Catch up time

Two weeks ago, Mon-Tues-Wed in Atlanta, Thurs in Cleveland, Friday flew to Ft.Lauderdale and back to Cleveland in one day (and they weren't non-stop flights to Ft Lauderdale or back) I will never do that again. After that, we enjoyed a very fun family weekend at the pumpkin patch.

Ares had a great time playing on the big kid's tree house and slide. It was by far the fastest slide I'd ever seen, and even 5 year olds were having their parents catch them at the bottom. "Mo! Mo! Mo!" He must have gone down the slide 10 times.

Under the tree house and slide was an enclosed area that you could only get in and out from the tube you see above. Ares was with one of our friends' 4 and 10 year old who took care of him really well. He absolutely LOVED playing with them, and they adored him. Of course, later that evening, we found Ares at the top of a swing set that he climbed up the ladder himself. When asked how he got all the way up there, the 4 year old says "I showed him". He was so proud, but it kind of scared me that he even tried to go up a ladder. Luckily, Ares won't try anything unless he already knows he can do it. But he could have still slipped through the bars, oh well, he's all BOY!

The next week, Monday and half of Tuesday I was in Tampa, Tuesday night I was in Philly, and Wednesday I was in New Jersey, and then got to fly home. I was SOOOO happy to be home. We drove to Cinci on Friday and came home on Sunday. Ares is NOT a good traveler anymore. In fact, it was pretty miserable when he wasn't sleeping. Saturday morning we went to the Pumpkin Festival in Harrison.

Ares was a fan of the alpaca's. He's scared to death of horses, but he would go as far as putting his finger on the nose of the alpaca and say "nooooose". Crazy kid, just like he pointed to one of the scary monsters in the Halloween store that was moving at him, and says "teeeeth" while pointing in the monster's mouth.

We met one of my sorority sisters and her family at the festival. Her son Jack is only 3 weeks older than Ares is. It seems like the two of them had a good time. Ares enjoyed himself, but took a nice hour or so nap in his wagon once Jack, Michelle and Randy left.

His 1 hour nap at the Festival gave Ares PLENTY of time to get ready and excited for a giant 6' pile of leaves. He had a great time, so long as his feet were on something solid. (Usually Grandma, Mommy, or Grandpa). We probably spent an hour in the leaves altogether. It was a really good time. I hadn't played in leaves in YEARS. Being a mom really does have some perks!