Fun at the Zoo

We went to the zoo a few weeks ago (with our wonderful season passes), and I'm finally getting around to post pictures of it. It was a great day. The weather was just perfect, and the kids were well-behaved the whole time. They loved it!



This hippo was right up against the glass; it was really neat seeing it up close.


Zebras are so pretty.


Joshua had fun with the prairie dogs.



"It's gonna eat me!"


This is what a fish looks like:


They both crashed on the drive home.

Oops!

This is what Joshua dumped out this morning:



I must admit that I did give Joshua the bottle of baby oil to play with, but I swear I screwed the lid on really tight! I turned around for a minute to finish doing something with Kara, and when I turned back around, Joshua was sitting on the floor with the nearly-empty (but not completely!) bottle open and with oil on his lap, on the floor between his legs, and a little bit smeared on his face. He is NOT old enough to know how to twist caps off things yet!!! But I guess I'm wrong. And I'm glad I know for the future. The good things were that it was only a little 1-ounce bottle; the spill was just in a little area on easily-cleanable vinyl; he was just sitting there, waiting for me to clean up the mess, and he wasn't playing in it or crawling around, spreading it everywhere; if he did take a taste, it had to have been just a little; and if he did ingest any, this stuff is probably one of the safest out there.

Children are guaranteed to get into things and make messes unsupervised, but I've been blessed so far with well-behaving Kara. She has colored on a wall once (but it was only in pencil!), and she did eat a little lanolin, but no Vaseline hair (my little sister did that) or Tang on the carpet (see my sister Angela's blog) yet. Joshua's starting the mess-making early apparently. Thanks for keeping me on my toes, Buddy!

Kara's Imaginary Friend

This morning Kara said to me, while pointing, "Look, Mama, that's my friend."
Me: "Oh, really? What's your friend's name?"
Kara: "Um, Caleb because he's a baby." (Caleb is Joshua's middle name.)
Then I guess she changed her mind because next she said, "He's big."
Me: "Is he this tall?" (taller than Kara)
Kara: "Yeah. There's your friend over there."
Me: "What's my friend's name?"
Kara: "Caleb, too."

Do you think they look alike?

Kara and Joshua each at about 9 months:

Bathtime

For some reason, I think my kids look even cuter without any clothes on. Here they are in the bath in all their naked glory. Brian was the excellent photographer who took these relatively modest shots.



I love both their faces in this one:


Joshua brushing his (2) teeth:

Vroom vroom!

I don't know where he learned this, but Joshua likes to drive cars (and other objects) around the kitchen floor. And I think I've heard him trying to make a car sound a couple of times. He's definitely a boy.

Easter Egg Hunt

We hid some candy-filled eggs for Kara to find. She was so much faster this year than last! She did a good job beating Joshua to the ones that he could reach.

Easter Sunday

Brian's parents bought Kara a new Easter dress this year. Joshua didn't get anything new, but he doesn't need it yet. Here are a few shots of them before we went to church (which now starts at 1:30!! grrrr).

Chick-fil-A

The day before Easter we had lunch at Chick-fil-A, and there was a setup outside to take pictures with a real bunny. There were also cute little colored chicks in a bucket to pet, and you could say hi to the cow mascot. The kids loved it!

Camera Upgrade

This digital camera we've been using for years (Brian owned it before we even got married) was pretty nice when it first came out in 2001. Nowadays it's a brick.


We used some of our tax refund this year to finally purchase a smaller, lighter, higher-functioning one. Oooooo, shiny!