So much fun, such a short weekend!

Is it really the end of the weekend already?! Friday after work, I picked up Olivia and we headed to a park to wait for Duane to finish his day. She seemed to have fun but I wasn't prepared enough with a snack so I was rewarded with several meltdowns. Once Duane got home, we headed for Burger Moe's in St. Paul. The weather was great and their outdoor patio is awesome - so what else could we do? Olivia was super cool in her shades but had no problem eating like a pig for all to see. We discovered she LOVES pickles - oh and chocolate-banana malts, too! ;)

Saturday morning Duane headed out to work on the boat. Around 1pm he had it fixed (he's such a Mr. Fix-It!) and was home. Olivia was napping, so Duane napped and then I napped, too. It was a nice treat to be able to take a nap. Once we all woke up, though, we made up for our lazy afternoon! Duane and Liv "worked" in the yard and decided to made a bonfire for the night.



helpin' Daddy - one of her favorite things to say

 We made homemade pizza for dinner, which I feel like we always make but gosh is it good! Once again, Olivia was picking off Duane's pizza and snacking. Once dinner was finished, it was back outside and time for s'mores!



being a ham

"hmm....I'm supposed to eat this thing?"
(it's her first marshmallow)

just licking the marshmallow, she wouldn't bite into it

1st ever bite of s'more

"mmmm....that. is. good."

roasting marshmallows with Daddy....except she put her directly into the ashes!

 We decided not to head out on the lake today. We thought Liv wasn't acting herself again so it was either another ear infection or teething. Our rationale for not going boating was to take it easy and make sure she got a good nap to help her fight whatever was getting her down. Huh - so much for 'taking it easy!' What did we do today? We went to the MN Zoo and was it ever fun! It was HOT but we made the best of it.

She's ready to go!

This little prairie dog was jumping up onto the glass and had Liv laughing out loud!

Look at the size of that cow! It's a clone - no joke!

oh, the goats (I'm thinking: "gross.")

Oh goody, now we're petting the goats but Liv loved it so it was okay.....we promptly washed our hands

Okay, then we moved onto the cows.....

.....then it was the chickens.....

After the chickens, we had lunch in the air-conditioned farmhouse. Once again, Liv proved to us how much she loves pickles. She had 2 spears and chose them over fruit.

After a short walk from the farm animals, Duane decided he needed a bomb pop - Liv wasn't going to turn that down!

So, remember how I said something was going on with Liv? Well, right after we got to the zoo, I noticed her right ear was oozing some gross stuff - I'm no doctor but I know an ear infection when there is one. Great - ear infection #4 since tubes....I wonder where this is headed?

Also, remember how I said something about Liv needing a good nap today? Ha! She fell asleep as we were turning out of the zoo parking lot (no joke) and woke up right as we parked the car in our driveway. I let her play in her crib for a full hour before I realized there was no napping going on any more today. So, we played outside, had dinner, a much needed bath and early bedtime.

Have a great week, everyone!