Fall in Glastonbury

A few weeks ago, Caitlyn and I visited Aunt Jackie and Uncle Matt up in Glastonbury for an eventful weekend full of apple picking and fall festivals.

The 70-minute drive up there was scenic, the apples were crisp, and the apple cider donuts were piping hot and rolled in cinnamon sugar. Yum! Oh, and to top it off, Caitlyn and I got to pet and hold some cute and fluffy baby chicks (unfortunately no pics of that -- needed both hands.)

Fall in Glastonbury

Of course Caitlyn loves snakes....

It's one of her mom's biggest fears.

These pictures were taken at Earthplace, a nearby nature discovery center. There's a room filled with animals -- guinea pigs, rabbits, ferrets, owls, parakeets, but oh no, she just went to the slithering reptiles. Caitlyn also loves saying "sssssssss".

Snakes - August 09

Caitlyn Making Herself Dizzy

To interpret, Caitlyn says "run" and "more, more" in this video.

How to entertain a toddler at the diner...

From Diner Shots		From Diner Shots

Still playing catch-up

Here's a link to pics from May-July. It includes some activities from Mother's Day (gardening), a family vacation to Rhode Island and a visit to Aunt Jackie and Uncle Matt up in Glastonbury, CT.

May-July '09

Playing catch-up

Back in early May, yes May, Jaety and I decided to take Caitlyn on an impromptu trip to the Bridgeport Zoo. It was a sunny morning (one of a few so far this Summer) and the zoo was pretty quiet (in terms of pedestrian traffic not animal noises.) We had a great time with the highlight being an up-close look at prairie dogs (see pics) and a tiger who wouldn't stop roaring. I'm sure it didn't help that we all kept on staring at him/her.

The zoo was not huge but definitely very manageable for a toddler to walk around the exhibits safely. Hopefully, we'll be back again before the Summer is over.

Zoo pictures

Spirited Caitlyn

This 25 second video of her does an amazing job at capturing Caitlyn's personality and gives you a glimpse of her highly "spirited" nature. She makes funny noises, runs around (yes, in dizzying circles at times) and shrieks with delight (though the shriek of detest sounds very similar.) Caitlyn's arm flapping is also what she does when she's throwing a temper tantrum.




On a related note...apologies to any New Canaan parents looking for toddler parenting books at the library. We swiped them all including "Temper Tantrums" and "Parenting a Strong Willed Child."