Month in Review – Part 1

The first weekend of June, we had a marathon of fun and frolic as B & C participated in the Cincinnati Reds Run for Home 5K. We have done this once before, going down to Cinci for the weekend with our friends to participate as families.
This little race snakes around the Cincinnati Riverfront and ends in the Reds stadium, running around the warning track and over the finish line. The second part is they have a Kids Fun Run which is basically just a run around half the warning track and over a finish line. Brian pushed C in the stroller for the bulk of the 5K, but we caught some shots of them blazing in after about 32 minutes of pure bliss.

It should be noted that a guy wearing a complete cow costume (fur, head, everything) beat them by at least 10 minutes. And this was not a cool day by any stretch of the imagination.

As they herded into the finish area…

After that, we headed to the Cincinnati Zoo, which was exceptionally nice, not over-crowded, accessible, fun, and filled with cool stuff! One thing they had which I hadn’t really seen a lot of before was various zoo staff throughout the park holding or exhibiting animals up close and personal (owls, snakes, birds, etc) and telling all about them. Much better than walking from glass house to glass house, looking at animals from 20 yards away.

C enjoyed most everything, here she is clearly delighted by an encounter with the famed spectacled bear:

She has this really amusing habit of suddenly taking on a VERY serious face during an otherwise festive occasion. We laugh frequently about it. Here, at Mimi’s birthday last year:

My SIL can impersonate her better than anyone, and it never fails to send me into hysterics. What can I say, I am easily entertained.

Our hiking around the Cincinnati Zoo was fun but tiring…but we couldn’t stop there!! We stayed in a hotel downtown and finished the night with a pool and pizza party that couldn’t be beat. C fell into bed about 10:30pm, thoroughly exhausted but happy.

The next morning, we headed home, and the trip home was completed by a stop at Brian’s favorite, The Original Pancake House. And I don’t mind telling you, they do make an amazingly delicious pecan waffle.