Baseball and the Zoo

Well we've been having a few fun outings lately so I thought I'd share some pictures.

Last night we went down to Pawtucket to watch the Pawsox play (for those of you not in the know they're the feeder team for the Boston Redsox - baseball that is).  I got to try the double carry for the first time as it was a LOT busier than I expected so we had to park down the street and around the corner and there was no way I was taking the stroller  - and letting Lexie walk would have taken too long since we were running late so I put Lexie on my back in the new carrier I made and had Josh on the front in the old carrier - I felt like a bit of a pack mule but it did work. 

Everyone one had a good time at the baseball - even though we didn't get seats so were standing for half of it.  Luckily someone left in about the 4th Inning so we stole their piece of grass to sit on.. Lexie was great making lots of new friends with the kids around her - shes definitely her daddy's girl - will talk to anyone anytime!

Lexie with her bobble head

Today I decided it was a good day for the zoo - not too hot today.  We decided to check out Southwicks Zoo.  Unfortunately the elephant - which was one of the animals I (and Lexie) really wanted to see - died just last month - bummer, and unfortunately a lot of the other animals were not coming out to play so it was somewhat disappointing.  They did however have some fantastic tortoises.

They were huge!

And this guy was just doing laps of his enclosure...

The giraffes were pretty cool and the rhino was huge too.

On our second trip around we finally got to see the tigers

But sadly enough both Lexie and Josh had the most fun playing in the sandbox (you know we really didn't need to go all the way to the zoo to play in a sandbox guys - the local park would have been closer and cheaper).

And then there were the rides - I caved and let Lexie have a couple of goes on the carnival rides.  She had a ball.

So a busy but fun time was had by all this weekend.

Now whilst I'm at it a few new photos of the house - I've been in a bit of a decorating mood lately - and it seems to have manifested itself as a lot of rug buying - so we now have new rugs in just about every room of the house.

My main focus has been Lexie's room.  We've put up a wall treatment plus the new rug - its finally starting to look like a little girls room - rather that just a room with a bed in it.

Its still a bit sparse but we're getting there.

Josh's room has got a new rug too - though not much else yet.

And our room has a new rug too

Hopefully it'll be a bit warmer on the feet during those cold winter months. (who was the idiot that decided that wooden floors were a good idea in a place where it get to 20 below zero regularly in the winter???)