A trip to the zoo

Well, we decided to take a little trip to the Henry Vilas Zoo the other day when Josh had off. He had to work on his actual birthday (April 18th - the big 3-0!!!) so this was kind of his happy unbirthday. We went down to Madison in the morning, saw the animals, ate our little picnic lunch, then went back in for a little while longer. We left at about 2:00 and the boys both slept on the hour long ride home. It was a really fun and FREE day! (minus the gas money I guess) I love that the boys are both to the age now where I don't have to worry about packing a huge diaper bag with bottles, milk, extra clothes, etc. and Caleb is to the age where you don't have to carry him nonstop. I told my friend this and she's like, "You better hurry and get pregnant before you totally get out of baby mode!" I'm like, "No, I think baby mode will be better if it's when my two boys are like, 4 and 6 and I only have one kid in diapers!" So we'll see...





















Caleb is definitely entering terrible twos. He has this eye-piercing shriek when he wants something and I say, "No." It's turned a few heads lately (at the mall... in Target.... at the zoo....) everyone hears it and I can see them like, turn to their neighbor with this, "Whoa, glad I'm not that kid's parent!" look. And I'm all, "Yup. He's mine. All mine." :) I must say though, I think he is the strongest kid on the block. There are times that I really think he is already stronger than me. I will post a picture of him in his diaper showing off his buff bod.

Caleb's seriously catching up...

One of the ways that I motivate Gabe to eat is by saying, "You better eat it all. Caleb's gonna get bigger than you!" Some days I wonder just how much longer will it be. I think Gabe will always be tall (he is 42" - we measured yesterday.) I think he weighs about 40 pounds give or take. Caleb, I am guessing, is about 37" tall and weighs about 37 pounds. I was going out to buy Caleb and Gabe some new shoes the other day and trying to decide their sizes. Gabe is just going into an 11 and Caleb? He's a 9. Wide. Here is a picture of my little boys comparing feet. The pictures just got funnier and funnier. First, "This little piggy..." then turned into, "Here Caleb... smell my sock!!!" Typical boys....






Then I had to put down the camera and save Caleb....

Easter

Hi everyone! This week we had the craziest weather. Normally I feel weather is a boring thing to talk about but it was insane! We hit over 80 degrees two days last week! I was actually sweating playing in the backyard with the boys. Then on Saturday it cooled down a little. We had an Easter egg hunt at the church on Friday and one in our backyard with the neighbor boys on Saturday. Caleb is a candy fiend. He can't eat it fast enough. As soon as e finds as egg, the candy is out and in his mouth. Gabe is more selective about what he'll eat. I think he just likes the hunt better. Sunday the boys found their baskets and then we had dinner with my grandma and relatives because it was her birthday. They also had a little Easter egg hunt at her house (but she put quarters in the eggs - which I prefer :) Here are some picures of Easter festivities...



"Alright... what is this crap? Where's the candy?"


Gabe actually fell asleep like this. Or maybe he was in a sugar coma...