This and That

October is one of those funny months; Madyson is off-track while Brandon is just getting through his first semester of school. I try and plan several fun things for Madyson to do while including Brandon as much as possible. Cooking is one of the ways I like to include everyone. We often do pizza night. It's usually a Friday night and we include it with our game night. This time I decided to have each one of us make our own pizza. We made the dough from scratch and had all of our favorite ingredients. Everyone enjoyed rolling out their dough and creating their own yummy pizza.

These were the kids pizzas before they were cooked. Mady opted for a heart shaped pepperoni pizza while Brandon created a cheese filled crust for his pizza.

Both kids enjoyed the idea of being able to create whatever they wanted. No one had to compromise on flavors in this pizza night.

While Brandon is in school, Mady and I have been able to find various little activities we can do together. Our first trip was to Irvine Regional Park. This park has a small zoo you can visit for $2! That's what I call a deal!

Mady enjoyed feeding all of the animals. Many of them wanted to climb out of their enclosures to get to the food.

There were so many ducks in this pond. When we stopped to eat our picnic lunch Mady was able to feed the ducks. She eventually was surrounded by more ducks than we could count.

Our next mini trip was to the Aquarium in Long Beach. We've been here several times before but that never seems to bother us. The Aquarium has so many amazing fish and different sea creatures.

Mady was petting the sting rays. These rays were tiny compared to the ones we swam with in the Grand Turks.

If you look behind Mady's head you can see tons of "Nemo" and "Dory" fish.

The month of October has only begun for us. We have several more fun adventures planned...pumpkin patch, San Diego Zoo, Sea World and the Wild Animal Park.