Trip to Ohio

Arabella, Max and I spent almost 2 weeks in Ohio visiting with Uncle Mike & Uncle Jeff. We decided to spend at least 10 days with them - Jay was out of town for most of the time we were gone, Arabella's school schedule will now limit our travel a bit and we wanted to just get away and relax a bit. It was a fun time. The weather was much cooler than we were used to and not as humid, it wasn't the August Ohio weather I remember when we lived there, but the change was welcome! Because of the weather, we didn't spend too much time at Uncle Mike's pool, but we still got out and enjoyed the area. Arabella was just happy to be with them. She loves spending time with them and Macy and Rocco. She is so good with the dogs and they just love her...they get a ton of extra dog treats when she visits! Max was great and started to try and crawl while we were in Ohio. We didn't do anything crazy, but it was nice just to spend time with family.

We had fun at the playground. Max and Uncle Mike explored the trees and leaves...Max loved it! Max had his first swing ride and also went down the slide for the first time with Arabella, although he wasn't too sure what to make of either one!

I love this picture of Uncle Mike and Arabella...I wonder what they are talking about...

Uncle Jeff is the Max whisperer...he can always get him to go to sleep! Max and Rocco got along just fine. And Rocco would act like Max was his baby and keep watch over him. Macy even got in on the action. Max was pretty nonchalant about it and just went with the flow.

One day when it was overcast and a bit drizzly, we went to an indoor play place. Not as nice as Zig Zag Zoo, but it worked. And surprisingly, it wasn't busy. Arabella had fun climbing about with Uncle Mike. Arabella and I had a ball fight in the ball pit. Max wasn't sure what to make of the ball pit. After we had enough of the play scape, we went and played some games. Arabella loved playing skee ball and was pretty good at it. We had a great time and it was a fun afternoon. She was so excited to win tickets and then pick out a prize before going home. The prizes were not the greatest, but they were good enough for a 5 year old.

We tried the pool one day, but didn't last long...the water was a bit chilly and the sun clouded over when we got to the pool!

We had such a great time. Here are a few more random shots that I took...