Downtown Cincinnati Exploration (Part One)

This week we decided to explore a little of downtown Cincinnati. You might have noticed I labeled this Part One. The reason for doing so is that we only explored a few blocks and we are going to try and go down a few more times this summer and explore other areas of downtown as well.

This week we stayed in close proximity to Fountain Square.

First we started off by visiting Josh's work:










And Jesse got to go up to Josh's office and see his cell, I mean cubicle:


After visiting with daddy, seeing his office, meeting some of his coworkers and throwing a few pennies in the fountain in the lobby of daddy's building we set out to explore a few city blocks of downtown.


We stopped in Lytle Park and I took a picture of Jesse with a statue of Abraham Lincoln, we learned a few weeks earlier (on a class field trip) that the citizens of the community don't like this rendering of Mr. Lincoln because he doesn't have his "customary beard and top hot"!! You decide:




After we left Lytle Park Jesse spotted a building with a "clock tower" and wanted to go see it (he has a huge fascination with clocks/watches/time). So we discovered it was actually a church, Cathedral Church:


After tearing Jesse away from staring at the clock tower, we walked over and checked out the Proctor and Gamble Twin Towers complex. We had fun walking through their "Gardens" and I got some cute pix of Jesse:


After we left the Proctor and Gamble Complex and Garden areas we walked over and I showed Jesse where the bus terminal was located. This is where daddy gets dropped off in the morning and where he catches the bus in the evening. We walked through the Government Square terminal and I let Jesse search the signs to find the stop where his daddy would get off/on the bus. Took him a while but he eventually found it.

From here we went to Fountain Square and Jesse seen the sign for a Cincinnati Snack Staple:

So I let him get a scoop of ice cream (he is so predictable - he got vanilla) and we went in search of a spot to sit on the square and let him enjoy his treat:





On this particular day on the square they had a miniature golf course sat up (NINE HOLES) so Jesse decided he wanted to give it a try, he done good (seeing as how this is only the second time he has played):





Jesse had an enjoyable time on the square, it was funny cause he was much more interested in playing putt putt on the square than checking out the fountain. Guess it's all in priorities. After we finished playing putt putt we walked around some more and Jesse enjoyed checking out the windows of alot of the shops and restaurants along the streets. It was also a little of a culture shock as we passed several groups of people milling about talking in foreign languages. Several times Jesse would stop and ask me why they were speaking in "babble" talk. I had to explain to him that not everyone speaks "american" and that they are speaking their natural language. He then commented "well if they are going to stay in America they need to learn to speak American" - OUT OF THE MOUTH OF BABES!!

Jesse also got the opportunity to see policeman on horseback and he thought that was really weird to see "animals" walking around downtown:


We walked around some more and Jesse discovered a few more "animals" downtown:




Jesse thought both of these were pretty neat, and do did I, lol.

After we had spent about 2 1/2 hours downtown we decided it was time to head home, let the puppy out for a while, and grab some lunch before heading to Speech therapy.

Jesse said all in all he had a good time exploring downtown and wanted to do it again but wanted to look at different streets. Gotta love a kid that loves to just walk around and check things out!! I hope he never looses his love of exploring and learning about new places.

Until our next adventure....................