Our Easter Tradition

Yesterday we went on our annual trip to Sturgis pretzel bakery and Wilbur chocolate factory, both located in the same town in PA. Jacob has been looking forward to this for months and thoroughly enjoyed himself, as did I. We made sure to bring home plenty of tasty selections from our field trip. I see homemade chocolate covered pretzels in our future :)

Brothers

The Zoo!

We just bought a membership to the Philadelphia Zoo and went last week with Aunt Leah, Uncle Shane, Marie, Oliver, Peter, Walter, and Brooke. Jacob LOVED it and we are looking forward to going back soon.

SO EXCITED!!!!

Sleepy polar bear

Cousins in front of the polar bear tank

At the primate house

Hooray for Fingerpainting!

This is a fun if messy project. Jacob and I made homemade finger paint this morning. The recipe is here if you're interested. Just be careful not to cook it too long or it gets goopy and thick. Take it off the stove as soon as it begins to thicken.

Getting ready to add the color to the base.
He's very excited to do it himself :)

Adding blue.

Mixing and mixing and mixing and mixing.

Now for the fun part!

A masterpiece in progress. 

Meet Simon Hinckley Johnson

Simon Hinckley Johnson
22.5 inches
9 pounds 4 ounces

All fingers and toes accounted for.
Nights haven't been too bad so far.
Mimi is actually doing very well, considering.

Third Time's the Charm

After two earlier unsuccessful attempts this year Jacob has recently added a new skill to his repertoire ..the potty. This past week he only had a few accidents, much to my delight. I am so proud of my big boy! And very relieved that I won't have to have two little guys in diapers.

Halloween Party #2

Jacob insisted that he wanted to be a ghost for Halloween. I made him a costume and he loved it but could only stand to wear it for 5 minutes at a time, which is why he is not dressed up in this picture. When we went trick or treating later that night he only lasted for 3 houses before he was done with the costume and done with going from house to house.