First soccer game of the spring season

Nikki's soccer season was supposed to start with a game on the 12th, but that was cancelled because of the weather. So for her first game of the season her team won today 7-2! Nikki scored a goal and was all happy about it. Lizzie wasn't so thrilled and kept on asking to go home. She did play soccer with her Dora soccer ball on the sidelines for a while, but that got old and she wasn't a happy camper.

Random Musings

It's been a busy few days. We've been outside more and Nikki has been bugging to ride her bike, so we filled up her tires and off she went. Lizzie had to join in on the fun too and was asking for "Lizzie bike! Lizzie bike!" She is learning to ride--more of me pushing her on the bike and her trying to pedal...she can pedal....kinda. Maybe 1 or 2 pushes and she's done.

Lizzie has become a total ham...when she has a microphone to play with she walks around to everyone holding it up to them and we have to say our names and then she follows us and says "I'm Lizzie!" Too funny.

The robins have again built a nest in our pine tree and every morning Lizzie has to go say "hi mama bird" and follow that up with "mama bird sit eggs" in a whisper since I told her if we were too loud we would scare the momma bird away.

We did have an earthquake here in IL yesterday morning....4:36 am thereabouts...at least that's what the clock said when the closet doors were rattling. So we felt it here at our house.

An early spring adventure to the zoo

Since the weather was so nice, we went to the zoo on a Saturday. It was packed, but that didn't deter us from having an adventure! We rode the carousel (Elizabeth didn't want to ride an animal...she only wanted to sit in the chairs) and even had lunch there. All the animals seemed to be enjoying the return of spring. We paid a special visit to the baby camels. Elizabeth was excited about the babies--she kept on pointing at them going "baby camel!" We had a fun day!


Don't I look so cute sitting pretty? Miss Nicole actually having a not-silly look on her face.
Here's the baby camel.....he was born at the end of February.
Elizabeth painting her face.