Our trip to Atlanta.

Last week we took Owen on his 1st plane ride to visit Aunt Charlene in Atlanta. He loved the plane. He sat with us and we were lucky to have an empty seat beside us on the way down (it was 6:25 a.m.). He liked looking over the seat at the people behind us. He played trucks and looked at books. When we landed he checked out the planes and made noises (like the planes).

On our 2nd day in Atlanta, we took Owen to the Varsity for lunch, he ate 1 1/2 hot dogs and an onion ring. After eating, we went to the Aquarium and Coke world. Owen loved looking at the fish at the Aquarium, especially the big whale sharks and beluga whales.

After the Aquarium, we went to Coke World. We started the visit by watching a movie. Then we toured the museum looking at all the Coke memoribilia. Owen enjoyed tasting the different Coke products from around the world. I think it was funny to see his face while drinking some of them. He did find a few fruit ones that he liked. We saw a 4D movie (squirted water and the seats moved) and he clapped and thought it was funny. He did not like the glasses though, so I am sure he thought it was weird to look at.

On Thursday, we went to Zoo Atlanta and Stone Mountian. Owen was hysterical at the zoo, he was making all kinds of sounds at the animals and would have gotten into the cages with them if he could have. We actually did get to go into a cage with parakeets that Owen loved feeding and sneeking a touch. We rode on the train and Owen continusiouly made the "Choo-choo sound as you can see in this picture below.

Owen thanking Mommy for the trip to the zoo. He is becomming so affectionate. (He loves to kiss and hug us and when we come home or into a room he comes running saying "MAMA or DADA". )

Stone Mountain Laser show was fantastic. Eventhough the show did not start until 9:30 p.m. Owen stayed up, clapped, danced and cheered to the music. Before the laser show, we walked around and looked at the big mountain.

We had a fantastic trip and hopefully we took enough pictures for Owen to remember it when he is older.

Owen at the Penguin Stanley Cup Parade

The Penguins Stanley Cup parade was awesome. There were around 375,000 people there, but standing where we were you would have never of known that. We were in the 1st/2nd row from the jersey barrier. So we could see all the players very well. Owen waved at each of them as they walked passed. It was fun to be around a crowd of people cheering and full of excitement about the win.

June 11th and 13th--Bowling at Lincoln Lanes

On Thursday, Owen took to the lanes for the first time. It is so hard to believe that last year at this time we were crawling around and this year we are going on playdates to the bowling alley. I organized a moms group outing to Lincoln Lanes and 15 moms and their children came. This was obviously Owen's first time bowling, so we were not sure how it would go, but he LOVED it. Daddy and I both helped him to get his bowling ball and then go to the lane and roll the ball. He thought it was great and ran very excited to the ball return and then helped to hold the ball as we walked to the lane. He rolled the ball all on his own and ended up getting an 85 (of course the bumpers were on, but I thought that was pretty good for an almost 19 month old).

We also got invited to Owen's friend Maria's birthday party that was at the bowling ally on Saturday. Owen again LOVED bowling, but had the help in Game 2 from Chris. He did pretty well, despite the little love affair between him and Maria (as you can see in the puckering up picture below).

This will definitely not be the end of the bowling, I am sure we will go back again on a rainy day this summer.

June 10th--Mommy and Me tumbling class

Owen's first Mommy and Me tumbling class was Wednedsay. The class is 25 minutes long and there are about 6 kids in the class. Sandy Watson, a teacher at my school is actually the instructor, so Owen was already familiar with her. At the start of class we clapped and welcomed everyone to class. Then, Sandy showed all the stations that the kids could use during the class. Finally, it was time for them to explore during the 25 minutes of class. Owen jumped in the ball pit, held his arms up on the bar, wheeled the wheel roller around the room, bounced on the trampoline, and jumped on the springboard. He had a fun time with lots of laughs and giggles and I am excited for next weeks class!













Owen on the bar, trying to reach and hold on.

Running on the trampoline was fun, especially when the foam pit is at the other end.

A day at Idelwild-- June 9th

On Tuesday we headed to Idelwild for the School Picnic. When we arrived at the park, Owen was sound asleep in the carseat, but as soon as I picked him up he was bright eyed and bushy tailed. We went to Kiddie Land and Owen road his first BIG KID rides, the first ride was the Turtles--not the best choice it shook us all around, but we rode with Julianne and both of them had fun. Daddy then rode the Teacups with Owen, he didn't want to get on it at first, but after the ride started moving he was fne and had a good time. We rode Mister Rogers Neighborhood again this year, and Owen watched the characters every move with NO expression (sort of weird for him). Then we went to Jumpin' Jungle and he ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. We started in the blowing ball section with Pappy and Grammy and he giggled and laughed real hard, he even got his picture taken here with Pappy for the Latrobe Bulletin. Daddy and Owen road the Big Foots Mudslide and he could have ridden it all day, he rode it with Daddy 2 times and Pappy once. Finally, we visited Storybook Forest, it was a little sad there was no one there, it was pretty deserted so Owen had it all to himself. It started to look like it was going to thunderstorm, so we decided to head towards the Merry-Go-Round, but didn't make it because it started raining, and it was raining pretty hard. So we headed home, but will go back to Idelwild thanks to the great season passes that we have.


Jumping Jungle with Owen. Pappy and Owen riding the Mudslide and Daddy too.

Daddy and Owen on the new Teacups ride.

Owen riding Mister Rogers Trolley.

Easter

Easter was fun for Owen this year. He really enjoyed going on his egg hunt, he picked up the eggs on his own and put them in his Easter basket. He had 1 at Grammy and Pappy's house. He loved the items in his basket especially the duck stuff.

After going to Grammy and Pappy's for lunch, we went to feed the ducks at St. Vincent Lake. Owen didn't quite get the concept of feeding the ducks, he thought we meant feed him, so he fed himself the bread for the ducks.