May I remember these moments forever...

The silliest boy with the biggest smile!

My adorably sweet princess napping after a busy day at the zoo. 

Lazy mornings hiking in the park.

Lia hanging up her shoes in the mud room when I asked her to put them away. 

A Little Hike

Lia isnt feeling well and its a gorgeous day. I couldn't stay in all day! So we went to MacGregor Park for a little hike today. It's just a 1.5 mile trail but with Jonathan on my back and pushing Lia in the stroller, that was long enough. Plus Jon started to get squirmy!

Can you tell they aren't feeling the greatest? We did see some fun sites. Here is a field full of some flowering plant/weed. Luckily I don't have any allergies so I could just enjoy the view. 

And at some point someone had decorated a tree on the trail for Christmas. We enjoyed all the ornaments!

Haircut Smiles

Jon is the happiest boy! Even though the camera auto focused on his hand for some reason, you can still see his sweet smile.  We got Jonathan a haircut. Number two is better than my hack job. 

Here's Rosie after her haircut. That girl gabbed through the whole thing. She wasn't quiet for even one second! She talked all about how she was Rapunzel. Believe it or not we chopped two inches off! Of course we couldn't do too much because she was Rapunzel after all!

The next Armstrong...without doping

Despite the chill in the air, we needed to get out in the sunshine! So we got out the tricycle and took it for a ride. This was the first time Lia could do it on her own! I had to help steer sometime, but she'll get it. Jonathan thought the whole thing was interesting and watched without making a sound. Which is odd for the J-man these days. I think he was trying to figure out how he could get his hands on a bike for himself!

After that we went out to the pond and got to see the fish and the cats. On the way we saw a chicken egg under the bush. I guess you gotta lay an egg when you gotta lay an egg. Is that the equivalent of having a baby on the side of the highway? The cats were a little skittish but I did get to see one drink from the pond which was sorta neat.

Now we are relaxing until nap with a little Curious George. Lia is the man with the yellow hat these days and Jon is George. Fine by me because I get to be Mommy and I haven't been that in a loooong time!

A little sleepy

Poor Jonathan has to wait to nap until we get in the car to take Lia to school. Today he may have been a little tired. What a sweet boy.

A study of Jon

Jon's general m.o.

Hey mom!
Whatcha got there?
That's interesting.
I'm gonna eat it.

Being Lia...

Lia was all about being Rapunzel since say October. Every day was princess dress and crowns. We all had names...Mother Gothel, Boogene, maximus, even Pascal. It was serious Rapunzel love. Then she got a book about Aladdin. Goodbye Rapunzel, Hello Aladdin! What's funny is she wants to be Aladdin, not Jasmine. Oh Rapunzel is still around. And then sometimes this happens. Not sure if she's even really seen a blind person, but this is how she came out last night.