Things are much the same as usual in the Shearier household right now. We seem to stay busy enough just getting through the day. Scott and Anna are definitely enjoying the nice weather and Lizzie is getting bigger every day. Even after three babies, I'm not generally very good at predicting this, but I'm calling it here for everyone to hear: I think Lizzie is going to cut a tooth soon. Now, if in two weeks she still doesn't have one, I hope you all will forget that I called it--I plan to have no recollection of it at all!
As you can see Scott and Anna are enjoying their sand box....
And Lizzie did not seem to enjoy being out in the sun so much, despite my efforts to carefully position an umbrella over her bouncy chair for shade...
We have started Lizzie on solids since she is nearly 6 months old (so far, cereal, peas and carrots). She is loving everything and Anna is thankful for this new stage in her development also, as she feels she can participate a bit more...
She is such a good helper. While I was fixing dinner she wanted to do the feeding. This went very well until Anna started yelling at me that "Lizzie wants to grab the spoon!! Tell Lizzie not to grab it!!" I just love this; anytime Lizzie does something she is offended by, Anna promptly orders me to tell her to stop, as if she would actually comply.
We made our first trip to the zoo yesterday to see the preview of the Komodo dragon exhibit, which is offically opened today. They were cuter than I expected...
Just kidding, those are zoo ducks, not to be confused with the less tame ducks commonly found in the suburban jungle ponds. They were so cute, I needed to get a picture of them. We saw a large duck family in our neighborhood on Monday and Tuesday we went out armed with the camera to snap some pictures of them but couldn't find them again. So I was quite excited to find these ducks at the zoo to get my baby duck picture.
Here are the dragons...
They were big and pretty cool. And they move surprisingly fast. Not quick really, but I guess I was expecting a giant lizard to just sort of creep along and they actually have a pretty smooth walk that covers a lot of ground.
Anna loves the carousel...
And the young bears were having quite a bit of fun chasing each other and going for a dip...
That was our week in a (somewhat large) nutshell. I hope you enjoyed hearing about it and have a great weekend!
