Preschool Zoo Trip and Easter Party

We had a great Easter Party for preschool last week. The kids had a great time painting chicks, finding easter eggs, making bunny ears and painting egg shaped waffles.

We also had an outing to the zoo. Here's the girls looking at the ducks/flamingoes/fish.

Always have to get a picture in the egg.

Preschool has been a blast and we're going to be very sad when it ends!

Pima County Fair 2011

We went to the Pima County Fair this month and had a great time. We ate our turkey legs first and then headed over to the tractors and petting zoo. We're not up for rides yet, maybe next year.

The kids loved the animals and a goat tried to eat my shirt. I stood up and tried to get him to let go and I really had to pull. Amelia was talking about that "silly goat" for days.

Amelia loves tractors, don't ask me why. She had to sit on every tractor and put on the seat belt and push the buttons.

We also saw a shark exhibit and all the 4H animals. We topped it off with some ice cream and headed home exhausted!

Of late...

We've been trying to get RE to sleep in his crib. He'll take a nap there, but he cries at night and I usually take him out because I don't want him to wake Amelia up. I think it will be better when he has his own room. Amelia gets so excited when he wakes up and wants to get in the crib with him. This is how I found them on a rare morning where they both slept through the night.

My good friend gave me steak for my birthday, isn't that awesome? We got a raspberry cheesecake coldstone cake for my birthday. Was it worth $25? Why yes it was.

Amelia started a little dance class at the rec center a few weeks ago. It's so cute watching the little girls run around. She did not want this picture taken, so it's all I have. They are supposed to have a little recital at the end, so hopefully I'll get some pictures there.

Enjoying a popsicle, I believe this was a 95 degree day, although we did have rain and cold this week.

Desert Museum

A few weeks ago for preschool we went on an excursion to the Desert Musuem. It's a bit of a drive, but Amelia loves the mountains so she was happy driving over the mountain and seeing the pokey-pokeys (cactus). It was very warm and RE has decided that he doesn't like the stroller anymore, but we had a great time and saw lots of desert animals. Thanks to our friends for getting us in for free!

The "train" helped us keep everyone together.

Amelia and her best friend, that she picks fights with most of the time.

Digging for fossils. These few pictures give a poor sample of what the museum is like. We saw javelinas, coyotes, bears, mountain lions, goats, tarantulas, snakes, and more. The kids had a great time!

Cookies and such

Ready for church.
Playing after their bath.

She loves to help cook! She can really be a sweetheart when she wants to be.

Sabino Canyon

We went walking up in Sabino Canyon last week. It's really warming up and we're so excited to do more stuff outside!

Such a happy boy!

Happy 3rd Birthday Amelia!

Just to show that she has grown a little, I took a picture of her in this dress that is size 12 months, I couldn't even button all the buttons in the back. She loves to get out the bins with her old clothes and put them on. She makes a mess, but she's getting really good at putting her own clothes on.

It's nice having her birthday around Valentine's because we can always find a heart cake.


The boys at the party. RE is getting ready to enjoy some white cake. Notice his haircut?

She's 3!! She's grown up so much in the last few months. She can be such a sweetheart when she wants to be. My favorite is when RE is upset and she says "que paso mi amor" in a sweet voice. She had her checkup and only screamed during the weigh in. She's almost 30 pounds and still in the 10th percentile for hieght. She didn't cry at all during her vaccine.

She was very excited to have her "happy birthday". We love her so much and we're so lucky to have her as part of our family.

Here she is reading "A Splendid Friend Indeed".