Officially Spring...we went to the zoo!

One thing that I absolutely love about Milwaukee is the Zoo.  We have an amazing zoo.  It's about 35 minutes from our house, but so worth the season pass that we have.  It makes trips like this one so fun!  We went after church on Sunday for just a couple hours.  It's a great trip!

One strange thing about the boys getting older is no more stollers and no diaper bag.  Although knowing where all the bathrooms are located in the zoo becomes a new priority.

The lions were so close to us this time!

The Aviary is really cool here.  The birds actually fly free in parts of it.  So, the picture wasn't really on zoom...I was just this close.  Another great part of the season pass...if the boys just want to see the penguins and the birds, we don't feel like we missed out on anything and can spend a lot more time in each space.

This will be a fun place to continue to take their picture.  When I have more time, I'll find pictures from last year at this same monument.  it's of a baby gorilla, but will show how big they have gotten in the last year. 

Seriously...this is just about the cutest video in the world.  Micah is adorable!!

Spring Fever!!!

Believe it or not, but I think spring might actually come to Wisconsin this year.  We've had a great stretch of THREE days...that's right THREE in a row where we didn't really have to wear our coats.  Alas, I hear rain is in the forecast, but I'm good...

We took these on Sunday.  Lots of play time outside.  The boys caught the spring bug pretty bad!  And, like their dad, they only want to wear shorts now.

I sure miss being home, but it makes the time I get to spend with them that much more important and special...I can't believe how fast they grow up.  I didn't think it went this fast when I was trying so hard to be an adult...

A Day with a Girl

We had the joy of watching our friends three year old daughter, Madeline, for a day.  We had SO much fun.  It started early on Sunday morning.  Chris picked her up and brought her back home.  We all sat down for some breakfast at which point she informed everyone at the table she was Hannah Montana.  This is a huge contrast to the Superman, Batman, Spiderman conversations that usually happen at our house.  but, the best part was "Hannah" then looked over at Noah and Micah and informed them they would be The Jonas Brothers...

After breakfast the kids headed upstairs for some good old fashioned reading.  

We took the kids to Costco for a quick run.  Can you ever do anything "quickly" on Sunday at Costco...with three kids?  It was fun and the kids enjoyed it!

Chris having a great time sharing some popcorn with Madeline.

And what shoe collection would be complete if there were not a pair of light up pink princess cowboy boots.  I was jealous all day!!

How cute is this??

We had a great time with Madeline yesterday.  She is such a joy and the boys loved it.  I didn't get a picture of this, but while the boys were building a fort to thwart the advances of Darth Vadar, Madeline was building a bed for the books and the Rescue Heroes...oh the many differences between boys and girls.