Friday, September 7, 2007

Zoo


Over Labor Day weekend we visited the Roanoke Zoo, which is situated right off the Blue Ridge Parkway, overlooking the town/city of Roanoke, VA. It was a really pretty setting, and a cute little zoo where you could get pretty close to all the animals. Jake had fun naming some of them. The big turtle was "Taxi", one Boa snake was "Pony" and the other was the ubiquitous "Pokeeno." Pokeeno has been the name of most animals since he started naming things about a month or so ago. We asked if he meant "Pinocchio," and he said "yes, Pokeeno." I don't think either of us have read him the Pinocchio story, so we have no idea where that comes from.

On our way back to the car, we passed a bench in a wooded area and Jake sat down. We hardly noticed, and kept walking for a minute until we hear him shouting about something. We turned around and he was saying "Jake BIGGER! Jake BIGGER!" Apparently a few weeks ago Jake was upset that his feet didn't touch the ground when he sat down and Ali assured him they would once he was bigger. Well, Jake found a bench that sat pretty low, and sure enough his feet touched the ground. He was so excited. It was pretty cute.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Hiatus

Yes, we're still here. I took a break from the blog while we were on vacation last week down at Smith Mountain Lake where, in fitting with the small town atmosphere, they only have dialup internet.

It was a great week, and the Jacksons came down with us, so we had a lot of fun with them. Jake got more practice swimming, and even jumped in the lake from the dock! We also visited a real dairy farm and the Roanoke Zoo (pictures coming soon...).

Here's a short clip of Sadie practicing crawling with Jake at her side. Of course, as soon as he realizes I'm filming, he takes the camera and uses those weird camera angles that are popular on MTV these days.