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the zoo

erica was on spring break

and it was my day off for the week

so she and her boys, 

plus me and pj

plus my mom and aunt di were down for the adventure.

this was our first trip to the zoo this year.

parker went once last year

but had no clue what was going on.

this time included LOTS of pointing

and waving.

at people and animals and even the trees.

 the elephants came really close.

 and even sucked up water

and spit it back out of his trunk.

 we went in to the butterfly house

while nana fed hayes a bottle.

 

i let parker out of his stroller for a bit

which meant crawling over the bench of course.

 and here's my attempt at a cute cousin pic....

and then we went over to the penguin house.

but didn't go inside bc there was a line

and we don't do lines.

 

they were out and about swimming

and jumping in and out of the water.

and the black bears were showing off like crazy too!

 erica and reid rode the carousel.

i got motion sick just watching

so unless daddy is along, 

pj gets the shaft and has to sit and watch.

sorry dude, but

you're on your own at six flags.

and then i took some pics of this random lady's hair

bc my mom liked her haircut 

so i played paparazzi while the lady snapped pics of her own kids.

 and i tried again to get a cute photo

of the boys by the flowers.

ya, not so much.

they chose to dig their fingernails in the dirt instead.

and lastly we had a picnic by our car

we all decided if parker could talk

he'd go home and tell his dad that was his favorite part of the day.

crawling around on the blankets

with his shoes off.

we got home and pj slept for 3 hrs straight.

i'd call that a successful day!

carpe diem

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spring!

our weather has been so ridiculous!

like 80 degrees the first week of march, ridiculous.

and if parker had his way all the time

he would permanently move outside.

he's thrown his first official 'tantrums', if you will,

every time we make him come inside.

screaming,

flailing,

hitting.

it's quite awesome!

but my point of these pictures were to show how cute he looked

wearing shorts and a t-shirt.

like i've never seen his bare arms or legs before!

he all the sudden looks like a grown up.

he was playing with his letters while we were waiting

for nana to pick us up to meet nunu for lunch at aldo's.

he seriously looks 16 years old 

standing there in his pumas.

carpe diem

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babysitter

parker and i got to babysit

cousin hayes last weekend while the daddy's worked 

on our lawns

and his mommy got to chaperon some painting at her school.

 when we have anyone come to our house

parker feels the need to show them

every single toy we own.

 so lucky hayes got to see all his books.

 parker thought it was hilarious making him smile

and coo at us.

so much so he had to get 2 inches from his face.

we had so much fun!

i think parker enjoyed being the 'big kid' for once.

although this iphone pic

proves he's not THAT much bigger.

they definitely don't look 15 months apart.