Zoo Fun

Last week we went to the Zoo while my family was visiting. My family also took Erik and Adam to the Sonora Desert Museum, but I don’t have any pictures of that.

We saw lots of animals up close, including some that have usually been hiding on our previous visits…like the polar bears.

It was very fun to see then swimming and moving around!

Adam was being grumpy in this picture and wouldn’t look at me or smile. Adam grumpy? No, who has every heard of such a thing! Hehe

But really, everyone was quite well behaved on this outing. I didn’t fell like the kids were constantly running off and hard to keep track of like I did last year at the Zoo.

I don’t know if Tyler noticed the animals much but he was very content most of the time, and enjoyed being outside.

Adam LOVES to sit on Uncle Jeremy’s shoulders, and play with him constantly. Thanks for being so patient with the kids Jeremy! They really love you :)

Fun times at the Zoo!

And last Friday was my 30th birthday! Gasp…30…oh dear!

Alex made me this very yummy chocolate sour cream cake! Thank you Honey :)

Easter

We had a fun Easter with my family visiting this past week.

The boys got to find eggs in the backyard.

And then eat chocolate!

I didn’t get that many pictures of Erik and Adam because they were running around outside, and then making giant chocolate messes (mainly Adam). So in the general chaos of all of that, not many pictures got taken. 

So then to make up for that I guess, I sat the baby on the couch and took tons of pictures of him :)

Here’s Tyler’s first Easter…

Happy Easter !!!

Lots of pictures…

Sometimes I put Tyler in his seat in the doorway to the bathroom when I am brushing someone’s teeth or something. The other day, Erik and Adam decided to sit next to him on each side. A doorway full of brothers! Cute!

They have such funny faces ;)

then pick up the binky…insert in mouth…

and suck.

Ahh, the joy of learning how to use ones hands for useful tasks!

Next, some bath pictures.

Erik always says that he will go underwater with the mask…but he never really does. He just barely puts the front of the mask in the water…and then he somehow manages to open his mouth and suck water in, and start coughing. We tell him to keep his mouth shut…but he doesn’t get it. Those swimming lessons last summer didn’t do too much. Oh well.

I trimmed a few of Tyler’s hairs that stuck up on top and then were so long that they curved back over. So now all his sticking-up hair is about the same length. These are the after pics.

This was before.

and now back to after…

come on mom, enough already with the pictures!

This was just cute… I realize this caption could apply to the picture above or below, so really, take your pick.

Of course Adam had to have a turn in the basket too :)

This is the best I could do getting a picture of Tyler’s two teeth. It’s rather hard to do.

Erik got an award at school for being the “Souring Eagle of the Quarter” in his class. Each teacher picked one student out of their class, and then they all got their awards at an assembly. We are very happy that Erik is doing so well at school!

This is how I found Erik sleeping the other night!

Pouting

Both Erik and Adam are very good at pouting. I managed to get pictures of both of them with their pouty faces. Erik did start smiling a little because I took his picture…it was more pouty a few seconds before this.

Adam does a pouty face too many times each day to count. He will do it just to get me to make a frowny face at him…and then I smile, and then he usually smiles too. Then he repeats this whole process several times. It’s cute, except that he does it so often, so it gets rather old. He pouts about everything that doesn’t go his way, and about nothing at all.

He especially likes to pout while eating…even when he asked for the item that is currently in front of him. Sometimes he also looks up while employing the pouty look. Some sort of attempt at puppy dog eyes perhaps. But it looks more like his eyes are rolling back in his head. Silly boy!

Three little monkeys…

Jumping on the bed…

Ok, only two of the monkeys know how to jump, but you get the idea :)

I think this picture is so funny because Tyler’s head looks bigger than Adam’s. Of course this only appears to be the case as Tyler is in front of Adam and Erik, and therefore closer to the camera. Really, I do not have a 30 lb baby!! Only 18 lbs and some various ounces…really!

And then there’s this face ;)

If you listen closely you can hear Erik singing his "own version" of the 5 little monkeys. He likes to make up his own little songs a lot :)