Finn's Animals

Finn's first visit to the MN Zoo.  He's looking a bit stunned in this picture, but he really loved it.

Checking out the penguins

Tunnel to look at some type of reptile

Aiden wanted a picture in front of the bald eagle

Liam took this picture of his favorite, the leopard.  His favorite animal is the cheetah.

Riding the carousel

Liam got his cheetah

Luke thought the ride was o.k., but nothing like those roller coasters at the fair

Popsicles on a warm day

Finn and his popsicle

Aiden and his buddies Keaton (brown) and Landon (red) from school on picture day

Silly faces on picture day

Finn at breakfast one morning this week.  Finn, unlike any of this three older brothers, loves to sleep in!!

(L to R) Liam, Aiden, Luke, and their friend Jack at the season opener for MN Gophers hockey.

Finn made his first trip to the Minnesota Zoo over the weekend on a very warm October day in Minnesota.  It is unusual to have such warm weather in mid October, but we are making the most of it.  The MN Zoo is a bit of a drive from our house, but we made the trek and took the boys.  Finn loves animals and talked about "seeing animals" for the entire 50 minutes we spent in the car driving there.  He loved it all-the fish, seals, penguins, snakes, caribou, monkeys, etc...Liam is also a big animal lover and his favorite is any type of cat-leopard, cheetah, jaguar, tiger, etc...Finn keeps asking to "say hi to animals" so I am certain he loved it.

In other news, we had a busy sports/social weekend.  Luke and Liam are playing 2nd grade basketball and practiced on Saturday.  They will have their first game at the end of the month.  They also had hockey try outs to determine teams this season.  They did not have to "try out" in the past so we will see what happens with it.

Aiden went to a birthday party with friends from his school and got to skate in an open ice activity for new skaters.  He was super excited to be skating while his older brothers tagged along and watched.

And lastly, John and the big boys were asked to go to the Minnesota Gophers hockey home opener for the upcoming season.  The game was at night so the boys got to stay up late, eat hot dogs and ice cream, and watch hockey too!  All in all, they said it was a fun weekend surprise.