April 20 - On the Growth Chart!!

I am thrilled to announce that our little man, Master Luke, has made it onto the growth chart. Can I get a woo hoo?! His 18-month stats are:
*21lb 12oz; 5%
*30.5 inches; 8%
*48.5 cm; 71% 


In other news, Amelia's 7 year stats are not so good. Our furry baby is at her heaviest ever, and in fact she gained over 7lbs since her last vet visit. We know what the problem is (Luke feeds her all the time) we are cutting back on her dog food intake since we can control that (hopefully he will outgrow feeding her soon). She will go in for another weight check in 6-8 weeks and see how she is doing. She is also now considered a 'senior' dog but the vet said she looks great (other than the extra pounds) as she has barely any grey hair. 

In family news, we renewed our zoo membership last weekend and went to see the animals and have a fun picnic style lunch. The kids had a great time and this was the first time Luke really showed an interest in the animals. He also loved the carousal!  Julia's favorite still include the elephants so we made several trips to see them.


Enjoy these pictures of the zoo!! We all had a fab time!!

Playing the drums

Dancing in the huts

Carousal fun

Checking out the animals up close

April 12 - More Outdoor Fun

Here are some more pictures of the kids. Enjoy!

Luke's first pony ride

Julia and Emma - backyard fun

Julia, Luke, Emma, Sarah and Amelia

Julia and Emma - on the little train

Sarah and Luke (notice Luke chillin' with his leg propped up!)

"Santa" explaining to Julia and Emma that he moonlights in the spring/summer managing a petting zoo (yes, they were very confused and kept asking "Where is your red suit?"

April 9 - Happy Birthday Daddy!

Hello faithful followers and happy belated Easter. Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I am so far behind on all of my blogs. I have about 15 books to review on the book blog, some house pictures to post on the home blog, and of course, pictures of our dimpled munchkins to post on this one. Work has been extremely busy lately (working until 11:30pm several nights over the last few weeks) and if I have free time in the evenings, I've been reading. I will post a lot of pictures in this post so enjoy!! 


There are 2 parks within walking distance to our house. Julia has dubbed them either 'the swing park' (which is our neighborhood park) or 'the slide park' (which is behind the elementary school). Our neighborhood recently tore out the swing park and installed brand new equipment. There is a big play structure for the bigger kids, a toddler area as well as swings. It is fabulous and the kids love it! We've also met a few neighbors with kids the same age which is fun too. We are taking advantage of the gorgeous weather here (it has been in the mid 80s, which is hot, but not grossly hot yet) and are spending a lot of time outdoors. 

We have also been having a lot of play dates recently, and this past weekend was no exception. On Friday, we went to my friend Jidi's house for an Easter egg hunt. There were 20-30 kids there and I'm not joking when I say they picked up all the eggs in about 2min flat. In fact-they were so fast that by the time my camera was out its case and turned on-it was over! Later that afternoon, the Root family came over for another egg hunt. Sarah and Caroline "hid" the plastic eggs for Julia and Emma and then we all dyed eggs together. The kids also played in the back yard for awhile (they ran several laps around the yard) and we had a great time. Saturday, after gymnastics, we went to a local church for an Easter festival where they had pony rides, a petting zoo, bouncy house, train ride, ball pit, bubble station and you guessed it-another egg hunt! Later that day we went to the Root's house for more playing fun and a delicious Easter Eve dinner of roast and homemade pizza. Yesterday, we spent our Easter morning at the park (the weather was beautiful), had new neighborhood friends over so the kids could play in the baby pool, then went to their house for a tasty ham dinner. It was a great, busy, weekend!


Here are some cute stories, enjoy!

"It was a beautiful day outside. I was eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and chasing a butterfly and when all of a sudden, a skunk stole my sandwich and sprayed me! My mom had to give me a tomato juice bath so I wasn't stinky. That's why I wasn't in school yesterday." -Julia. This is the story she told her classmates as to why she wasn't in class on Wednesday. In fact, she actually threw up Tuesday night, but the skunk story was much more interesting! Her teacher told me she really 'sold' the story. What an imagination that little girl has!


"Happy Easter! Go find your basket!" - Mommy and Daddy Easter morning
"Oh." - Julia looks at her Easter basket with obvious disappointment
"What's wrong?" - Mommy and Daddy
"Where's the bunny? I thought the Easter bunny would be here and I really wanted a picture with him in my house!" - Julia
"Well, he has to go to a lot of houses so he came in the middle of the night." - Mommy and Daddy, trying not to chuckle

Some adorable pics, enjoy!

New Neighborhood Park

Eating this waffle makes me tired

The boys

Backyard fun

Easter Eggs & Easter Basket

Cuties

And a very happy birthday to J.D. today!