Early June

June 2: A chilly afternoon at the park

June 3: A warmer day at the park...my guy climbed up the rock wall all by himself! He's a professional climber.

Also, would you not love to be 2.5 again?!

June 4: We spent the morning at Run Around Fun Town. He had a blast!

June 5: Another day, another park!

June 6: Zoo Day!

June 7: We spent the day at the aquatic center and he had the BEST time!

June 8: Dom's special lotion for nap and bedtime!

June 10: We went back again!

June 12: We were waiting for Papa and Gigi in the car and he looked so so sweet!

June 15: Post nap kisses. He calls me Dom's Mama Bear and himself: Dom Brown Bear

Cincinnati Zoo

Dom and I were back in Ohio for a few weeks the beginning of June. One of the weekends Ryan was TDY so we decided to hit up the Cincinnati Zoo and we fell in love. We ended up being there for SIX hours and had the best time together. I actually bought the unlimited ride tickets with the entrance fee and it worked out perfect. There were tons of babies as well! Dom's FAVORITE part of the zoo was the train and his favorite animals were the lions and alligators. His only disappointment of the day was there were no hippos. He didn't like that some of the animals were SO close. He loved to look, but got freaked out when they were super close.

The End Of May

May 16: Ryan sent Dominick a 12 pack of dinosaurs off amazon. Dominick was super excited and we played dinosaurs for many days

That night we went to dinner with my parents and to go grocery shopping. Every time we're in Meijer he always asks to ride the horsey. How can I say no to him when it's literally ONE CENT!

May 17: We spent a lot of time outside .Clearly his balance bike is one of his favorite toys.

May 18: Feeding the animals at Mooville at the petting zoo area.

May 19: I actually worked out

May 20: My niece had another half day, but I asked her mom if she could skip and go to the aquarium with Dominick and I. We also had lunch at the Rainforest Cafe. They had a great day.

May 21: Dominick climbed this wall all by himself at Mooville (we clearly spend a lot of time there).

May 22: Dominick and I went to run some errands and then had dinner with one of my best friends and her daughter. Afterwards we took the kids to play at the park. They had the BEST time. Dominick was SO tired. We stayed at the park until well after his bed time (we were walking out at 9:15) and we didn't get home until around 10:30. He stayed up the entire drive and slept in early for me the next morning.

May 23: Ryan sent Dom this shuttle from the Air Force Museum. The last time we were there he had wanted it, but I told him no. Ryan ended up having to go there for work so he picked it up for him and sent it to him. Dominick LOVED his "tairplane". He kept telling me how fast it was and how high it could go.

I sure love this little guy

Mooville was also having their annual anniversary celebration so we went out there and partied with them twice this day.

May 24: After church selfies

my brother and sister in law invited us over for dinner this night and my brother was entertaining Dominick. He was running through the hose and had the best time.

May 26: It's hard to tell, but I had gone to the library and as soon as I walked outside it started POURING down rain. I made a b-line to my car and by the time I got home it was even worse. I parked my car and ran inside, but I was DRENCHED.

May 27: We went and got ice cream. He was relaxing on the front porch.

May 28: Our small local grocery store had these mini carts. I said he could push since we only needed one or two things. I went to put the loaf of bread in and he told me it was too heavy.

May 28: My best boy

Sea Life Aquarium

 On May 20th Dominick, my niece Kyla and I all went to the Sea Life Aquarium. It's about 2 hours away from where we live, but it was a really fun day. It was much smaller than what I had expected, but we still had a great time. Dominick LOVED "playing with the fish" and being with Kyla. He missed his nap, but he was in a great mood for the most part. We ate at the Rainforest Cafe (if I'm being honest I really don't enjoy this restaurant or the food, but K picked it) and Dom was super scared of all the animals, but we survived and left to go back and play with the fish again. I sure love these two littles and the adventures we go on.

Adventures at Papa and Gigi's

My parents have been building their new house since 2009. They're doing pretty much everything themselves so it's been quite the process. They're mostly finished and will be moving in by the end of this year. Dominick LOVES going there because there's so much room for him to run with a huge yard, a meadow and the woods to go for walks in. Since he's such an outdoorsy kid it's kind of his idea of Heaven. One morning when it had finally stopped raining we drove up there had some fun. My dad was up there working, but took some time off to play and go on some adventures with us. My mom joined later that day.

picking dandelions on the trail in the woods

walking through the meadow to check and see if there were any birds in the bird houses.