Zoo, Meltdown, and Colors, oh my!

We took advantage of the great weather this weekend and enjoyed some fun outdoor adventures. 

Friday afternoon, Daddy came home early and we went to the zoo. The animals were really lively--especially the grizzly bears that splashed in the water and growled and just generally put on a great display for us. Of course, there were giraffes to be fed as well. It was a fun time, until we got to the carousel. We asked Eva several times if she wanted to ride and she said she didn't, even though she was dancing around when the music started up. We walked past it a couple of times and each time she didn't want to. Sure enough, on our way out, she said she wanted to ride the "carouswell" (she combined carousel and ferris wheel) and then the meltdown began. She's really a very even-keeled kid and doesn't usually get too worked up about things. This was not one of those things. Everyone knew where we were on our way out, as the crying was hard to miss and continued well into the car and as we drove back, until she fell asleep. Lesson learned: don't go to the zoo without a nap before and take the long way out if that means skipping the "carouswell" at the end of the day.

 Saturday afternoon we headed up to the mountains to catch the fall colors and couldn't have picked a better weekend. The colors were absolutely magnificent. We also stopped for a little bit of fishing--which really means Eva G just casts her line and then asks, "Where's my bobber?" We took the scenic route back home and got home just in time for bed. It was a fun afternoon with Cousin S (not sure how we didn't get a picture with him in it).

**it was a few days later that I realized I didn't do 3 on 3 this month!! Eva was working on a little cold today, anyway, so maybe it's just as well that we didn't do pictures with runny noses and such.