We saw the giraffes, rhinos, polar bears and tigers (it was so cool; the tiger came up to us and rubbed up against the glass, just like Maxine rubs up against our legs, and Kate looked at it like, "Huh, you look like a bigger version of my cat at home." Not quite, honey!) We also saw a bunch of snakes (which I'm oddly fascinated by, despite being terrified of them) and the tropical birds in the "rainforest." Kate waved good-bye to the birds (that's her new thing; waving "hi" and "bye"), which was cute. We only stayed there for a couple hours (have to scale things down with a baby, you know!) before going to eat at The Laurel, which I love.


Look at that cute little polar bear!




Hmmm, there looks like quite a size difference between Dan and Kate and the typical adult/child polar bear combo.


That's a huge turtle (or tortoise; obviously I wasn't paying as much attention as I should in the herpatarium).



Monday was another beautiful day, so Kate & I went to Book Baby, and then played in the park in the afternoon.


On the way to the park; I love how red the leaves are!


Mama, I am mad you stopped pushing me, so no, I won't smile.


Oh, hey, what's that? A car? Interesting...


Anyway, what was I saying? Oh yeah...


I will not smile until you start pushing me again.