We headed to Frying Pan Park the other day for the first time - I don't know why it took us this long (well, it's a hike...), but it was awesome!

And also very windy...

Didn't stop John Paul from exploring!

Cecilia, still rather wary of all animals, was content to sit in the stroller.

Peacock!

This is about as excited as she got - real live ducks!!!

And of course, we had to have them each pose on a tractor.

Too cute!

These piglets were 4 days old.

And these were 2 days old!  John Paul thought they were mice...

And we got to pet Franklin the cow, which John Paul is still talking about!

If only Herndon weren't so far away...  We'll have to go back soon!

John Paul has taken to reading two books at once.  He feels the need to nest them inside each other and carry them around the house so that nobody loses his place...

And spring clothes are officially being worn!  The kids went to the playground THREE times today, and the weather was perfect for shorts and rompers :)

A Sunday Stroll

In celebration of the first spring-like WEEKEND day, we walked the 1.5ish miles to the park at Lake Accotink.  There are some SERIOUS hills on the way, let me tell you.  Thankfully, Andrew pushed the stroller most of the way :)

Apparently everybody else had the same idea - there were quite a few birthday parties going on at once!  Cecilia was pretty darned excited about the balloons.

I love the look on Andrew's face here!

Slides are awesome!  She's pretty close to being able to go down by herself, but not quite...

And John Paul mastered yet another climbing apparatus.

(Yes, that looks like a Bill Cosby sweater.  I think it's adorable.  And he LOVES wearing sunglasses and never takes them off.)

"DA!  DA!!!"

Probably the only interaction they had with each other the entire time on the playground...

John Paul very carefully turned them all to X's, so of course Cecilia had to wreck it.

And then she followed him on the bridge and decided it was HILARIOUS to sit down and let the big kids bounce her.

Look at that blue sky!

Shh, that's me in the background breaking one of my cardinal rules, leggings != pants.  But I don't think that rule applies when exercising, and that was QUITE a walk!

This one she had to go down on her own and didn't do too badly!

The lake, pre-spring.

Shoulder ride!

They took the high path up by the lake.  We stayed down low with the stroller.

Because no way was I pushing it down that hill!

AND back in the stroller for the walk home.

One little monkey...

Someone decided to cram all her banana in her mouth at once during breakfast...  Who needs pacing?

An Easter Preview

Cecilia has an Easter hat.  It is REALLY cute.

Also, this picture made me realize that she needed a little trim to un-scraggle the front of her hair...  So she had her first "hair cut" while nursing in the bathroom and Andrew cut maybe a quarter inch off of like, 5 hairs :P  It looks a lot better now!

But we can't get a good pose...  Hopefully by Easter!

And of course, reading a pamphlet about canning.  Wouldn't you, in your Sunday best?