Uncle Peter and Alex were kind enough to loan us their Rock Band game and it's surprisingly a time sucker. Caitlyn is not the only one in the family to enjoy playing this game :)
Much to Uncle Peter's delight, Caitlyn can now refer to him as "Pee-tah" instead of "Pee-pee." I would have been okay with either version.
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.)
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".
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.
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.