Zoo Sunday

Today was a nice day outside.. Although don't feel too bad all you people out east. The TV might have said +10, but with the piles of snow we have, it really didn't feel like +10... in fact, the ice is still hard as a rock in front of our house.

None the less, there wasn't much wind and it was really sunny and so it made for a nice afternoon at the zoo. We saw our favourites, the giraffes, and the hippo, we even got to see the baby gorilla today! It was the first time because she never seems to be out when we're there! She is soo cute and it was funny to watch the Mom gorilla sitting in the corner of their area with her chin resting on her hands "watching" her baby play. It was just like how all of us mom's watch our little ones in amazement!

I must also report that Matthew is now an expert tooth brusher... he let's me brush all of his teeth with no complaining.. YAY!! ANNDDDD... tonight and last night he went to sleep without either Mommy or Daddy having to be in the room and not one cry! What a big boy!

Woof Woof, Sush, Car

This morning Daddy, on Matthew's insistance, took him to his favourite place on earth, again... the pet store!

Yesterday was Daddy's day off so they went to his other favourite place in the world... for sushi (yes, I'm not kidding)... They only go to Safeway, but I think it's the thrill of eating at the tables in the store.. and yes, he does eat his way though enough sushi to fill up a 3 year old.

So, for the rest of today, all Matthew has repeated (and I'm not kidding) is " woof woof? Car.... sush! Woof, woof!..... car? CAR!!!!... sush? Woof Woof!" and then it starts all over when I explain that we have to wait until at least tomorrow to go see a doggy again.

p.s. if you live near me and have a dog we can borrow for the afternoon (because we ARE NOT getting one...) please let me know :O)

Cabin Fever

Poor little Matthew. He has been cooped up inside the house for over a week, not including the little trip to the walk-in clinic on Sunday. He's feeling much better now and quite anxious to get out of the house!

Today, when I got home from work, we were eating supper at the table when he told me..

Matthew: "Ma" (Mommy, pointing at me)
Mathew: "Ma" (Matthew, pointing at himself)
Matthew: "Car"... "woof Woof!" !?!?
Mommy: "No Matthew, the car says Vroom, Vroom, not woof, woof silly!"
Matthew: "Car"... "WOOF WOOF!"
Mommy: "Woof, Woof? What are you trying to say.... oh, you want to go see a Doggy?"
Matthew: "Ya.... Woof Woof!!"

So I felt bad that the poor little guy wanted to go out soooo bad, that I phoned Daddy, who was on his way home from work and told him Matthew had been a good boy all day and ate his supper and so we were taking a trip in the car to the pet store to see the doggies.

It turned out to be so much fun! We hadn't been to a petstore in a few months and Matthew thought he was in heaven! Where to turn first? The doggies, the birdies, the rabbits... wow! They had everything here!

We spent a good hour in the store looking at all of the animals and playing with the puppies in the pen!

One spontaneous trip = One wonderful memory stored.