Siri???

I was on vacation last week and so decided to head up to Boston with Aubrey to visit my best friend, Caton, for a few days. I was there Tuesday through Thursday and Caton was working all those days so during the day, Aubrey and I toured around and saw the sites ourselves.

 

 

It was a great trip and I had a chance to spend Wednesday catching up with an old friend from college that I haven't seen in four years! (It's sad to think I've been out of college for long enough to go four years without seeing a friend.) It was great catching up with her and hearing about all the awesome things she is doing (saving the world doing amazing neuro-research, something I would never have the patience for)

 

 

In my head, before leaving on this trip, browsing through Boston with a two year old while being seven months pregnant was going to be a breeze. Even as I write that I realize just how ridiculous it sounds. And believe it or not, it wasn't as easy as I anticipated. Carry a twenty pound belly and a thirty pound child gets pretty heavy fairly quickly. And Aubrey got tuckered out from walking pretty quickly too. Above, you can see her sleeping on a windowsill while I enjoyed lunch with a friend.

 

 

But spendind a little bit of time relaxing and hanging out in Caton's apartment turned out to be pretty fun. I got a chance to catch up on some vacation reading and Aubrey made fast friends with Caton's dog, Elly.

 

 

Spending time with Caton was also spectacular and Caton never fails to make me laugh until my sides ache.

 

Me: (on the phone with Caton) Hmm I wonder about...(I actually can't remember what I was trying to figure out, but it was something.

Caton: Oh, hang on. I can probably ask Siri.

Pause in conversation

Caton: Siri???

Me: Nope, it's still me.

Caton: Oh, I guess maybe you can't talk to Siri while you're on the phone.

Me: It sounds like you're calling to her as if she's a Genie or something.



The Bumble Bee

This is going back a long ways but considering Aubrey is still talking about the event, I suppose it is still relevant. Halloween!

The weekend before Thanksgiving we went to a party at a friend's house. Aubrey was so excited about the party all day long and was running around the house shouting I love parties! and Big Party! She got all dressed up in her adorable bumblebee outfit and then promptly fell asleep on the way to the party and spent the night sleeping on the couch. The following day when my mom asked her if she had gone to a party she quickly replied, No. Fortunately, Martin was able to take her trick or treating at the grandparents on Halloween night and she is still talking about trick or treating in her bumblebee costume.

 

Martin and I kind of pulled a last minute outfit together the day of the party with a trip to the Salvation Army and a quick pull from our closet. We went as a couple from the 80s and fortunately (or sadly) the only things we had to purchase for the event were the windbreakers.

 

Martin really wanted me to get a shot of him alone in his apparel.

Martin: Why does it look like I'm taking a poop in every photo?
Me: I don't know, I can't control what you're doing with your face.

And then there's Gabe.....just ridiculous.....always making me laugh.

Museum of Play

I've been away from the blogging world for way too long. I'm starting to get the shakes. Regularly scheduled programming to hopefully resume now....

Because Aubrey has way more toys than neccesary for any two year old child. And because I really like the idea of doing things rather than getting things, we decided to have a family day and take Aubrey to the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester. You guys....This place is AWESOME!  I remember going with the McKenna's once as a kid and loving it then, and now almost 20 years later it is truely just as cool as it was back then!

Aubrey really enjoyed the Sesame Street section and spent a good hour or more playing around in here. Martin, who doesn't have the interest of a two year old kept asking her, Do you want to go play with something else, at which point she would promptly run back to one of the exhibits within the Sesame Street display that she had just been playing with and resume her play.

And really, who can blame her when there are circles to turn that turn letter blocks.

And PVC pipes to bang to make music.

We did eventually leave Sesame Street.....The Dora Exhibit was a close second in terms of favorites for Aubrey.

The whole experience was so much fun, I think I've decided that from now forward birthdays are for going somewhere and doing something and not for physical presents.

Martin also had a lot of fun finding his inner child...

Martin: Check out my house.
Me: You want me to take your picture with it?
Martin: I think you probably should......I would have made the coolest pioneer! We would have had a kickass log cabin!