Busy Weekend

Last Friday, we celebrated John's birthday.  Yes, that is a homemade apple pie - one of John's few birthday requests year after year.  Paul really got into blowing out the candles.  Now any time we light a candle, Paul tries to blow it out.

 Mmmm...apple pie:

Satuday, we made a day trip down to the Minnesota zoo.  Unfortunately, both John and I neglected to check the closing time, so we arrived at 2 p.m. only to find that they closed at 4 p.m.  Oh well, we made a whirlwind tour and given that it was in the late afternoon, many of the animals were very active, including the bears and Siberian tigers that both came right up to the glass partition.

 

Paul was pretty interested in the monkeys and fish at first, but then he either got overwhelmed or bored and turned into a wild child who just wanted to run around outside.

 Bear looking for a late afternoon snack.

 Paul's favorite part was the playground at the zoo and the playground at Monticello on our way back home.  Guess we could have just stayed at Baxter and hit a few playgrounds and Paul would have been equally as happy.  *Shrug*

Sunday, John took Nora grouse hunting, so Paul and I hit a local pumpkin patch and corn maze.  His favorite part was a big sandbox full of corn kernels and trucks.  Must have played in there for at least an hour.