Peanut butter sandwiches and Sundays

Peanut butter sandwiches are a staple in my household. Jase eats one with homemade strawberry jam every night before bed (even after eating a good dinner 1-2 hours before) - the kid must be growing like crazy...

A couple Sunday's ago they were having just peanut butter sandwiches for lunch, before church, after baths (not a good way to do it), no jam, just one slice of bread with peanut butter on it. This is what Meghan looked like about 5 minutes into eating it:





I think she was giving herself a facial...

At least it stayed out of her hair. Here is what she looked like 10 minutes later:
(gotta love that cheese smile; now if only she'd keep her hair done, instead of pulling them out and her hair at the same time...)


Meghan didn't get a nap that Sunday, so as soon as we got home, we had dinner. While we were finishing dinner, Meghan went over to the couch with her blanket and book to wait for mom or dad to come read to her. She fell asleep in about 1 minute...


I thought it would just be an early bedtime, but she woke up 2 hours later (at 7:15p) wide awake...

Reading

Meghan loves to read and she loves her babies, so it was no surprise to see her reading to her baby the other day.

This baby's name is Davy (after the David Shannon books, No David, David gets in trouble, etc) - these are her favorite books right now... The book she is reading to Davy is a baby animal touch and feel book and she was having her baby touch the animals - so cute!





Here is Meghan rocking her baby asleep - she will be an amazing mother one day... (sorry it is sideways)

Swinging

We have this toddler swingset and slide that we bought 3 years ago for Jase. Meghan likes it, but she is out growing the swing (aka she can't go high enough on it). To help document her love of swinging, here is exhibit A...

Indianapolis Zoo

Warning: this is a loooonnngg post...

Back in May we made a visit to the Indy zoo. We love the zoo and since we only went once last year (before our membership expired), we got a membership this year (we get one every other year).

We love the sea lions!


Meghan was in complete awe of them (the last time we went to a zoo, she was only 7 months old, so this was a fun experience for her).


After the sea lion show the trainers brought one of the sea lions out for us to meet and see up close - it was really neat!


Then we went to the dolphin show (which Meghan wouldn't sit for and Jase wasn't interested in - I think he's seen it enough to not be really interested in it - he likes the dome much more).


And the flamingos of course - this was when we stopped to eat our picnic lunch...


Lemurs


Feeding the giraffes is a must each zoo visit. I love how long their tongues are!


Meghan had no fear when feeding it.


Jase is a pro at giraffe feeding...


There is a huge vulture there with the hoofed plains creatures...


We also like to watch the elephant get a bath/shower, although this time we didn't stick around to touch the elephant afterward...














The lions were right at the fence this time... (Has anyone else noticed that they added a second fence (the outside chain link fence) to the lion exhibit in the last year? I overheard someone saying that the Zoo had to do it because someone was calling poking a hat at the lions and one of the lionesses rushed the fenced and got her head and one shoulder out of the fence. I also noticed a lot more zoo personal around the lion exhibit, monitoring visitors).


More elephants - eating this time.


Joe and the kids at the shark pool.


We love the sharks (I just read that 15 sharks have died because of too much ozone in the water - sad).


I love the polar bears - they are my favorites, along with the giraffes.


Leaving the zoo...


At the butterfly exhibit...





I didn't get many nice pictures at the butterfly exhibit because the kids were completely tired and unruly at this point...

Proof their tiredness...and a quite ride home!

Legos

Trip to Michigan during the end of May

The last weekend of May we took a trip to Michigan to visit Joe's sister and her family and to visit Joe's brother Daniel and his girlfriend/fiance Ruth. We always enjoy going up to visit "the cousins" as Jase says.

The kids love to make posters/banners, so here they are making one to welcome Uncle Dan and Ruth. From left to right goes Meghan, Carys, Jase, Lena, Lilly, Caleb, and in the back is Aunt Lana and Ian.


Aunt Carol and Uncle Nate catching a nap...


Meghan with her cheese face (and she's eating something which makes it all the better).


The kids on the trampoline (it was just set up after being stored for the winter).


The next 3 pics are Meghan showing her attitude (I'm not sure what we'll do with her when she is a teenager - maybe send her to an all girl's boarding school?)






Mom and Dad Holdaway are at the table, everyone else is around...


Phase 10...


Phase 10 continued...


Joe and Dan playing roller hockey.


Jase really loved this lizard decoration...


Ian is a crazy crawling machine.


Who likes to eat grass...


Jase really does love this little guy - he's asked us when we are having a baby boy...we tell him we think we are done having babies and he tells us he is going to have 10 babies (I hope he lets his future wife know this!).


Uncle Dan and Ruth (with Lena and Caleb)


Another one of Uncle and Ruth


Meghan also really loved climbing in the exersaucer (maybe it was to eat the puffs)...