waiting for the Dr. for the 3 year check-up. She weighs 30lbs and is 36.75" tall!

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on the Friday date with Miles: his hair cut, he picked out a cute dress for me at Loft, lunch at Panera then Diary of a Wimpy Kid! fun day!

What we did on our spring break.

First we had to make a plan for spring break. Miles listed his ideas on the chalkboard.

Since the week started out rainy, we opted for fort-building. What better use for plantation shutters and binder clips, I ask?

After a few library story times we ventured out big to the Children's Museum of Oak Ridge. Of course it was a free day so it was very busy, but the kids still had fun.  We went with our neighbors Fenn, Boone and Beth. And yes, Audrey wore her Little Mermaid dress everywhere.

Today is beautiful!  We hit the zoo and stayed much longer than usual. Here they got to hold a rhino tusk.

A little farther along they met Buttercup, a 23' reticulated python in residence for the summer. Buttercup's breakfast, two big rabbits, lay freshly squeezed and awaiting ingestion. Yum and Happy Easter! We also witnessed the gaboon viper being force fed a mouse. Exciting day in the reptile cove.

Finally we caught the bird show with Einstein and his new buddies, 4 rescue pups doing tricks. They were so sweet! And we made it through two carousel rides, which is big for Miles as he usually isn't a big fan.

There I am in the mirror.

Look ma, no hands!

it's happened..

Miss Audrey turned 3, celebrating her golden birthday on 3/3. And we also figured our she was 3 feet tall. We probably should have done some mystical "3" celebration, but, oh well. I think she did plenty of celebrating, since she thought it was her birthday the whole week.

BeBe and PopPop came early to celebrate and we were lucky to have some pretty nice weather. Yay, spring!

Then came the weekend... cousins always make it a party.  Here are the boys starting their massive lego creation.

And the girls playing magnet dress-up dolls.  We had a ladybug party, hence the headgear.

Here were the ladybug cupcakes! I even found black candles with polka dots on them.

Present time was fun.  Audrey had lots of helpers.

Then we had cousin photo time.  It didn't turn out so well. But on the bright side, Miles learned how to cross his eyes.

Here's the almost-annual family photo. Miraculously, everyone smiled at the same time!

Now Miles is on the countdown to his 6th birthday. But lest we forget, someone has a rather big milestone between now and then.

happy spring break! hope the weather hold up.

Before....

and after...

Happy 3rd Birthday, sweet Audrey!