David's weekend

Just a quick post to get my mother through Monday. We had a great weekend. Friday was absolutely beautiful--warm (actually warm not Chicago "warm") and sunny. David and I went to our magical mornings class, which was once again less than magical and included a very very long song about the 3 little pigs complete with hand puppets that left most of the children bored and either crying or aimlessly wandering the room. After that, we hit the zoo. David literally ran from animal to animal, half the time he was yelling "Run! RUN!" just in case it wasn't clear to everyone what he was doing. He enjoyed a lunch that included pizza and a fruit roll up (he picked this out himself at the food court). After lunch we spent some time enjoying one of the zoo's little playgrounds. It's amazing to see how far he has come. When we brought him home last may, he couldn't walk or even crawl. Friday, he was climbing up and down the equipment, sliding down slides, jumping and running like an absolute maniac. He crashed in the car on the way home and slept for 2 1/2 hours, and that is why we love the zoo.

Yesterday was back to typical March weather (cold and wet), so we spent the morning at the Field Museum. We checked out their special exhibit on the Aztec civilization, which is a lot of sculpture and other things not geared towards toddlers, but David was very well behaved and actually enjoyed parts of the exhibit. He pointed out the different animals and body parts. After that we visited some of the more interactive parts of the museum. David got to beat on drums from all over the world and harvest, grind and cook fake corn. Last night, Alma and Sabrina came to watch David while Kevin and I double dated with Dave and Katie at Second City. We had a great time (and so did David, no doubt), and it was lovely to get out of the house and be grown ups for a night.

Today we spent the day in our pajamas. It was a perfect day to be lazy as there was a torrential downpour outside most of the day (as in more than 3 inches of rain in 24 hours downpour).

This computer is being a beast, so I think that's it for now. Here are a couple of pictures: David status post fruit roll up and David with Sue the dinosaur