Memorial Day: remember the fallen and those who serve this great country

To all of those who have served, we honor and respect you.

To my husband who served in the United States Air Force, we thank you and we love you! What a great example to your babies.

To our friend Wallace and all of Daddy's buddies serving in the Armed Forces...thanks

To our friend who serves as a Navy SEAL and who not only has to take care of bad guys, but wild animals (striped hyena)...Thank you!

Going to the Zoo...a little boy's best day!

We recently went to Baltimore to see my brother, Derrik and his family. We met them at the National Zoo in D.C. (Bronx Zoo is much better by the way). This was the best day those 4 boys could ask for...can't say the same for the parents who were chasing them around the entire day. We saw many animals, but they were excited for the polar bears all day. Guess what? There are no polar bears at the National Zoo, bummer. They did love the Anteater I hear (Jen and I were feeding babies). From left to right...Niklas, Alex, Will and Jonathan.You could contend that we have 3 busy Otters watching other busy Otters! So cute!
Meggin had fun too! I think Kate slept almost the entire day...no pics of her, sorry. Daddy, Nik and a lion (behind them on the ledge...sort of blends in, that's the point right?

Fun Things

This is our most recent purchase! Well, not really, Dave just bought a new car, but I still have to take a picture. That will be a coming attraction! I love this piano, now I just need to get better at playing it. It's a 1929 Sohmer, original ivory keys! It sounds and looks beautiful.

Here's Niklas at his story time at the library! What a ham, see can't get a picture without a "face".

This is a day we went hiking on the wonderful trail system in our area. The boys had to climb on all the rocks. Dave says it's what boys do.

Easter Sunday

Niklas and Alex looking cute!

Our three little ones, can't get Nik to not make a face. Daddy and the Sweetie, she loves the daddy.

Mommy and Meggin. Thanks to Nana for the beautiful Easter dress!

Our Sweet Meggin

This is our Sweetie! Her Auntie Meggin gave her the fun coat and she wears it everywhere!

Sitting up to the counter like a big girl. I'm not sure we can continue because she tries to climb out and even though I strap her in the chair she figures a way to stand up even in the straps...busy little girl.
You have to love those baby blues!

Here's the brothers loving the little sis...very cute!

Funny Kids

So, I'm sure most of you have had your kids draw on the walls. These are some lovely pictures that we eventually discovered were drawn by Niklas. When we saw them we asked who drew them, Alex immediately said "Nik" and Nik said "Alex". So Daddy started asking Nik who they were pictures of and Alex piped up and said that he drew them. Then it was an investigation to see who was the artist...in the end, they both denied it and again blamed each other. I had them draw some faces on paper and Nik's looked just like the ones on the wall. Then I asked Nik what color he used to draw the faces...he said, "brown". Mystery solved. They had to scrub and did not get to read books before bed because of the "lying/denial".

Here are all the Winans babies...so cute.
Playing playdoh! Needless to say, I am constantly picking up dried out playdoh everywhere...fun for a while, but messy in the long run.

Meggin Ann

Meggin has been doing a few new things, she's growing up so fast, I need to keep up. She's been trying lots of new foods. She loves cheerios and has the pincer grasp down pat. Here she's having some peas.

She's also been getting up on all 4's and rocking forward and backward...crawling will come soon, but not yet (I'm secretly happy about that).

And of course she's been sitting for a while now...she loves to play with any toy, but especially the superhero guys (she has her very own Wonder Woman).

Our little Meggin is all sugar and not so much spice. She's so fun and happy all the time.