Adorable Emma

I took a few pictures with my phone during mealtime the other day with Emma. She was so cute and making so many funny faces, so I have to share them. Adorable!

I love her pouty lips!

What a sad face!

More Lilah

Up until this week, Lilah has always said 'mease' instead of 'please.' I don't know why, and we've worked on saying it with a P, but she never changed. This week though, she says it nearly right. It's 'pWease' instead. Still cute.

Zoo!

Jonas took the day off work on Friday and we headed to the Greater Vancouver Zoo. It was just over the border and so easy to get to! It was also Emma's first time out of the country. It's a smaller zoo (compared to Seattle) but I was pretty impressed. The animals were SO close. Nearly every one of them was right up against the rails, sometimes at close at just a few feet. There was the cutest little spider monkey with a little baby on its back, a peacock that walked right up to us on the main path, and the coolest raptor show I have ever seen. Jonas was even grazed across the face with the wings of an owl! We had such a fun day!
My biggest complaint was the chain link fence everywhere. It made it tough to get good pictures, but this one isn't awful. You can still see the ultra-cute baby monkey hanging on to her momma. SO adorable!

Lilah's attention span was a little short by the end of the day. She'd run up to another area, take a quick look at the animal, and then say, MORE ANIMALS! and run off to the next place. It made for a pretty quick tour of the zoo, and a tired Lilah from running everywhere. Lilah was only disappointed that the zoo didn't have elephants, penguins, or dinosaurs.

More Lilah

I have been so tired today, and I just wanted a minute ALONE in the bathroom. Lilah insisted on standing there, watching me, and so I asked her for just a little privacy. "I need some privacy, Lilah. Just a little time to be all by myself!" She looked at me sheepishly, with her fingers all pinched together - "Some privacy, momma?"
Sometimes it's hard to stay annoyed.

Outdoor Playtime

As I am loading these pictures, Lilah is looking over my shoulder. When she saw the first one, she said, "hey! Lilah finding worms!"
Yesterday was not so cold, so we were able to play outside for a bit with the chickens. The chickens and Lilah are equally excited about finding worms in the dirt, so they get along very well.

Another picture of Bandit. What a pretty bird! As Lilah saw this picture, she said "look ma! My chicken!"

Even Emma enjoyed the afternoon outside.

Touch Tank

Lilah loved the touch tank at the Marine Center that we visited this morning. Afterwards, we went to McDonald's with her friends (this particular one has a great toddler play area). On the way home, I was trying to keep her awake by getting her to tell me about what we had done that morning. She didn't mention anything about touching the pretty pink, purple, and orange starfish, just that we went down the slide and ate ice cream. Oh well.

Lilah and her friends (Keira on the left with her mom Megan and brother Gabe, and Nick and his mom Bernadette on the right).

More Lilah

Lilah, Emma and I went to visit the touch tank at the marine center today in Bellingham. I took Lilah to the bathroom while we were there, and once she was done, I went to the bathroom too. When I was finished she said, "Momma! You no pee pee in your panties!" Such great encouragement. Thanks, Lilah!