Adam's Preschool Graduation

Our nephew Adam had a cute Piggy Opera program and graduation. Here he is leading the group into the room! The program was adorable and Megan is looking forward to her new preschool for next year!

School is Out!

Megan on the first day of school!

Megan on the last day of school!

Date Night!

This past weekend Michael's parents took the kids to their house so we could have some time together. The timing was perfect because my visits are over and the carnival (pictures coming soon!) was over as well. We decided to invite Jon and his new girlfriend Laura out and we had a great time at Prison Brews and then back to the house for some Wii Resorts and Wii Fit. The guys really got into it and the hula-hoop is the best! Anyways, we had a great time and it was great to have a date night!

I just love their expressions! I think they were sword fighting at the time!

Here is a picture of Jon and Laura watching Michael make a fool of himself!

Mother's Day Cake :)

OK, so here's the story! At Jacob's birthday party we were discussing how the basketball cake was made and I told the group the shape of the cake mold...well then Michael's mom said that her mom (Michael's grandma) would love a bikini cake and we decided Mother's Day would be the perfect time! OK, so for the record, I was simply baking a cake someone asked me to do :)

Needless to say, Michael's grandma loved it and she took it home with her! There were lots and lots of jokes after the cake was brought out and some of the people in attendance were a tad embarrassed but it was great!

Kiddos!

Jacob and Megan have changes so much in the past few months. Jacob can now say about 7 or 8 words and he uses his hands to tell us what he wants too! He understands what we say, especially when it relates to going bye-bye or outside...or Megan of course! He climbs everywhere and once he's on the couch he gets a huge smile on him face. His newest skill in spinning in a circle over and over until he falls down...very nerve-wracking for mommy!

He loves to spike his hair with his food, this day he used mashed potatoes!

Megan decided to line her animals up after Jacob went to bed one night, they are all facing the same direction going on parade!

The kids were at the drop-in-play center one day building with the cardboard bricks until brozilla finally got his way and knocked them down (in his defense I think it was already falling)!

Grandma Dierking, Megan, and Adam peeling the apples for apple pie.

This was the first time I've seen an apple peeler and I'm in love! This thing is great!

All gone!

Random Things!

Poor Michael! We were playing outside a few weeks ago and apparently Megan got into some poison ivy. We unwittingly let her pull leaves off the bush by the side of the yard and this was a small portion of the results. Michael had poison ivy all over, went to the Dr. and got a shot which did nothing, steroid medicine which helped a little, and now he is still itchy and getting the lovely bubbles. This picture below is crazy because it shows all of Megan's hand and fingers where she touched him. All that I can say is Thank God Megan is not allergic to poison ivy!

A handprint from Megan that Michael will not forget anytime soon!

This is a picture of the water in our basement as a result in the city replacing pipe next door under the storm drain. All of a sudden there was water everywhere and when I asked the men working they just said "we'll be done soon." Grrr. I'm glad we don't have a finished basement yet!

STL Zoo

Several weeks ago we took a trip to the zoo. Megan was very excited and Jacob was just happy to be out of the house!

Here they are in their car seats ready for the big trip. On the way there we were thinking, this isn't too bad Texas won't be too bad...fast forward several hours and another 2 hours in bumper to bumper traffic inside forrest park trying to find a parking spot, we were rethinking everything from car trips to how many kids we want! OK, it wasn't that bad and remarkably the kids did wonderful while we sat in the car moving slower than a person walking (I was probably the whiniest person in the car!) Miraculously someone left at the perfect time for us to get their spot and the day improved from there on!

Elephants! When Michael I were dating one of the elephants actually sprayed us. Of course we didn't have a camera to capture this but it was hilarious!

The main thing Megan wanted to do was go in the "waterfall" which was a spray at the end of River's Edge, it took us the whole day to figure out this is what she wanted! Jacob also loved it of course. This summer is going to be fun with them in the water.

This is the back of Megan's head while she is looking up at the hippo. This is by far my favorite part of the zoo!

Michael and Jacob

Looking at the penguins! This was definitely Jacob's favorite part of the whole zoo!

Megan looking older than three and a half! She carried her penguin around for the entire trip! We even bought a little version of it for Jacob...which is now with Megan.

Jacob is getting so big!