Aquarium

Today we were invited to go to the Aquarium with my friend Kalie and her 3 kids Jason, Lexie and Colden. We also took Michael with us. They had a really great sea lion show and then we went to Mississippi Mudds for lunch and to play on the playground. It was a great way to start our weekend :)

Michael is  really great helper with the little ones

Cameron loves to run up the ramp and down the stairs over and over

We got to do the touch tank again today! Here is Michael with Lexie

Colden missed the beginning

Pretty Miss Lexie looking at all the sea creatures

Cameron touched everything this trip, even the lobster!

Here is Jason waiting patiently for his chance to hold  starfish

Lexie, Michael and Cameron

Michael holding Colden's hand before the sea lion show

All the boys watching

The second trainer got right in with the sea lion and they did some great tricks

Michael and Jason

Seneca Park Zoo

On our way home from Utica, we stopped in Rochester at the Seneca Park Zoo. We love it there! With our Aquarium pass we get in free and there is so much to do! We didn't even see the whole zoo this day because we were all so tired from our long weekend, but we still had so much fun

We saw these ducks as we were heading to the parking lot

Of course we had to get out and see them up close

Giving them a snack

Clapping because they ate the snack

Walking up to them

Running after them lol

Cautiously looking at geese

Running away from the mean geese

When we walked in a little boy was standing at the tortoise enclosure and said "Look daddy, they are wrestling and that big guy on top is making funny noises"

Tim kept lifting him up to see

This is awesome. You crawl in the tunnel and there is a covered hut you can look through inside the snow leopard enclosure to see them up close

Cameron liked driving his own stroller

LOOK! Barack Obama was at the zoo

We donated a dollar to make a bracelet. The money goes to a teen program

These are the beads Cameron chose

He LOVES digging

Barack is back for the double decker bus

This zoo was filled with different play areas

On our way home we stopped at The Cracker Barrel for dinner. Cameron enjoyed this giant juice box

Visiting Tim's Family

On our way home from New Jersey we stopped in Clinton to visit Tim's family. Cameron had so much fun playing outside in Grandpa Dave's garden and just had fun seeing everyone.

Grandpa Dave and Aunt Audrey helped Cameron make a path through the jungle (the lilies)

Aunt Audrey showed Cameron some mint leaves, but he really didn't feel like smelling them

So cute walking through all the tall leaves. He thought it was so much fun!

Then he saw daddy up in the tree and wanted to join him...NOTE that was as high as they went :)

I couldn't get the camera to work right away, but he LOVED it

Tim playing in the tree

Grandpa Dave was so happy to see him

Grandpa Dave showing Cameron how to make the path

Cameron wanted to get in this pond and find some fishies

He also wanted to get in this canoe

Cameron liked what Aunt Audrey did with these rocks, but thought they needed a little adjustment

Grandpa Dave thought it would be fun to chase Cameron with an alligator. Cameron agreed

Wearing his daddy's old cowboy hat and playing with daddy's old racecars

Visiting with Great Grandma Pat

Playing with rocks that Aunt Audrey brought back from the beach. I was later told he sorted them all by color

Saying goodbye before we left