Daddy's 31st Birthday and Mommy's 2nd Mother's Day

The Wednesday before last, John celebrated birthday number 31.  Even though it was on a Wednesday night, meaning he had to work - and work late, he still had a good day.  The night before his b-day, our softball team played it's first game (ok, scrimmage) and it was nice to get out and have some fun.  I baked some Monster cookies for John to bring in to work for his birthday and they were a hit.  That evening during John's lunch break we had a nice dinner at his parents' place and we had a stuffed shells/spaghetti dinner followed up with chocolate cake!  We had a very nice time and we were surprised that Megan actually ate some of the noodles with sauce on them!  For gifts, John received a bat and gear bag for softball this summer, DQ gift card, a new lunch box, some mini squirt guns, a mini video recorder and some other stuff.  Thank you!

A couple days later was my Mother's Day weekend!  John worked on Saturday but Megan and I had a great girl's day together.  First we garage saled, went to the park and then strollered to the grocery store.  That wore Megan out so much that she crashed on the way home and took a really long nap before it was time to load up into the car and head up to Michael & Becca's for a Mother's Day barbeque.  It was nice to have a night off from cook we had great company.

On Sunday, John, Megan and I went to the Minnesota Zoo with Kristin, Patrick and Alexa (and about 1/4 of the rest of the families in Minnesota...). Moms got in free that weekend and John and Patrick used a free pass we got from the library. It made for a fun and cheap outing even though it was crowded and a bit chilly and rainy. I think the girls enjoyed it but will enjoy it more and more as they get older since most of the animals were pretty far away. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from our outing.


Megan rode many miles up on Daddy's shoulders!

I love you, Mommy!

Alexa loved the whoosh of the water into the tidepool.

These sea horses look like they are growing leaves!

Megan says... "A dog?"

That stroller looks familiar...

Taking a quick run outside during the break in the weather.

Now, this is one big aquarium!