Who knew I have pictures from April that I haven't posted. Back in April, there was a Kiddie Festival that we decided to bring the kids too. It's nothing big, but definitely enjoyable for the little ones.
The girls had their first encounter with mascots and surprisingly, they did just fine. They even played with them. :)
Thing 2 is showing off the pin wheel she won. Incidentally, this was the only time these dresses fit the girls.
Curious George and Thing 1. Notice the girls' hats. They were a part of their Easter Baskets.
Of course...Curious George in a fire truck and grinning like a fool.
We came home with a pet, too. This boy was beyond himself when he won a goldfish. He named it Punky. Punky is still alive and thriving today.
Here are videos from the zoo (the pictures are posted here). How did these kids get so big so fast? Curious George is slightly over 3 1/2 ft tall, wearing size 11.5 shoe and 6-7 yr old clothes. His sisters are about 3 ft tall, wearing size 9.5 shoes (Thing 2's feet are ever so slightly bigger) and 4T clothes.
Thing 2 is wearing pink, Thing 1 is in white.
Here are the kids loving the colorful poisonous frogs. Notice Curious George holding the Zoo map. He planned our route the entire time based on which animals he wanted to see. We didn't see the entire Zoo since it is too big.
You can see in Thing 1's face how tired she is and hungry. Curious George's excitement is still going strong here. He loves animals! He has told us many times that he wants to be a Zoologist and Entomologist...among many other things of course.
On the move again, following Curious George. They were all hesitant to walk on the floor vents.
With Trick or Treating out of the way a few days prior, we were able to enjoy the Zoo on Halloween. The forecast was rain starting midday, but it actually started in the morning. But we went ahead with the plan to go to NC Zoo. Good thing, too. There was barely anyone around!
Fascinated by the Lions.
Thing 2 on the Carousel with Daddy. Thing 1 was with me, but the photo is too blurry to post.
Curious George chose this frog to ride on.
Thing 1 guzzling water. This was about 2pm. The girls were tired but were absolute troopers. She's wearing a necklace she won by tossing bean bags through a small hole (a fund raising for the Bats part of the Zoo).
Giant Bumble Bee!
Posing Turles.
I wonder who got scared first?
Crocodiles! They're all real!
Nana and the girls. Is Thing 2 showing her assets to her sister? I wonder.
The area here is not trick or treating friendly, so we found a nice substitute. One of the local malls hosted a trick or treat even on Oct. 29th, so we dressed up everyone and went. They had a lot of fun!
Thing 2 is a princess, Thing 1 is a witch and Curious George is a pirate king. Curious George has planned out his costume months in advance, so it was only a matter of finding one he was happy about. On a side note, he has actually planned out costumes for the next 2-3 halloweens. The girls' costumes were a matter of convenience. The weekend before, we went out to the stores and happen to find these 2 at BabiesRUs at 50% off. That makes momma happy! It may not be so obvious, but they are a little small though. They are both sized 36 months. They really need 48 months, but such is the circumstance when you shop late.
Oh, I almost forgot. While shopping for swords that go with Curious George's pirate costume, he had to buy 2 extra ones for his sisters. It may be a tradition starting from Halloween of 2008, when even as fairies, Curious George had to have his sisters hold glowing swords.
We invaded the first bath of stores and the girls were busy planning on eating the candies already. Thank goodness for some candies without milk! (Thing 1 has a hat with this costume, but she refused to wear it.)
Family picture! (Notice my already huge belly. I guess that's what happens the 3rd time around. I am only 16 weeks on this picture!)
I have tons of pictures and been too unorganized to post them. Some of the pictures are still on the camera, some on an external hard drive that isn't currently connected to my laptop, and some on Daddy's computer. I want to post them in order, but that just means I'm going to fall further and further behind. So without any more hoo haas, here are some of them.
This is the soccer on a rainy October day. It was fairly dry in the beginning but the rain came down hard in the middle. These little troopers of 4 and 5 year olds just kept on going without complaints.
The cheer leading team - (Thing 1 in pink, Thing 2 in white)
Big girls! Thing 2 is filling up because she eats like she's a bottomless pit, and Thing 1 is slowing down. Daddy and I now have to take a couple of seconds to tell them apart sometimes.
The little man of the hour during a pre-game drill.
The rain starts pouring, the team keeps going. Notice the thumbs up I got. :)
Being goofy! Being a defender (near the goalie) means he was told not to leave the area.
As big as she has gotten (around 75th percentile for both height and weight), Thing 2 insists on putting herself in the smallest box she can find.
In the meantime, Thing 1 has perfected this "What the heck is wrong with you?" look.
This is Curious George's Lego collection. He has progressed "helping" daddy put them together, to putting some parts of it himself, to completely assembling them. Lately, he has taken them apart and make his very own designs. He has since bought a few more small once since this picture was taken. He is asking for big expensive ones for Christmas.
Thing 2 is showing off the pin wheel she won. Incidentally, this was the only time these dresses fit the girls.
We came home with a pet, too. This boy was beyond himself when he won a goldfish. He named it Punky. Punky is still alive and thriving today.
Fascinated by the Lions.
Thing 2 on the Carousel with Daddy. Thing 1 was with me, but the photo is too blurry to post.
Curious George chose this frog to ride on.
Thing 1 guzzling water. This was about 2pm. The girls were tired but were absolute troopers. She's wearing a necklace she won by tossing bean bags through a small hole (a fund raising for the Bats part of the Zoo).
Giant Bumble Bee!
Posing Turles.
I wonder who got scared first?
Crocodiles! They're all real!
Nana and the girls. Is Thing 2 showing her assets to her sister? I wonder.
Mommy and Thing 2.
We invaded the first bath of stores and the girls were busy planning on eating the candies already. Thank goodness for some candies without milk!
Family picture! (Notice my already huge belly. I guess that's what happens the 3rd time around. I am only 16 weeks on this picture!)
The cheer leading team - (Thing 1 in pink, Thing 2 in white)
Big girls! Thing 2 is filling up because she eats like she's a bottomless pit, and Thing 1 is slowing down. Daddy and I now have to take a couple of seconds to tell them apart sometimes.
The little man of the hour during a pre-game drill.
The rain starts pouring, the team keeps going. Notice the thumbs up I got. :)
Being goofy! Being a defender (near the goalie) means he was told not to leave the area.
As big as she has gotten (around 75th percentile for both height and weight), Thing 2 insists on putting herself in the smallest box she can find.
In the meantime, Thing 1 has perfected this "What the heck is wrong with you?" look.
This is Curious George's Lego collection. He has progressed "helping" daddy put them together, to putting some parts of it himself, to completely assembling them. Lately, he has taken them apart and make his very own designs. He has since bought a few more small once since this picture was taken. He is asking for big expensive ones for Christmas.
