Santa

My Little Chef

Brady offered to help make some instant cheese cake, he was a huge help.  I normally would make a real cheese cake, but I couldn't find an egg free recipe that I like.  So instant it was.  

Making the crust.

Licking the batter off of the beaters.

Woody

Here are a few shots of Brady in his Halloween costume.

Happy 2nd Birthday Brady!

The Past Year

12 Months

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21 Months

22 Months

23 Months

1 day shy of 2.

Pumpkin Bash

We went to "Pumpkin Bash" at Ryan's work today and we had a ton of fun.  Brady dressed up as Woody from Toy Story, but he refers to anything from that movie as "Uzz Uzz Lightear".

Brady attempting to pet the duck at the petting zoo.  I was so proud of him, he knew it was a duck.  He kept saying "uck" "uck" to it.

They are point at the giant balloon, that Ryan's work sponsors in The Thanksgiving Parade. 

Brady showing Ryan the giant water feature.  Last time we visited Ryan at work, Brady tried to play in the water.

Hugging a blow up kitty.

Hanging out on a giant pumpkin.

Coloring his TOT bag.  They had TOT on floors 9 to 12.

Art Prize

Here is a short video of Brady enjoying some of the Art at Art Prize this year.  I will try to post some more pictures soon.

Mackinac Island

Brady took his first trip to one of Michigan's largest tourist traps this weekend.  We have had ferry tickets sitting around for a few years, they where left over from a trip.  We somehow left the island, without setting foot in a fudge shop and only going into one gift shop.

Instead of spending the day wandering from fudge shop to fudge shop, we decided to take a walk across the island.  We walked past the Governor's House and Fort Mackinac on our way to Arch Rock.  On way back to the downtown area, we stopped at the island cemetery.  

Before we left the Island we had a late lunch at one of the Grand Hotel's Restaurants.  A brewery in Michigan, makes a special beer just for the Grand Hotel.  We couldn't leave the island without having one.

The Fort Wayne Children's Zoo

We we took a trip to the Fort Wayne Zoo this weekend, with Grandma and Grandpa Chandler.  It actually had animals you could see, unlike The Detroit Zoo.  I am pretty sure every time we went to The Detroit Zoo, that Brady just thought it was a park with big fences.  Brady had a great time touching, feeding and actually getting to see the animals up close.

They had a Farm Petting Zoo.  Brady got to run around and play with the Goats.  This was his favorite part of the Zoo.  We even stopped by on the way out, so he could play with them again. 

The alligators.  Brady even said alligator for a Grandma a few times.

A really big turtle.

Driving a Land Rover.

Walking with Dad and Grandma.

Checking out the hyena.

He wasn't that impressed by the lion.

Feeding a giraffe.

Pretending to be a Joey.