A Family Trip to the Zoo and Luci on the Move

During the 1st weekend of November, the family visited the Naples Zoo. I'm excited that we finally live close enough to one so Brooke can actually see these animals in person. The first weekend of every month, the local zoo lets County residents in for FREE! What a great surprise. In 2004, the Zoo was in danger of closing, but the Collier county residents overwhelmingly voted to buy the land and preserve the wildlands. In gratitude, the zoo offers a suite of benefits to county residents.

Brooke loved seeing the animals and the gardens there. When we asked her, she said her favorite animals were the 'zabras' (zebras) and 'tigers'. There really aren't any tigers at this zoo, so I'm not sure if she meant the leopards, panthers or lions.

Luci, as usual, did a lot of sleeping at the zoo. But. . . when we got home she was ready for action. During tummy time, Luci started rolling over for the first time. This is pretty consistent with when Brooke started rolling, too. For the past week or so she's been rolling whenever she can and is now trying to go from back to front, but gets stuck on her side. Luci is turning out to be quite a chatterbox. She just talks and coos whenever she's awake. There's also a lot of drooling and hand sucking going on, so we're pretty sure that teething has started. We'll see how long it takes for the little suckers to come through. Teething was a pretty easy process for Brooke, but somehow we expect it to be a little different this time around. Miss Luci is more vocal than Brooke was and a little more particular about things.

Brooke's First Haircut

Today, we went to Clip, Bang, Buzz, and Brooke got her first haircut. Brooke is so busy, I was too afraid to come near her with scissors, so I found this children's salon for her and it worked out great. I'm sure many kids get their first haircuts long before they are 27 months old, but not so much for the Waggett and Palmtag kids. Both Brooke and Luci started out with a good amount of hair, but Brooke was completely bald at 6 weeks and had to start all over again. We'll see about Luci. She still has some hair on her little head, but there's an awful lot collecting on her sheets at night.

Brooke had a good time at the salon. She sat in a Princess car and was 'driving' it. They even put in a DVD, but we didn't see much of it since there still wasn't a whole lot of hair to cut. The whole process only took about 15 minutes.

Twick or Tweeeet!

Brooke learned the ropes pretty quick on Halloween. For Halloween day, we went Trick or Treating at our Town Center. All of the shops had candy for the kids. Brooke went straight into the first store ready with her "Twick or Tweeeat!" and a "Tank you!" She had a great time getting her candy and chocolate. Luci slept the whole time in the stroller. I'm sure next year she'll be in the action, too.

We had a week of Halloween activities. On Tuesday, the library had a Halloween party. We had a scavenger hunt, crafts and a parade. We went to a grown-up party on Friday night and Brooke was a dancing fool. That girl is going to be a party animal someday.

Enjoy the slideshow of our Halloween.