A Day at the Zoo
For Jessi’s birthday we took her and the munchkin on a very special trip to the…
Don’t they look excited…well, at least the birthday girl does.
It was a beautiful Saturday morning and it was PACKED!
She was ABSORBED.
She was at least as interested in the ball as the monkey.
The orangutan was very interested in my sweet pea. She, in turn, paid the big female orang great attention and woulda liked to kiss her.
Fish face with dad.
Daddy reminding her the sign for turtle.
What a great day!
Now that’s a tired girl.
She didn’t even wake up when we put her in the car seat.
Happy Birthday my dear best friend!
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April Getaway II
Just a few more pics…
Our family
The sweetie-pie got a LOT of stairs practice
Playing with Grandma
Waiting to be commanded
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Our sweet girl won a happpiest baby contest. So we get a free Ergo (our baby carrier – which we absolutely love and couldn’t imagine doing without). I entered her on a whim and what-do-you-know, she won! You can see for yourself here if you’d like.
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We took a semi-civilized camping trip to Emigrant Springs Campground, where we met my parents for the weekend. Being together was wonderful, as was the rest, the weather, and our surroundings.
We stayed in cabins.
There was still snow on the ground but the sun graced us with its face most of the weekend. It was warm enough to sit out on lawn chairs (in the sun) and read. When clouds rolled over or when the wind was a little strong, we played games, lounged, or ate in the cabins.
The cabins were great, much like the yurts we stayed at in Fort Stevens. But these had a fridge, stove, oven, and the heater worked great.
This is where we ate in my parents’ cabin. And boy did we eat.
My dad made most of the meals (my mom had prepared most of them before they came) and they were delicious. I think I gained 10 pounds. My mom and I ate almost a whole pan of brownies in one weekend. This is not right. Camping, hiking – these things should help me lose weight – not gain it!
I think even the kiddo gained weight. She opened her eyes and mouth as wide as can be for the Rice Krispies treats.
The fridge is in the right corner.
The baby’s PeaPod (her sleepy tent) covered by a blanket.
The mattresses were a little hard, but otherwise we were warm and comfy.
G’ma and sweetie-pie playing in the snow.
We had snow fun…
…and reading fun…
…and hiking fun.
G’pa and G’ma D…
…and the dogs.
Some very pretty flowers we saw on the hike.
My mom and a giant tree, it just pulled right out of the ground.
Playing with grandpa’s gloves is fun!
Playing with the dogs is fun!
Especially the tails.
Squishing a pine cone is fun. Well, at least I think it was fun. She kept doing it.
Playing at the hot fire was fun. If you look closely, you can see her blowing with her lips (the sign for hot).
Walking though the park was fun.
After we came back from the showers every night she was exhausted. Too much playing!
She had such a good weekend. And so did we.
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Usually once a year we, as a family, help cut and stack wood at G’pa and G’ma O’s house (my in-laws).
The family hard at work.
My niece – she is a workhorse (as well as being creative, adorable, and funny), as is my oldest nephew (the younger boys are too, actually). They got it from their mom, I’m sure. If I can raise my kids to work as hard and be so well-mannered as my sister-in-law’s kids, I will be pleased.
My nephew, learning to use a chain saw. He did great and didn’t put it down for pretty much the rest of the day.
Did I mention he is a bit of ham?
My niece and younger nephews helped stack. They did a great job. Whenever I stack wood, I have to redo the pile once or twice to keep it from rolling out on the ends. My neice made it look easy.
The chainsaw-ers are kept busy.
Me, I stood around and plugged Sunita’s ears, took pictures and made lunch. It seems all this work makes for hungry bodies. We descended on their kitchen like a plague of locust. I, for one, really had no reason to eat like a pig, but would I let a little thing like that stop me? No way.
Ok, I actually did work a little. But really, A VERY LITTLE.
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