Zoo

In April, we went to the zoo with Anna and Evie's friend Will and his mom. Since the weather was cool and school was still in session, we didn't have to deal much with crowds, so it was a nice day to be at the zoo. We saw lots of animals up close too.

 April 13, 2012

Evie loved this snake.

 Normally I don't like to take photos of animals at the zoo because it's usually hard to get the kids in the picture. As much as I like looking at the elephants and giraffes, I don't really care to have lots of photos of them. But this tiger was so nice to lie down right in front of the window, I had to take a photo.

For preschool, I was in charge during the week we talked about the letter Z. I printed pictures of zoo animals for the kids to glue to the letter Z for our letter activity. Anna helped me pick out the pictures, and she was fascinated by the orangoutangs, and then when we went to the zoo, excited to see them in person. We hit the ape house at the end of our visit and for some reason, unlike all the other animals we saw that day, the orangoutangs were hiding. We could see the shape of one under a sheet, but the other two were invisible. So, after waiting for awhile, we went outside and took pictures with this gorilla. We decided to try one last time and went back into the ape house just as they were being fed. The big one, decided to come out from his sheet and the other two also appeared. We had a good time watching them eat their food.

Human Anatomy

June 21, 2012

Anna drew this picture back in June. She explained to me that she wanted to draw the blood and then the skin. When she tried to draw with the peach colored crayon over the "blood," it didn't work out so well. So, at that point, she decided to move on to the hair. Being the thorough kid that she is, she drew the hair all around the head. I don't think she was trying to draw a goatee. I think she just wanted hair all around the head, and I think she told me this was a picture of a woman, but I am a slacker, slow to blog, and I can't remember exactly what she told me.

Easter Candy and Dresses

April 7, 2012

The Easter Bunny brought flavored chap stick along with the candy. I think Evie thought the chap stick was candy. She LOVES lip gloss and the loved the chap stick, applying it constantly.

April 8, 2012

I kept taking pictures, hoping to get one where they were both smiling and standing up mostly straight. The double smile proved illusive. It's been only three months since I took these photos, and already the girls have stopped wearing these dresses and their hair styles have changed. Evie has become quite opinionated about what she wears and this cute blue dress no longer makes the cut. Anna's growing too fast and the dryer probably sped up the process, but her pink polka dot dress is now too short for her. It's amazing how time flies.

Dying Easter Eggs

This year, I had a hard time finding time to dye Easter Eggs. So we ended up doing it the Friday night before Easter when Anna's friend Will was over to play. It was a lot crazier with three kids, lots of plops and splashes as the eggs were dropped into the dye. I was worried we'd end up with dyed carpet and dyed clothes too, but we made it without any huge mishaps.

 April 6, 2012

Evie keeps a close eye on her egg.

Easter Egg Hunts

 April 5, 2012

 As in years past, we went to our neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt a few days before Easter. Watching Anna at the neighborhood hunt, she seemed to be looking for the extra pretty eggs. Evie, on the other hand, was really pretty good about shoveling them in.

Then on the Saturday before Easter, our ward had an Easter egg hunt too. They determined that every kid could have 7 eggs and rather than just spreading them across a field, they actually hid them (somewhat) and made the kids hunt for them. Dan had to be at Stake Baptisms, so Erica was nice enough to come and help me with the kids.

 April 7, 2012