Lincoln Park Zoo

Here are a few pics from the zoo in Chicago. It was a great day (no rain!). They were having a "harvest fest" at the farm zoo, the kids were able to pick out a pumpkin. Ethan, of course, went into the pumpkin patch they had set up and started throwing them around, so we had to help him along a bit so he wouldn't damage any!

We all had a great time walking around and checking out the animals. Ethan has been saying "monkey" more and more, so he was pretty excited to see some monkeys swinging around. He was also excited to see the ducks swimming in the ponds and the polar bear swimming in his pool.

Shedd Aqarium

We went to Chicago the first weekend in October to visit Uncle Dave and check out the sites. We went to the Shedd Aquarium and the Lincoln Park Zoo.

We had a great visit- Ethan loved all the "fishys!" and "monkeys." He had a great time at the aquarium putting his face right up to the glass at watching the fish swim by!

Art Prize 2009

Grand Rapids is hosting "the largest art competition in the world." Over 1200 artist have entered this competition for a chance to win the top prize of $250,000. The competition has been going on since Sept. 23 and will conclude on Oct. 10th. There is art work spread all over the downtown area in different venues. It is quite a site to see downtown Grand Rapids busy with so many people taking in all the different art pieces. Here are a few pics from some of the outside pieces. The two pieces on the right are in the final 10, one is a giant table and chairs set on top of one of the pedestrian bridges ove the Grand River, the other is the Lockness monster that has been placed in the river.

Ethan has enjoyed going downtown, or "dow tow" (he drops the 'n's when he says it!).

For more information check out artprize.org (I think).