NC Zoo and State Fair

It's that time of the year again -- NC State Fair was in town. This month has been pretty busy for us on the weekend so we really only had the opportunity to go on Saturday. Unfortunately, it rained most of the day. We decided to brave it anyways since the main items we wanted to take Natalie to were indoors. Emile and I got wet but Natalie stayed nice and dry under her stroller rain cover.

She got to see the cows, bunnies, and other farm animals. She even got to pet a cow (we quickly washed her hands after :). I think she enjoyed all the people watching the most though.

A few weekends ago we met up with some friends and their toddlers/babies at the NC Zoo in Asheboro again. The weather was so much more comfortable than July when we went last time, actually on the chilly side. This time we explored the North American side. Natalie learned how to make the sound of a wolf while there. Her favorite animals to mimic are the snake's hiss and a wolf's howl. She doesn't seem to want to try saying meow or woof yet!

Natalie likes to push the stroller herself. Of course, she's too short to reach so Emile holds her up like she's in a chair and they stroll around -- not always in a straight line.

Natalie is getting into pretend cooking. She loves to take cookware out of the cupboards while Emile is cooking. It's a fun activity to her now during the day. Emile has taught her how to help feed the cakes their wet food at night too. We'll have to get a video of that to show at some point.

Natalie loves to sit on the our enclosed deck furniture and read magazines. It's a relaxing time for us.

Natalie is starting to say a bunch of words. Sometimes not more than once or twice but she's definitely starting to mimic more. Her latest words are Opa, Nana, banana (which she says like Nana), mailman, raisin, bubbles, help, on, and off (these are all I can think of right now).