Tropical Storm Day in NE Ohio

Didn't think I would ever say this, but Seamus and I are home today because we both got a day off of school due to a Tropical Storm.....in OHIO!  Seamus is still in for a treat when we get an actual snow day and we can go outside to play.  We have had power all day and no damage to our property, which is way more than mom and dad can say.  Do have to admit, I'm getting a little stir crazy.  The unexpected day off is only exciting for about three hours. LOL

Seamus putting a Thomas puzzle together on the iPad. 

Fall Fun

Today was absolutely beautiful out, except for the huge gusts of wind.  We decided to go get our pumpkins and fall decorations for the house.  Mom and Dad met us up at Pumpkinville.  I'm not sure if Seamus was more excited to see them or the Corvette!  When we were done picking our our pumpkins, we headed home for some pumpkin cleaning and playing in the leaves with our favorite dog, TJ.

I can't believe he was pulling this on his own, there were a total of 7 pumpkins in there!

Imitating Grandpa.

Finding a nice seat at the pumpkin patch.

This is how we spent an hour before nap and an hour after nap.

TJ is so patient with Seamus.  Seamus thought it was so funny that TJ came and laid down in the leaves.  Then he told him to have some leaves and to enjoy them. LOL

Such a good little pumpkin washer.  Not sure if you can hear it but he is singing "Old McDonald", it was the song of the day.  Sang it from the time he got up until he fell asleep for his nap.

Erie Zoo

Today was NEOEA Day so Brad had planned ahead and also took the day off for some family fun.  The Shaffer's joined in on the fun with us!  We headed out to Erie to check out their zoo.  Our thought was it would be less crowded than Cleveland Zoo because PA kids didn't have the day off.  Boy were we right....it was a ghost town.  We saw maybe 20 other people there and 8 of them were from Mentor (they had the same plan as we did!) After the zoo, we stopped at Krispy Creme to watch the donuts being made and to get a snack for the road.  I would have posted a picture of that but I forgot my phone in the car.  Probably a good thing, as Jaime would be licking her computer screen at that picture!

On our way, we had yet to inform them it was an hour long drive.

Hanging out at the orangutan exhibit.

This is the dad orangutan that came right to the window and played peek-a-boo for a bit with us.

Getting a little help to cross the lilly pads.

The puppy sculpture was his favorite part of the zoo.

Enjoying a friend's shoulder for a much needed nap.

Undies Boy!

Slowly but surely we are getting the whole potty training thing down.  Today we made HUGE progress because Seamus POOPED IN THE POTTY!!! We were at Shaffer's house and for some reason their house always induces a poop from him.  I convinced him to sit on the potty and he told me that it was a little scary.  But then he did the deed and was so excited.....probably helps to have Katie's three kids jumping around cheering him on!  It was a great night.

A minor accident caused this fabulous look for the ride home.

Pizza

Seamus is a VERY picky eater, so when he told me he wanted pizza for dinner I was a little suspicious.  He ate two and a half pieces!! I guess I ordered it correctly from his description of "I like the kind with the lines in it".

Birthday with Grandpa

We celebrated Grandpa's birthday with some wings and homemade pizza.  Then we had a very special and delicious birthday cake.....Snickers bar with a candle!  Grandpa was very happy when we told him there was a whole bag of Snickers bars!  Happy Birthday Grandpa!

Blowing out his candle.

Doing a birthday piledriver...Seamus's new favorite game with Grandpa.  I have a feeling Rachel will be a big fan also.

Best hat ever!

We went to our friends house to watch the Brown's game last weekend and Seamus informed us that he had the best hat ever.  He proceeded to wear it for about 15 minutes. LOL