Category: Adventure

Today was our fourth trip to Zombie Walk Detroit!

Our plan got a bit side tracked as my sister and her friend came in from Brooklyn to go with us, however, the walk was rescheduled to a later time and they weren’t able to stay for the event.  Because they were in town though we made the most of our time and went to my grandpa Nader’s house for lunch.  Dave stayed home to get some work done.   Ajax did very well and had a lot of fun playing with his aunt Emily.   After my grandpa’s house, Emily and her friend headed home and I took Ajax home to nap.

My cousin, DJ, came over to our house and went to the walk with us.   This year it was in Royal Oak, not as cool as Detroit.  The starting place was a park so Ajax was pretty much set.  I watched him as he played and Dave ran around taking pictures and mingling with the undead.  There was a good turn out this year.  I was wondering how Ajax would handle the makeup and characters this year, but he didn’t care in the least.  This really is a very good family event and there were a ton of kids for him to play with.  The goal of the walk isn’t to scare anyone, though the zombies did attack a Channel Seven news van. lol.

Dave took a lot more pictures that I’ll share later.

I’ve been trying to get a video of Ajax playing with his Zu Zu pet because honestly it is the cutest darn thing ever.  He will chase it all over the kitchen and living room and just chatter away at it.   I let him take it over to Ms. Karen’s house today and she said that he and Brandon (a three year old that she watches also) had so much fun chasing it around the house, she said it was hilarious.

Tonight I was able to take this video and just thought I’d share –

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Today was a quiet day around the house.  I did some laundry and basically bummed around.   I should have gone grocery shopping as we have no food in the house.  Ajax was glad to be home and ran around the house playing with his toys and asking for yap-ples (apples).  When we were up north he kept demanding apples and then when I would cut one up for him, he would take a bite and then toss the rest at the dog.  Darn kid.

We hung around the house till 2 today and then headed to downtown Detroit for the 2010 Zombie Walk (Dave is actually doing their website).  There were hundreds of zombies in Detroit today and Dave was in seventh heaven.   Ajax did great and even learned a new word, yes – Zombie.  Ajax wasn’t phased at all by the undead mass and was actually quite entertained by it all.  He said hi to everyone and waved.

There was of course a Lions game so we ended up getting stuck between the zombie walk and the game letting out.  Since the crowd was so massive we decided to eat dinner downtown to waste some time.  Before our meal came I took Ajax to the restroom to wash his hands and there were three zombies in there.   The first thing Ajax said when he saw them was – Zombies!  The women were very impressed.   Next year we need to dress up, lol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ajax has a green hooded towel that we bought him the last time we were at Ikea.  Usually he’s not that interested in it.  After getting into PJs I would place it on his head like a cape, but he never really thought that much of it.  Tonight, however, after bath time, after PJs, Ajax ran around the house with the towel like a superman cape.  He thought it was the funniest thing ever.  He kept pulling it down over his eyes and zipping up and down the hall way.   He was pretty pumped up.

Yesterday was summer and today it is Fall in Michigan.

It was a cool 60 degrees and though the weatherman predicted rain it held off and was just kind of cloudy, which made it a perfect day for the Zoo!  Although Ajax went last summer this was the first time in a long time for both Dave and myself.  Honestly I can’t really remember the last time I was at the Zoo.   We packed up the wagon and a lunch and headed out!

It was a great day, but Ajax is still a little young and didn’t have the patience to really see any of the animals (I thought he’d be a bit more interested as his favorite book right now is Goodnight Gorilla).  The only animals he really seemed interested in were the tigers, warthogs, peacocks, and of course the squirrels.   He called almost everything a “kitty” or “squirrel” and seemed quite pleased with himself.  He told the tiger- “kitty bite!” and threw his wafer at the enclosure (he’s sharing).

His absolute favorite part of the zoo was the play scape.  We spent a good 45 minutes there before checking out the butterfly/birdhouse, which Ajax ran right through.  Really if it was up to him he would have just run all over the place.  We spent a good deal of the day chasing after him.

Ajax is also getting quite the vocabulary.  This morning at breakfast he kept asking Dave – “Daddy, bite please.”  He wanted Dave to share his eggs, he of course didn’t want the food on his plate, but instead wanted Daves.    It was pretty cute.

What an exciting day for the little man!  We officially did away with the paci today, cold turkey.  Ajax was starting to wake up in the night and would only go back to bed if Dave or I went downstairs, searched around in the dark for another paci and gave it to him.  After a few weeks of interrupted sleep, we were both done with it.  It’s only been one day and it’s been a bit tough, but I think in the long run we will all be happier.

Today we also headed out to the lake for a small get together with close family friends to celebrate a graduation.  We had a great time and ate a ton.  Ajax ate the entire time we were there (growth spurt?).  He ate so much that I began getting concerned that he was just eating way too much (he had a hotdog and some hamburger, strawberries, chips, party mix, cheerios, and of course ketchup).  He never stopped, he was a machine.  Ajax also went swimming and then took his first boat ride.  He loved it.

Today it was either an art fair in Plymouth or the petting farm at Kensington Park.  Although I was all for the art fair (I haven’t been to one all summer!), I figured Ajax and Dave wouldn’t enjoy it that much so we headed to the park.   We got there well before noon so it wasn’t too hot or crowded, which was nice.  Ajax loves animals and had a great time.  He saw piglets, lambs and ducks, and petted goats and sheep.  While he was petting one goat, the goat’s ear twitched to shoo a fly away, well this action scared Ajax and he screamed, pulled his hand back and leapt back from the fence.  It was pretty funny, you’d think the goat nipped at him or something.

Throughout the farm we kept pointing at the animals and then making their appropriate noise.  Here was the running commentary throughout- oh Ajax looks a piggy, what does a piggy say- oink oink!!  so on and so forth.  Luckily every other person at the farm had a small nino too so the commentary was being repeated all over the farm.  Ajax said goat a few times and sheep, but mostly kept referring to the animals as dogs.

After exploring the farm we found a shady spot by the lake and had the picnic lunch we’d brought.  Ajax ate some fruit, but wasn’t too interested in eating the sandwich I’d made him but he had tons of fun throwing potato chips off the blanket.  Oh well.