Jennifer's 365 Project

Today was our visit to the Grand Rapids Children's Museum. Quinn had a fun time with a few different activity centers.
 Admittedly the giant light bright was his absolute favorite station. It definitely helps that you can grab the plastic sticks and carry them around.
 After the museum we went out to eat. We been to a lot of restaurants so it was good practice for Quinn.
We hung up his little turtle that he made at the toddler activity time on the fridge. We had to make sure it was out of his reach since he was concerned with pulling all of the paper he stuck to it off.

We went grocery shopping this morning and picked up a few things to grill. I haven't had ribs in a long time, so I was really excited to grill some ribs. They came out pretty good. Plus, leftovers!

We went to the Tanger Outlet Mall to let Quinn run around and enjoy new things to look at. He had a good time, although it was pretty hot out.

The play structure there was fun.

We spent part of the afternoon at Palmer Park, which is always pretty empty and very well shaded. Perfect for a warm summer-like day.
We also picked up a little potty. He enjoyed pulling it apart. This is going to be a weird new experience for everyone involved.

I think I like the top step counter, not the bottom...

The kitchen counter is great for playing on.

Sidewalk chalk time!

Little sweeper.

This kid will climb all the things. And if he cant reach, he'll climb over his steps and try to shuffle across with his hands...

The weather has been fantastic this weekend - the perfect weather to try out the zoo with Quinn. They open at 9am and we are always up by then.

We arrived there a little after 9:30 and that was perfect timing. The zoo wasn't too busy and it wasn't too hot.
He wasn't afraid of the aquarium at all, which was great news. The fish at cabelas have freaked him out every time we've visited there, so we were a little nervous.
All the animals were new to him, and probably very strange.
He was a pretty good sport about everything, although he wouldn't touch any of the animals in the barn area.
Because we were at the zoo so early there were hardly any people indoors, which meant Quinn could push his stroller as much as he wanted.
We did the whole zoo which took about 2 hours and Quinn was good the whole time. When we passed the last exhibit he started to zone out a little and fell asleep in the car a few minutes later.

After a 2 hour nap, he was refreshed and ready to run around again.

We spent quite a bit of time outside today and even brought out the sidewalk chalk. He drew on the sidewalk a little. Mostly he just ran around with the chalk and rubbed it all over his shirt.

Its the last day of work for a co-worker before she moves onto a new job. A really sad day, brightened by tasty treats. All the treats were gluten free, which tasted interesting.