Here She Goes!!!

Greta's On the Go!

This past week I discovered something: Greta had started crawling. I would find her in places I hadn't put her and she seemed to be moving faster than I was ready for. I got out this "pooh-bear" that crawls and sings songs and talks (something my grandma gave Jill as a baby). It's a big hit!

And...Greta can finally sit up all by herself too. She's probably been doing that for a couple weeks now.

The Giant Kangaroo

This is the slide inside the kangaroo. Julia and Claire enjoyed going down it several times.

Penguin Park with Eric and Julia

Now - I took a picture of the actual penguin here at the park. There is also a giant giraffe, kangaroo, and some elephants. Jill and Claire were hugging the penguin when we first got there.

Jill and Eric loved the tire swing. They thought it was fun swinging round and round!
Two little friends, Claire and Julia
And...all the kids posing for a pic on the small elephant.

More Zoo Fun...

Jill was little apprehensive about the sheep...she gets it from her mommy. :)
The new addition to KC Zoo - Kid's Tree House
Everyone's favorite, the sealions! The kids had a great view! Tim and Cherie's family are the others in the picture. They came from Lincoln, NE to meet up with them as well.
Cherie was "lovin" on Greta

Our Zoo Trip

Today - we met up with some good friends, Tim and Cherie Meals. We have six kids between us so we thought the zoo would be a great place to hang out and play! Jill and Claire LOVED Marleigh, Madison, and Josh (Mawee, Madson, Dosh). Here they are at the beginning of the day...very interested in each animal.
The loose Kangaroos...the sign said "Guests are advised to stay on the trail" so we were trying to decide if they had actually scratched out the word "advised" after people took it a little too far??!!
"Let's check the map to see where we go next!"
Those sweet, cute Meals' kids! (with our sweet, cute kids too :)
And...sweet baby Greta...she finally fell asleep for a little nappy.

Singing with Grana

Grana and her grandchildren sang "Jesus Loves Me" I took a video of it, but am still working on uploading that...

Fun with the Fam

When my parents were in town we got together at Tim and Val's a couple of times and the kids ran wild and had a good time!
Grana was soaking up time with Greta...and all of their grandkids
Holly made little "bird's nests" for our spring dessert...jelly beans and coconut on top of mini-cheesecakes in a little muffin cup...the kids were excited to eat them!
Greta's doing better sitting up now!

Then...Posing with the Cousins

We "re-dressed" the kids up for some pictures the other day. For the most part, they did pretty good!


Hudson escorts Carly as she "shows off" her new dress that Valarie made!!!
Greta sure loves her tummy!

Resurrection Sunday

The girls enjoyed "stylin" their matching dresses. I enjoyed how these 3 dresses came together. First, I had Claire's dress back when Jill was 2 and then I got Greta's as a baby gift last fall from Adam's aunt. I thought it would be neat if I found one for Jill. My sister, Val, helped me find it on ebay!!! I'll enjoy having these spring/summer dresses these next few months!

We posed for a family pictures in our rental church's lobby. The ladies took about 20 pictures and not one of them had Claire smiling...rough morning, I guess. :)

Which hats fit???

I was digging through the girls' winter clothes and hats to pack up for spring when Jill got the idea to try them on each other...Claire's actually stayed on through lunch!

Potty Training??

Claire has been in potty-training this week. It's taking longer than I remembered, but she's beginning to get the hang of it...and the best part...no more diapers for her!! She ran around our cool house like this for days. This week happened to be more like February or early March weather!

Cutie Pies!

Greta is modeling her feet as Claire "reads" daddy a book.

The Mommies!

Carrie, Steph, and I were able to get one last shot at Carrie's sister's wedding.