A Busy Weekend

We had a very busy weekend planned!  Joe was off this weekend, so we got to do all of this as a family!

The weekend started at 7am with a photo shoot in Lakeville.  Our new puppy was having her picture taken with the rest of her litter by a friend early in the morning and we wanted to be there to help out.

We then met friends at the MN Zoo.  We hadn't been there with E since he was 5 months old.  The zoo has changed a lot since then and it is much different going with and 3 and a half year old than an infant.  We had a great time catching up with old friends.

E loved looking at all the dinosaurs.  His favorite show these days is 'Dinosaur Train.'  He named a bunch of the dinosaurs and thought that they were all pretty cool.

E found these eye goggles in the car on the way down to the zoo.  They are an old pair of Joe's that he wore when he had his nose surgery.  E LOVED wearing them, even though it was HOT

Isaac and E

Joe said that this goat was just like Siren, jumping up on him.

E and Isaac sharing a brush

After the zoo, we went to pick up our new puppy Optimus.  E really wanted to bring her to the zoo, with us.  When I told him that we couldn't bring her with, he suggested that we put her in a backpack.  A good idea, but not an option!

After we picked up Optimus, we had a going away party to go to.  We had a great time visiting with friends and family.  E got to wrestle with his Uncle Kyle, have a water fight with his Aunt Katie and show off his new puppy Optimus.

That was all just on Saturday.

On Sunday we woke up early-because that's what little puppies and little boys do.

We got the last hard sided swimming pool in the Twin Cities and filled it up.  

It has a built in slide and E thought this was a GREAT feature.

Optimus' remaining siblings came over for a play date.  They all also enjoyed the pool-I wasn't able to get any action shots of them though.

They did have fun destroying one of my day lillies though.

E was a monkey!

It was a busy weekend but a fun one!