Baby-Sitters-in-Training

Our good friends in Missouri, Aaron and Julie, had their first child earlier this year. Wesley is so adorable! Isaiah and Mallory enjoyed helping me take care of Wesley while Aaron and Tim fried up our fish dinner, and Julie was still at work.

Simply adorable!

All good baby-sitters must try out the toys...

...and then show the child how they work.

Buddies

Wesley and his Mommy

Mallory and Isaiah both love to hold babies!

Aaron and Mallory

We always have such a nice time with Aaron and Julie (and now Wesley, too!). It's too bad we don't get to see them more often. :(

- becky

Girls' Day Out

The everyday responsibilities of family life are so much for my best friend, Jen and me. We are making a great effort to spend more time together, and I couldn't be happier about that!

Our April date was a trip to the NEW Zoo . Jen brought her older daughter, Kamryn, and I brought Mallory.

Mallory was super excited to see the animals!

bald eagle (obviously)

lions - Mallory and I talked about how she had dressed up as a lion for Halloween last year.

Mallory and the giraffes - not such a big fan...

We heart the Llama Llama books, so Mallory really liked saying hello to this friend.

Mallory's and my besties :)

After the zoo, we had lunch at Margarita's in Green Bay, and then made a quick trip to the mall. What a great day!

- becky

It's a Crime to Stay Inside

What a beautiful day! Tim stayed home with Isaiah while he took a nap, so Jen, Kamryn, Mallory, and I did a little running around this afternoon.

Hmmm... The bed probably would have been more comfortable!

When we got back home (from Archiver's, JoAnn Fabrics, Chili's - for a chips and salsa snack, and GNC - which is CLOSED inside the mall now), we decided to walk the kids down to Schaefer Park. We quickly discovered that the play set there is not really safe for toddlers, but there are swings!

Mallory had to join in the fun, too. How cute is that?!?!

- becky

Hangin' With the Girls

We have had so much fun this week! As you know from my previous blog post, we went to Noah's Ark on Monday. Well, yesterday we met up with Isaiah's girlfriends at Mead Pool in town. He had a great time swimming with Kamryn and Kathleen, and I enjoyed visiting with their mommies, Jenny and Tanya. Isn't this picture adorable?!?! We're hoping to make our visit to the pool a weekly play date with our friends.

Isaiah had just woken up from his nap when we left for the pool, and he promptly rubbed his sunscreen in his eyes. That explains the red eyes. Target had some face sensitive Water Babies sunscreen - I might just have to invest in some of that. He was a little timid at the pool. I noticed this at Noah's Ark, too. I'm planning to look into some swimming lessons for him, so that he can get used to the water. Kathleen and Kamryn were both so adorable! Kathleen was definitely enjoying herself, and Kamryn liked to put her hands in the water fountains in the shallow end of the pool.

We're definitely finding all of the less expensive activities around our house. Today we went to the movie theater to see a free movie. On Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, there are 2 movies shown for no charge - one rated G and one rated PG. We met friends at Regal - Tanya and Kathleen, Jodie, Melissa, and Jenny and Kamryn to see Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. I have no idea if I spelled the title correctly, but it sure was a cute movie! I had no idea what to expect, so my expectations were pretty low. I was very impressed! Isaiah did pretty good. If he misbehaved, so what - we weren't out any money, right? He ended up falling asleep about halfway into the movie. We wrapped up our morning with lunch at Rocky Rococos. Good times!

- becky

Play Date With Kamryn

Kamryn came over to play last night for about an hour. We had tons of fun!

What a cute little girl playing toys with me! I'm so proud of myself for actually sharing and not snatching anything away from her. (Yea, Isaiah!)

This is one of my favorite books about Grover. How about if I read it to you?

You can ride in your car, Kamryn. But I would like to play with your plastic keys while my mom blows bubbles for us.

This has been so much fun. Does Kamryn have to leave so soon?

- isaiah