2 Years, 1 Week, and 5 Days

Charlotte & Ruby are 2 years, 1 week, and 5 days old today. Grandma Doreen, Great Papa Arlen, and Judy came to visit last week. We took them to the Brookfield Zoo and Goebbert's Pumpkin Farm, where Charlotte & Ruby had a lot of fun. Enjoy the photos!

Playing with fairy toys:

Great Papa Arlen took Charlotte on the carousel at the zoo:

Grandma Doreen took Ruby on the carousel at the zoo:

Looking at a monitor lizard, to which Charlotte gave a hug & kiss to through the glass:

Charlotte sits on the gorilla statue with Great Papa Arlen's help:

Ruby runs ahead:

Ruby helps Great Papa Arlen push Charlotte in the stroller:

At the pumpkin farm, there were various character cutouts set around the pumpkins, and Charlotte & Ruby were so excited to see the Sesame Street characters that they ran to hug each of them:


Pony ride:



Sliding:


Family photo in front of a great pumpkin:

Running through a pumpkin tunnel:

We watched a pig race - yes, a pig race:

Ruby really liked feeding carrot sticks to the giraffes, while Charlotte preferred to watch from a safe distance:

They each tried their luck at lifting a big pumpkin:


In the end, they were happiest with these little white pumpkins (Ruby is pretending to eat hers while Charlotte shows hers to everyone):

After the family visit ended, we returned to our normal schedule and Ava came over to play yesterday morning: