animals

looking like the only nice day for the week, i made a lunch and the kids and i hit the road.  our first stop was barnes and noble for story time.  today was "pigs!" and it was funny because madelyn also had a pig theme at school on monday.  here are their crafts from b&n hanging on our wall.  can you tell who did which one?  i only helped with cutting out the ears.


and then we headed to the zoo.  it was a beautiful sunny day (climbing to a high of 40) and i was really glad that we could be outside.  mason called out "zoo" and pointed to the entrance once i got him loaded into the stroller (another new/first word).  maddux was awake almost the whole time we were there, so it was kind of like his first trip to the zoo.  i think he enjoyed seeing all the trees roll by overhead.

madelyn and mason were having a really sweet day together holding hands and talking to each other.  i overheard madelyn asking mason if he "wanted to play chargers when we go home".  i had to ask her about this one.  she said it was playing football - like the chargers.  mason would call out to madelyn and hold out his hand if she walked too far ahead of him.  and then she would come back to hold his hand again.

coming back from checking out the penguins in her super outfit for the day.

madelyn proudly climbing the rock wall by herself.  mason even gave it a try - with some help from mommy.

quality time between a sister and brother.

and one last thing that i wanted to mention about madelyn is that she is always telling matt and i "don't forget" for something obvious.  and she says it over and over until we do the requested task.  it could be annoying, but it is actually very cute and we have fun with it.  love.