Cincinnati Symphony - Bugs

This weekend was the Cincinnati arts weekend so there is a whole lot of things to do around town. Last year we enjoyed the art museum and this year we took Brendan to a Saturday morning performance of the Cincinnati Symphony. The show focused on all sorts of Bugs. Brendan seemed to enjoy himself and was very relaxed the whole time. After that we had our picnic lunch and enjoyed seeing the Cincinnati Music Hall, it is an old beautiful building. As usual, by the time Brendan made it to the car he was well on his way to sleep. Most of the rest of this weekend was cold and snowy so we played around the house and mommy went off Sunday to have lunch with some friends who hosted a baby "sprinkle".

TRUCKS

The past year a lot of road construction has been underway on Western Row by our house. There has been no sidewalk and the road was out so we couldn't get out of the neighborhood except by car. Now the road is finished but not yet open so we have a very big road to walk up and down which is nice. The best part is that there is sometimes construction equipment. Today is the first time that we were able to take Brendan out to see a backhoe which he really enjoys seeing in person after reading about them in his books and doing puzzles of different trucks. The road and bike path they are building out in front of our neighborhood is going to be very nice once they get everything complete in a few months.

Boom Box

Brendan can't seem to let go of his Valentine's day gift of a boom box mp3 player. He carries it all around with him listening and dancing to his music. He's also started to want to share everything with his best friend Bailey. Bailey gets lots of books read to him from Brendan and also gets to listen to all of Brendan's music.

More Wind Damage

We had some more amazing storms here in Cincinnati this week. For the second time in ~6 months we have roof damage from very high winds. In the pictures below you can see the north side of the storm approaching from the southwest, as we watched the clouds come in the air was still and then as the clouds in the pictures went past us we had winds of 50-60mph for about 30min. This was much less damaging than the wind storm back in September of last year but a lot of homes have significant damage again since most were already weakened from the fall.

Valentine's Gift

Brendan received a very nice package from his Grandma and Opa. There were clothes, books and an mp3 boom box. It took a few days to figure out how to get the boom box to work, but after mommy and daddy figured it out with the help of Grandma via phone it is now Brendan's favorite thing around. He carries it and listens to his music, he is even getting good at selecting different songs to listen to.

Trash Day

Brendan continues to love the trash. Sunday is the big preparation day to get the trash out to the curb and start talking about the trash truck. Monday's we wake up and watch the trash truck and men getting all the trash from our street. This always helps to make Monday's a great morning for the whole family.

Enjoying the Outside in Winter

Although we've had cold weather with snow and ice this winter, we've also been lucky and had a lot of very nice days to enjoy. This past week, it got into the 60's so we left work early to come home and enjoy things outside. Brendan enjoyed getting his scooter out and riding around as well as giving his friend Bailey lots of hugs.