Weekend with Dad

I'm behind on my posts. Kevin has been in Switzerland trying to help European schools make better use of their floor space all week, so David and I skipped town to spend some time with my parents in South Carolina. Before Kevin left on Monday, we tried to squeeze in as much family fun as we could.
On Saturday morning, we went to Boo at the Zoo. (Yes, we do go to the zoo about twice a week.) This was David's first chance to sport his lemur costume. (For the two people out there who are curious as to why I picked a lemur instead of something normal, it's because the costume is cute and because lemurs were a running joke during my college years. The largest population of lemurs outside of their native Madagascar is at the Duke Primate Center, and I figured if nothing else, my college friends would be amused. Plus I am a complete nerd, and I loved picking such an obscure animal.) David was less impressed with his costume than we were and was initially pretty irate that we wanted him to wear it. Eventually he tolerated it, and we had fun at the zoo. We capped off Saturday night with a pre-bedtime trip to Oberweiss with David in his pj's.

David in various stages of accepting his costume. Elephants enjoying a traditional meal of pumpkin.



A picture for Katie, since the thank you note for this beautiful sweater she brought David from Peru is sitting in on our kitchen counter.


David enjoying spaghetti and, later that same night, ice cream in his pj's.


We went to church Sunday morning where David spent 90% of his time playing with the toys in the back and 10% running up and down the ramp outside. In the afternoon, we went to Navy Pier and nearly froze to death on the ferris wheel and then headed to Greek town for dinner. David is a great eater and will eat almost anything you put in front of him, so I guess I shouldn't have been surprised by the way he shovelled saganaki into his mouth.

David and I in the early stages of hypothermia. David and Kevin at Navy Pier. David throwing down his saganaki.


For our grand finale, we visited Shedd Aquarium on Monday morning. David absolutely loved it. He went from tank to tank, pointing at all the creatures. At one point he got so excited that he just started running full speed back and forth across one of the exhibits, throwing himself on the floor and laughing hysterically from time to time for emphasis. He wore himself out and slept all the way home on the train.