Friday, April 29, 2011

Eat. Poop. Read.

This is a onesie that Steff bought Miranda 5 years ago and I laugh every time it catches my eye. And I love this hat. I can't decide if it's more like the hat Madonna wore in the Borderline video or like something Lucille Ball wore but I love it.

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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Zoo Too

Took the kids to ride the zoo train today (day 3 of 5-day-weekend and needed. to. get. out. of. the. house.) and they talked me into going into the zoo as well to see the animals we didn't see on Day 1 of Spring Break's 5-day weekend. We had a ball!

Waiting for the zoo train
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(Ballet class this morning, hence the leotard!)

In front of the zoo entrance
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These are the goofy faces I get when I say "Smile!"

Silly faces at lunch before seeing animals.
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We went through the South American part of the zoo first, which has some of my favorites.

New basilisk lizard on display. The kids learned all about him on a Wild Kratts episode, and love the fact that he can run on water!
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Military macaw
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The anteater, the Reid Park Zoo's mascot
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Up on a termite mound
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The Motmot, my favorite bird at the zoo.
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The capybara, who I came to love because of the Bill Peet book, Capyboppy.
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The tapir
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Gratuitous baby shot
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A gibbon, checking us out
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Makena, our new female otter right before I told off some dumb-ass mom who thought it was no big deal to throw the otters goldfish crackers because she "just wanted them to come over so her daughter could see them better".
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Peacock showing off
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The back view is just as beautiful
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It was very close to giraffe lunch time, so they were very close to where the people were.
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Miranda's elephant, Double Half (don't ask, I can't explain the name) found a friend
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Finally got some pictures of the M&Ms with nice smiles instead of grimaces!
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Thursday, April 21, 2011

New Sheets!

When Miss Em was born, my sister hand made new sheets and a blanket for the crib. They're gorgeous!

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Washcloth

Miss Em is starting to put everything she can randomly grab into her mouth. I turned around the other day to find she'd grabbed her washcloth and was gleefully cramming it in! She was so pleased with herself and I had to take a pic.

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We had to pull all of Miss M's guys off her bed today to change her sheets, so we set them all up and then sat little Miss Em in them. Miss M just *had* to be a part of it!

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Friday, April 15, 2011

Smile, Emily!

The kids are quite interested in making Miss Em smile these days, which is happening more and more. Miss M particularly wants to be the reason her little sister smiles, which in the past few days has resulted in hands-squishing-face "I'm helping her smile, Mom!".

The fairly benign "help"...
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The "help" that has to be moderated by Mom a little bit ("No honey, you can't squeeze her face until she smiles.")
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All in all, the big M's are really loving their baby sister who is doing more and more each day, and reacting more to them in ways they can understand. It's so much fun!
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(Look at those lovely, fat thigh rolls! ♥ them!)

Saturday, April 02, 2011

Tennis Kids

Michael has been intent on tennis lately, so Dan got his rackets down from the storage in our garage and they have been whacking tennis balls against the back wall outside. They're so pumped about tennis summer camp this June!

Miranda in her ballet gear from earlier in the day...
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Michael trying to balance a ball, although he doesn't believe his dad that it is a skill builder.
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Dan had mad tennis skills back in the day!
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Zoe in the hole she dug in my flower bed. This is her favorite cool spot in the yard.
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Max!
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