One Big Staycation

Since moving here to Cleveland at the beginning of August, we've felt like we're on one big staycation. I don't start work until October, so we've been taking advantage of this time to spend a lot of time together as a family discovering our new city. A lot of people trash Cleveland, but it's been great so far with lots to do (of course, we'll just have to wait and see how the winter goes!).

Here is a bit of a sampling...

We've tried out a few parks and found one in particular close to home that we really like.  Unlike Luke, Leo just loves the swing...

I think I mentioned this before, but my mom got us a zoo membership as a gift, and we've already paid it off by going four times this past month!

We also got a membership to the natural history museum, aka the "dinosaur museum."  The fact that Luke threw a big tantrum when we had to leave settled it that he would love going back there. 

Courtney went with a friend and took Luke raspberry picking at a place just 15 minutes or so from where we live...

We went and had lunch in Little Italy a few weeks ago.  It was really good... and cheap!  No pictures, but a good time was had by all. 

We've also been on quite the garage sale rampage, too.  I don't think a week has gone by where we haven't gone to a few.  

The public library has been great, too, and is definitely an upgrade from what we had back in C'ville.    

One of the coolest things we've done so far, though, is to visit the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, which is only 15 minutes from where we live.  We took a lot of pictures there today, so I'll save that for another post. 

I'm sure I'm forgetting some things, but we're certainly having a fun staycation!