Easter Egg Hunt

Back at the end of March, we went to the town's annual Easter Egg Hunt. It is always over very quickly, but luckily they provide other entertainment as well.

Emma and her friend Abby coming down the slide.

Almost There...

These pictures are from the end of March, when Andrew learned how to kneel...a crucial step in learning how to destroy your sisters' stuff. Suddenly his little table got a lot more fun.

Swing Low, Sweet Andrew

Andrew got a new toy so he can use the swing set, too. Serendipitously, it is also a great place to put him when I garden so he doesn't eat grass. :) Luckily he happens to like it.

Maddie likes it too.

Andrew: 8 Months

Stats:
Diapers: size 3
Clothes: size 6-12 months

Loves:
--bottles
--baby puffs
--Cheerios
--feeding himself
--sitting

Firsts:
--Sitting up by himself
--Pushing himself to sitting
--Feeding himself {pincer grasp}
--using the sippy cup
--Valentine's day


Personality Notes:
--Andrew is still an easy, happy baby. He is the family favorite.
--It took him FOREVER to sit up on his own. But the change was sudden. One day he would flop over, and the next day he could sit up for ten minutes.
--About a week after he learned to sit up all by himself, he learned to push himself up to sitting.
--One day in Church, before he could even support himself sitting, Andrew reached into my hand, picked up a Cheerio, and put it in his mouth. I was astonished. Perhaps no one told him that gross motor skills are supposed to develop first; he was too busy working on his fine motor skills so he could eat! Such a boy.

February: Emma Makes It to the Zoo

Way back in December, Emma missed a trip to the zoo when she was really sick in the ER. She has been asking to go back since, and we finally took advantage of "penguin pricing" and went. The day was fairly mild and we had a fantastic time. (We have since renewed our zoo membership, so there will be more outings.)

They insist I take their pictures by the statues. 

The penguins were very active and swam over to say hello.

We must also climb the elephants every time...

...and feed the giraffes. 

But it is so worth the $5.00.

Even I got in on it!

Checking out the lazy lion. 

This boy was there too!

February: Preschool Party

I was busy helping out a friend and couldn't make it to Emma's Valentine party in her preschool class. Fortunately the class mom sent me these pictures. As you can see, Emma is quite the poser. :)

February: Valentine Assembly

One Saturday in February we made a family assembly line for Valentines. We used an idea we found here. {Gotta love Pinterest!}