hello, warm weather!

The weather warmed up a bit this week, and I got a glimpse into what it will be like in a month {hopefully}. It was so nice to just send the boys outside to play. I realized that the reason my kids have been driving me crazy so much lately, is because we have been cooped up in the house, and have forgotten what it is like to burn off energy and not be in each others hair ALL DAY LONG!. But, being able to send the boys outside was such a blessing....I got some of my sanity back. Well, until the weather turned cold again! Oh well, it is January, right?


We headed to the zoo yesterday. The sun was shining, and it was about 50 degrees...with the wind being a bit chilly, but it felt SO good to get out of the house. The boys are at the age where they are finally enjoying the animals at the zoo. Mostly.

Paisley's an easy going kind of girl, but she does not, I repeat, does not like having her picture taken. Here is her "I'm not amused, Mom" look.

Parker was finally being a ham in front of the camera. Thank goodness. He has a lot of goofy faces, but today....just plain handsome!


Here's Mr. Cool Guy, wouldn't you say?

I finally brought quarters so we could get the goat food...and they had taken out the little machines. What a rip off! What are the goats supposed to eat now? Oh well, they boys like petting them anyway.


These two.......

.......really do.......
......love each other! Some things you just can't make up!

This is the face he gives me when he says, "I love you, Mom!"



Parker....is....sitting....on....a....termite....mound. Hum.



Heartbreaker!



Paisley was saying Da Da! Over and over and over! Ben was loving it!


Can't you just see the words coming out of her mouth? Da Da!



What a cute profile!

Finally, a straight-on picture. Finally!

I just realized I don't have any pictures of the animals. We did go to the zoo, right?I mean, who wants to see animals when you have my children to look at? Okay, okay. Here are some pictures {literally the only animals we took pictures of, sorry!}

You can thank Parker for this last picture of the two red pandas! He will be so excited when he realizes I posted it on the blog. No joke!