What's New In Enzo and Marco's World: Off to Minnesota!!

Oh so small next to a John Deere tractor!!

After flying home from Seattle, Enzo and I caught a few zzzz's before taking back off on a plane bound for Minnesota to visit my friend Jen and her family!! We were really excited to see everyone! It has been a year since we went out last and Enzo could not wait to ride a horse again!! The day after we arrived it was Lani's 12th Birthday so we celebrated by going to Valley Fair Park. It has an amusement park with great rides and a water park in the middle!! Lani brought along a friend as well as her cousin. We spent all day and night there and had an absolute blast!! Enzo rode several pint sized rides and even rode his first kiddie roller coaster...not his favorite!! We all stuffed ourselves with good ol' junk food and Enzo discovered his love of cotton candy!! (Taking after his Auntie Kimmy!!) Lani had a really good celebration! For the rest of the trip we stayed more low key and spent time on the farm. Enzo loved the tire swing this year as you will see in the pics down below. The first thing on his mind every morning was the swing. We spent hours on the front lawn running around and playing. The weather was perfect this year-no humid days at all!! We lucked out for sure and I wasn't eaten by their state bird the mosquito! Jen and I were able to sneek away for a couple of rides on the horses while Lani watched Enzo. This year Enzo was able to hold on to the saddle all by himself and LOVED it!! He would have kept riding for hours!! And to think the first time we visited he was 10 months old and he shared the saddle with Jen or I and now at just over 2 1/2 years he's doing it on his own!! That's our big boy!! Lani's Dad, James, took us down to the river so Enzo could feed the ducks. He had a ball making his "tower", as he called it, of duck food!! It was a beautiful park and had a paved path that Enzo practiced riding a scooter on. He got really good at it! We also went to the community water park...so much better than just a pool!! There was 2 water slides, a lazy river, a deep pool for sports and a special kiddie area with mini slide, water spouts and much more! And it's only $6.00 to get in!! We all had a lot of fun there! We spent lazy evenings just catching up as the kids stayed up late and played!! It was really great to see all the kids! We really miss the family out there and just hope we'll be able to go again next summer!! Enjoy the pics!!