Jennifer's 365 Project

Quinn had a good time, but I honestly think I was more excited for the animals than he was. He was  very fascinated by buildings and machines and not as interested in the animals that were in pens.

There was a lot going on when we came home after Quinn got his flu shot. A lot of him walking around, grabbing his leg and saying "hurt". Overall he was a good sport about it and calmed down after about 20 minutes.

I walked around downtown a little on my lunch break to take in all of the new Artprize exhibits. It officially launched yesterday but I've been seeing things crop up over the past week.
There are plenty of big and small entries and they're all different types of mediums. It's was pretty packed today compared to what downtown is usually like. The event really does a lot of getting people into downtown Grand Rapids.

My parents are super awesome and drove all the way across state to watch Quinn so Chris and I could go out for my birthday. I got off work a few hours early, we had a bite to eat and watched the latest Star Trek movie. It was a fantastic night out. I'm so lucky to have my awesome parents.

Super hero capes are cool. Cool like Super Grover.

Pasta is a pretty easy dish to make and simple to put veggies into. He's still real hit and miss about pasta dishes. Some days he likes them and other days he turns his nose up at them. Days when he's willing to eat pasta feel like easier days.

We headed out to the John Ball Zoo this afternoon and finally tried the funicular. It was ok but not as scenic as I was hoping for.
It also scared Quinn a little. he was nervous about standing and moving in a train car.

Soldered a few projects I'd like to get completed for the Grand Rapids Comic Con. It was fun to spend the evening working on that and finally having everything come together. Adafruit makes such lovely hardware and their tutorials online are fantastic!

It's a pretty heavy arduino week this week but man, I'm on a roll. So I started testing something I'm thinking of putting together for Grand Rapids Comic Con.

A part I ordered earlier this week came so I did some soldering this evening. Now with everything wired up I can start programming this adorable 8x8 multi-color (red, yellow, green) LED matrix.

He really likes to help push things. The stroller is a little frustrating because he can't reach the handles, but he can push it from the front, which seems to satisfy his needs for now.

Sewing with conductive thread is kind of tricky since it feels a lot like sewing with wire. But it's good practice I suppose, since I have several projects I'd like to work on with that thread.