September Stuff

Ok, so I'm a little behind on updating our blog, so here's the rundown on what we were up to in September.

Grammy & Poppy came to visit one weekend and we decided to go check out the Children's Discovery Museum here in town. Ummmm, hello??? what a blast!! I can't believe it took us so long to go check it out! Bradyn had an absolute BLAST. Three stories of non-stop fun!

He loved it all, but his favorite parts were the race tracks and choo choo train tracks. He also liked making pizzas at the play kitchen area. He enjoyed building "big towers" with the stackable blocks and knocking them down of course.

Last but not least on the favorite list were the tractors! We all had so much fun there that since the weather is getting cooler, we decided to go ahead and get a family pass so we could go exert some energy there this winter! Anyone want a playdate?? Come on over!!

Also in September is the annual Mt. Pulaski Fall Festival. Bradyn enjoyed seeing the big firetruck, the police car, and the church bus and loved running after the candy.

Then before retiring the evening at Grandma Netter's house while mommy & daddy partied at the "adult beverage" tent, we took him on a few rides. He wanted to go on the choo choo train, but it was broken, so instead he rode the fast ride that went "round and round". He had so much fun on it that he wanted to ride it again, this time with grandma!

Next up for September was Bradyn's first REAL choo choo train ride! Mommy, Grandma Netter, and Bradyn all hopped on the Amtrak from Bloomington to Chicago. We went to visit some of grandma's friends that she works with, but then ventured off to Millennium Park where we danced with our reflections in "the bean",

then rode the water taxi to Navy Pier where Bradyn got his first tattoo (a stamp), by a pirate; rode Thomas the Train; and saw "BIG BOATS"! After a long day running around Chicago, we practiced our city skills and hopped on the EL from downtown alllll the way out to Rosemont where we met up with daddy.

We stayed in a hotel overnight, then continued our adventure the next day at Brookfield Zoo! It was a beautiful day outside for the zoo and tons of fun. Bradyn loves animals and it's so fun to watch him get excited about the different animals. His favorite that day seemed to be the Rhino because the zookeepers were feeding it and everytime it took a bite it made a funny sound with it's mouth. Almost as if it was digusted at what it was eating as if it was trying to spit it out. If you were here, Bradyn would immitate it for you. ;) Other hits at the zoo were brushing the goats and seeing the lions and tigers and bears...oh my! What a surprise huh? As if one would expect anything less from a kid that has been obsessed with Wizard of Oz since 18 months! Bradyn fell asleep for awhile, so we went ahead and took a little break to eat lunch, we "lolly gagged" a little, went through a couple shops etc, because we didn't want him to miss the monkeys!!

Finally we ended up just waking him up at the monkey house, and he was grouchy for about 30 seconds and then realized there were monkeys jumping around everywhere and perked up in a hurry! He loved the monkeys to say the least! Overall...AWESOME day at the zoo!

To conclude the whirlwind weekend, we went to cousin Miles' baptism in Chicago and enjoyed a fun day with the Maz fam.

That's pretty much it..LOL for September. As if we really could have packed much more in there!