First Zoo Trip of the Year... Finally

Micah has been waiting for the perfect day and asking often if we could go to the zoo. Monday we had the perfect opportunity. We napped the boys a little early and headed out after they woke. By the time we got there we only had a couple hours, but it was just enough to see most of the animals. I think we have another animal fan in our family, Josiah. Watching Josiah watch the giraffes was awesome. Micah amazes me more and more each day. There isn't an animal that he doesn't know the name of where they come from and what they eat. He's such a smarty and he's all mine.

This is the face of a little boy seeing a giraffe for the first time :)

One of Micahs favorite animals, the Okapi

The boys enjoying a snack and watching the wild dogs

I had to include this one, the wild dogs had puppies. Allwyn thought he counted 9!!!

Josiah loving the fish

Micah really wanted to get his picture taken on this bench with his Daddy

I could only get Allwyn to look my way

Work'n at the Car Wash

On Saturday Micah and Allwyn had their own little car wash. I was so thankful that my boys worked so hard to clean Big Mama.

Elefun

Micah's friend Griffin came over to play earlier today. The boys (including Allwyn) really enjoyed playing Elefun. Here are some action shots! I tried to get the boys to look at me and show me their butterflies but as you can see it didn't work :)

Micah's Farm and Zoo

Around our house playing Farm and Zoo is serious business. Micah's animals are on a very strict schedule. They wake early in the morning and are fed, followed by a nap (that's the pictures you are viewing below) Then fed again followed by another rest. Thanks to Auntie Abbi Micah has some very yummy grass for his animals to feast on. (sometimes the animals are so sleepy after their big meal that they just fall asleep in their food bowls). Micah has the most incredible imagination, he is such a blessing :) I Love you my sweet Boy!

Here's little brother preparing to tear up the zoo!

Josiah

I forgot i had these pictures of Josiah on my camera. Josiah has perfected the army crawl and now gets around up on all four.

A couple weeks ago Josiah had a bad cold and i got this sweet picture of him passed out with daddy. Not only was he sick but he also cut his left upper tooth.

Happy 1st Birthday Henry

Josiah's little buddy turns 1 today. Happy 1st Birthday Henry, we love you!

Big brother Charlie, mommy Erin and sweet little Henry

Swimming Lessons

Yesterday Allwyn and Micah started swimming lessons. Micah was very excited and talked about it for days before. He was a little nervous at the beginning but by the end he was really enjoying himself. I think as each week passes he'll have more and more fun. The pictures aren't the best but here they are...

Deborah...

She made the news... She was my first and best friend here in Chicago. Deborah is an amazing 3rd grade teacher, the students are so lucky to have her. Her job is not an easy one, i've had the privilege to visit her classroom a couple times over the years. Once when i was in school my friend Rebecca and i went out to her classroom and did projects with her student. Another time i went on a field trip with her students. The experiences changed my view on Chicago public school teachers.
Keep up the good work Deborah :)

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Cauliflower

Everyone who know our family know that we have a very picky boy on our hands. He's just getting worse and I'm getting desperate. Allwyn and i decided that if he dosent like what i make for dinner than he'll have to go to bed hungry. (This was very hard for me, thank goodness Allwyn was strong) Micah went to bed 2 nights in a row with no dinner then last night i made beef curry. He loves rice so i had high hopes that he would eat. With that being said it wasn't going to get him to eat his veggies. I thought for awhile (i even tried some stuff from Deceptively Delicious and nothing worked). I finally decided i would steam some cauliflower and chop it really fine and mix it with his rice. What do you know, he had no idea and ate every last bite. I felt like running outside and telling everyone that my child just ate a veggie!!! (i guess he'll never know until he can read or one of my readers tells him) As you can tell I'm super excited.
I have a long road ahead of me with my sons eating but its a battle i'm willing to fight :)
On the other hand, Josiah eats everything. I'm sure things might change as he gets older and can make more of his own choices so i think i'll be hiding veggies in his food too. He'll just get a double dose.

Sick Again...

My Big Little is Sick AGAIN... I feel like my boys have been sick so many times this year already :( It's so hard to watch them suffer. It's just Micah who's sick right now, I'm trying my best to keep them apart. This is a very hard task when Josiah wants to play everything his big brother is.
Micah missed school yesterday because he woke with a small fever and his nose was running. Yesterday was school pictures, i was so excited and LOVE to get the pictures back. I'm hoping he feels up to going to school tomorrow since the picture lady will be there tomorrow too. Maybe he'll go for just 1/2 the morning.