Picture Time!

For lunch on Sunday, we undressed Brandon so that he wouldn't get his good clothes messy. It's a good thing that we did! As you can see from the pictures, Brandon thoroughly enjoyed his meal! I decided to take some pictures of the mess.

At first, he was just humoring his mother, letting me take his picture.

However, then he got tickled by the flash and really started laughing. It made for some great pictures. Every time I took a picture, he laughed harder. He must have been "in a mood!" :-)

Family Day

Jeremy had last week off from school. His spring session had ended, and his summer session begins this week, so we decided to take advantage of the time off and take a family day on Thursday. We took another trip to Philadelphia zoo. The last time we went, some of the things were still closed for winter, so we were able to see even more animals than last time! Here are some pictures of some of the animals. I don't think that I posted any of these animals last time.

Black bear

This was a different kind of a bear. I think it was called a sloth bear.

Zebra

We caught a peacock with his feathers spread!

I can't keep all of the cats straight, so I am not going to try to give all their names.

Penguin

Rhino

One of my favorites -Gorilla!

D.J. having fun. There was a board that if you touched the pictures, if made that sound that the animal makes.

Here, D.J. was able to "design" a monkey house. They had different basket, trees, monkeys, etc., and the kids could play with the stuff, designing a home for the monkeys.

You can tell who had the camera here!

We took a picnic lunch with us. We had turkey or hard salami sandwiches. I asked D.J. which he wanted. He chose the salami. While he was eating it, he said, "Is this slimy pepperoni?" We thought that this was really cute.

After we were done at the zoo, Jeremy took us to Shady Maple Smorgasbord. :-) He had cooked lunch for me for Mother's day, but still wanted to take me out. Since he knows how much I like Shady Maple, that is where he took us. We really enjoyed that also. We had a very long, but very enjoyable day!

The things kids say!

The other day D.J. and I were out shopping. As we passed a pond, D.J. said, "Look mommy, an ocean!" :-)

Then yesterday (Sunday morning) as I was getting Brandon out of his booster seat after breakfast, he said, "go church" I asked him how he knew we were going to church and he replied, "it Sunday!"

Happy Mother's Day

We want to wish a Happy Mother's Day to Mom Major and Mom Brown! We love you and hope you enjoy your day.

In Honor of Mother's Day :-)

You're Really A Mom When...

• You count the number of sprinkles on each kid's cupcake to make sure they are equal.
  
• You want to take out a contract on the kid who broke your child's favorite toy and made him/her cry.
  
• You have time to shave only one leg at a time.
  
• You hide in the bathroom to be alone.
  
• Your child throws up and you catch it.
  
• Someone else's kid throws up at a party and you keep eating.
  
• You consider finger paint to be a controlled substance.
  
• You mastered the art of placing food on a plate without anything touching.
  
• Your child insists that you read "Once upon a Potty" out loud in the lobby of the doctor's office and you do it.
  
• You hire a baby sitter because you haven't been out with your husband in ages, then you spend half the night talking about and checking on the kids.
  
• You hope ketchup is a vegetable because it's the only one your child eats.
  
• You find yourself cutting your husband's sandwiches into unusual shapes.
  
• You fast-forward through the scene when the hunter shoots Bambi's mother.
  
• You obsess when your child clings to you upon parting during his first month at school, then you obsess when he skips in without looking back.
  
• You can't bear to give away baby clothes--it's so final.
  
• You hear your mother's voice coming out of your mouth when you say, "Not in your good clothes."
  
• You stop criticizing the way your mother raised you.
  
• You read that the average-five-year old asks 437 questions a day and feel proud that your kid is "above average."

(dayformothers.com)

A teacher gave her class of second graders a lesson on the magnet and what it does. The next day in a written test, she included this question: "My full name has six letters. The first one is M. I pick up things. What am I?" When the test papers were turned in, the teacher was astonished to find that almost 50 percent of the students answered the question with the word Mother (Unknown)

A little boy forgot his lines in a Sunday school presentation. His mother was in the front row to prompt him. She gestured and formed the words silently with her lips, but it did not help. Her son's memory was blank. Finally, she leaned forward and whispered the cue, "I am the light of the world." The child beamed and with great feeling and a loud clear voice said, "My mother is the light of the world." (Bits and Pieces)

Brandon hard at work

D.J. ready for "work"

The other day D.J. got himself dressed for "work." I thought that the result was so cute that I had to take a picture and post it for everyone to see!