McCutcheon Family: A Haircut, the Zoo, and Trucks

The day after Colten turned 14 months old, we took him to get his first haircut! I was loving the curls on the back of his head, but I knew that it was time. So off we went to Diva's (that's where Tom gets his haircut; it's a small neighborhood place). I was expecting lots of tears and squirming and I even came equipped this a new matchbox car just in case. But Colten surprised us all; he sat happily on my lap the whole time! He looks like such a big boy now! And as a reward, we headed to Toys R Us. Believe it or not, that was Colten's first time in an official toy store too - and he loved every second of it : >

Say bye bye to those curls!

Playing with Kayleigh after his haircut.

For Memorial Day weekend, we headed to Columbus to visit Uncle Mike and to take Colten to the Columbus Zoo and to celebrate Tom's 33rd birthday. We had so much fun at the zoo; in fact, Colten loved watching all of the other kids as much as he loved checking out the animals. The polar bears were by far the coolest. The exhibit just opened in May, and they were SO active when we were they, wrestling with one another, jumping in the water, and playing with their water toys - it was really cool! While we were their, Colten also enjoyed the touch tank; he felt a starfish, a lobster, and some other sea creature. We tried riding the carousel but ended up in one of the seats instead of on a horse. He still enjoyed the ride and music though; we'll try again next time : > To end the day at the zoo, we took a small boat ride through a few of the exhibits. Colten loved this - or perhaps he was just too tired to protest at this point : >

Colten sleeping in the car on the way to Columbus.

Colten and Uncle Mike on a Manatee.

I couldn't get this photo to rotate for some reason,
but it is Colten touching some sea creature in the touch tank.

Colten checking out the goats in the petting portion of the zoo.

My two guys looking too cute in their hats!

I taught Colten to stand on one foot so we could be just like the flamingos!

On Sunday we headed to Schmidt's to celebrate Tom's birthday. He had been wanting to eat there since he saw the Man v. Food episode over a year ago and we finally made it. The food was delicious, especially the cream puffs - or so I'm told. Schmidt's is known for their cream puffs; in fact, they are 83rd on the list of the most delicious desserts in America. In this picture, they sang to Tom for his birthday while holding a wooden cutout in front of him, and check out the cream puff too - I believe that one was a peanut butter and chocolate one.

Yesterday we took Colten to Boardman Park for Touch a Truck. The kids were able to run around and explore ambulances, firetrucks, police cars, golf carts, tractors, semi-trucks, limos, a school bus, and so much more. Since Colten is obsessed with all vehicles, we couldn't wait to take him. He loved looking at everything but wasn't too interesting in sitting in them yet. I'm sure next year he'll be running and climbing all over. Regardless, he was so excited to see all the the vehicles up close!