Eva is a big fan of my cousin. Eva spent a day with her this past Tuesday and today we went to a family party. Eva and my cousin played together for a while. Eva followed her all around. It takes my cousin a little bit of time to warm up to everyone (even me and kids LOVE me). I did finally get a smile out of her and made her laugh too. Eva went for the direct approach and launched herself at my cousin and latched on.
We had a wonderful time for my Cousin Justin’s graduation party. I can’t beleive how fast the time has gone and how quickly my cousins have grown up. Allison also couldn’t believe that Justin’s younger sister is off to college next year. I couldn’t believe it either. Just eight short years ago she was ten.
We spent a lot of time catching up and talking with everyone. We also showed off Eva’s Disney autograph book (post about that specifically coming soon). We’re a big ole Disney loving family. I’m just the tip of the iceberg, believe it.
After the party we drove down to the Cape and hope to enjoy some good weather and beach time tomorrow. Crossing fingers.
I love having a day where you have nothing planned. We are such over-scheduled people that we sometimes cannot have fun in the moment because we have to rush off to something else. Today was one of those rare days where we had nowhere to be and no agenda. Rather than bum around the house we decided to take advantage of our Zoo New England passes. We took a ride into Boston to go to Franklin Park Zoo.
The zoo is nearly 100 years old (100 years in 2012) and it is one pretty nice zoo. There are many excellent exhibits and a wide variety of animals. We immediately saw Zebras and Wildebeasts in a large habitat. There were even viewing stations up high so that you could see the animals better. I think they should have had a few of those for some of the more exciting animals like the tigers or the lion though. We spent about 5 hours there walking around, taking photos, having lunch and of course riding the carousel. The carousel is Eva’s newest obsession. She never tires of it and she wants to ride by herself. She was pushing my hands and Allison’s hands off of that middle pole down each animal. We had to hold our hands directly behind her and out of sight to make sure that we were right there if she started to slip. She did not, she held tight and went round and round for 6 separate spins on the carousel. She rode the Lion, The Tiger, The Dog (2x) the Zebra and one of the horses. Get the all day pass and just keep riding, it is worth it at $6.00 if it makes your kid happy and it certainly made Eva one happy camper.
You can check out my latest gallery on Flickr with all of our photos from the trip to Franklin Park Zoo.
