Fun Day!

First, here are a couple more pics from Asa's 1st birthday (see post below). Here's Kristin and her husband Joel (who has joking called me his "sister in the cloth" for years...) with Asa...

And the birthday boy looking cute!

Today we had a fun day! Isabelle still sort of has the snots, but we forged ahead with our plans and she had a great time! We started off the morning with some super early morning errands and then went to a craft bazaar at my old church. I helped get it started when I was working there, and it is fun to see what an inter-generational event it has become and how many different people and church groups get involved.

It was also a great chance to catch up with friends and show off my new Christmas prize ;)

Then we headed to the Science Museum to meet up with Stephanie, Gabriel, and Joseph. Since Stephanie has gone back to work, we've all missed our weekly trips, so we decided to try a Saturday...and it was fun!

The funniest part of the day was when we were going to the outside section to see the animals and the volunteer at the door saw us struggling with a stroller, a snuggli, and a toddler, and started to get the door for us but then stopped. He said he had hurt his back and couldn't do it. No problem, we get it ourselves all the time.

We got outside and I jokingly said that we probably looked like we were "together" and were the parents of three brown children...funny until we were headed inside and low and behold as we approached the door, there he was HOLDING THE DOOR FOR ANOTHER FAMILY! I guess he really didn't like our "family." Oh well. I can get mad or just laugh, so we just went on with our day.

Here's "Perfect In Every Way"

Stephanie and clan

I don't know if Isabelle is just getting a little older or if it is because she is around kids more at preschool now, but she showed way more interest in both Gabriel and Joseph today than she has on any of our previous outings. She even went over and started kissing Joseph when he cried! It was sweet! Here she is with Gabriel:

...and out with the animals. We ALWAYS have to go see the animals because that's Gabriel's favorite part. One reason we had decided to go today was to get pictures of the kids with the wallabees because I got an ad saying that Jolly the Wallabee would be inside for pictures in the am.

Well, the wallabee exhibit is one you can actually go in, so it didn't seem that far-fetched that they'd bring one in on a leash or something. When we got there, I asked about Wally and the volunteer out front said he was just roaming around the building - we'd just have to look for him. If he got hot he might be outside. I asked if he was roaming around alone or if he had a chaperone and she said he was chaperoned.

Well......my questions sounded pretty lame when a 6-foot guy in a brown furry suit came walking in to the playroom! Needless to say, the stuffed version didn't go over too well with our group and after that Gabriel didn't even want to see the real things anymore! Thus, the impromptu photo shoot (pics above) because Steph figured she'd have a hard time explaining the furry guy in her Christmas card pictures...