Feeding the Ducks and 1st time to visit the Butterfly Show @ Krohn

Today and Thursday are the only days when it is predicted not to rain during the day ... so I decided to take Audrey to the Butterfly Show.  We left early to feed the ducks at Twin Lakes before the show.

Feeding the ducks or as she calls them ga ga.

The ga-ga's

Pretty Twin Lakes.

Pretty Krohn Conservatory.

I could not get a good picture of Audrey on the Butterfly Bench as all she wanted to say was "blue", her favorite color / word at the moment.

Kelly, one of my co-workers cracks Audrey up every time we see her.

And Dave H is a favorite too.

We are going to Dave H wedding tomorrow!  Topic for another post.

Kelly brought over a B-fly for the kids to see.

Miss A ... ok I'll hold it.

Get it off.

Random cuteness around the showroom.  This year's theme is Butterflies from Brazil.  This is the 16th annual show.  Audrey particularly liked the music and I thought the color and design was great.

And Val is so much fun. 

These pictures don't really show it but these girls were dancing.

Hunting Easter Eggs in Hinkle Garden with neighbors

Sunday afternoon was our neighborhood's 4th (or possibly 6th) annual Easter Egg hunt in Eden Park across the street from the Conservatory.  This area of Eden Park is called Hinkle Garden and is a beautiful section of a cluster of magnolia trees.

Each participating family donates a dozen candy filled eggs the week before and then we brought potluck lunch for a big picnic.  The little kids start the hunt first.

Erin F. gave an egg to Audrey.

As did this little neighbor girl too.

Audrey's first picnic lunch!

The lineup for pictures.

I think my hair makes me look a little like Diane Keaton in this picture.

Afterwards we walked up to Twin Lakes to feed the ducks.  This is the new playground they are constructing adjacent to Twin Lakes!  Super timing for Miss Audrey.  Speaking of timing and summer happenings ... Mt Adams successfully raised $32,000 to keep our pool open this summer!

Mt Adams Walking Tour and Winning tickets at today's silent auction to save our neighborhood pool

Audrey will now ham it up for the camera.

Which only encourages me to take more pictures.

Sunday morning we stopped by Bow Tie Cafe for breakfast.

And then took the Architreks Mt Adams tour which was part of the fundraising weekend to "Save Our Pool."  We have taken this tour with Jim S. before but still learned new info.... including this is where one of the cannons was set up during the Civil War.  Never needed.

Miss A would not wear this hat for

 this 2 hour walking tour.  Of course it probably would have helped if her parents had worn hats.

Our neighbor Erin F really likes babies.

Erin helped keep Audrey entertained with Cheerios and animal crackers.

Time for sippy cup after this long tour.

Then lunch at Longworths.  1st time with a booster seat.

I believe she prefers booster seats to high chairs.

To me this picture just seems a little like looking in to the future.

Sunday evening Chelsea babysat again and we went to dinner in Mariemont followed by a movie (Winston Churchiill: Walking with Destiny).  After dinner I received an email that I had won tickets to Peanut Butter and Jam sessions (for Audrey and I) as well as Reds tickets behind home plate for John.  These were silent auction items for the "Save the Pool".  One of our neighbors is delivering the tickets tomorrow.

Oh, and a really interesting piece of info we learned this weekend included history about our house.  We purchased Jim Steiner's book Immaculata on Mt Adams A One Hundred and Fifty Year History  and on page 85 we read:

The McCabe Clan grew up on lower Hatch St. at the Ft. View intersection.  both McCabe daughters, Catherine Laboure and Ann Maureen, joined the Sisters of Charity.  their father worked for the Burger Brewing Company and was instrumental in helping William Crowley start Crowley's Highland House in 1937, just across the street from Immaculata and an unofficial part of the church since then.