Visitors!- Henry.

On Sunday, we were pleasantly surprised when we woke up to find that Aunt Girl and Mister Anthony had come all the way down from Ohio to spend their Spring Break with us!

In keeping with our effort to soak up the sun as much as possible, we packed a lunch and slathered on our high SPF and headed to the park.

We had a great time, although it took all three adults to keep track of June the climber.

I told mama on the way home that "I was a little afraid of the tall slides." But you never would have known it as many times as I went down by myself and with Aunt Girl.

June showed no fear and climbed up to the top of the biggest slide, but mama put a blue slide only restriction on anyone under the age of two.

I held still for a fraction of a second to get my picture taken.

You can't tell from this picture, but Juner was absolutely filthy by the time we left. Her knees, hands and dress were a dusty mess. We wish we would have taken a picture of it. But this goofy picture almost makes up for it.

Mama tried to get a picture of June by the daffodils, but Juner kept pulling the blooms off of them, so we had to abandon the project.

"Delicate flower."

Before we left, I did my best to outline the whole playground in chalk. I spent a good 30 minutes making lines on the edge of all the equipment. I wanted to finish, but mama said it was late and we had to get going. She said I could finish the next time we came back. I knew better and told her the rain would wash it all away. So she said I could just start over. Which sounds like fun to me.

Mama loves having Aunt Girl and Mister Anthony here because it means she has babysitters all day long. Yesterday, she took advantage of the in-home help and did 6 loads of laundry and made a killer eggplant parmigiana (way too much effort to make on a regular basis). Then I got to help her mae chocolate mousse. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a low fat recipe, considering it used heavy cream, chocolate, butter and eggs. But I still gave it a big thumbs up.

How do you occupy a 13 month old?-Juner.

Mama wondered "How could Juner be sitting so still for longer than 30 seconds?"

Ah, the magic of TV. Mama and Papa always prided themselves on the fact that Henry didn't really care to watch TV until well after he was two. It was probably a combination of the fact that he literally couldn't sit still liong enough to turn a TV on and the fact that mama and papa just didn't go the the basement that often in Wisconsin. But in our new house, the TV is front and center. Even Aunt Jenni agrees, the first kid has severely limited "screen time," but when the second comes around, you just want to be able to cook supper without someone crying at your feet. Thank you, Word Girl. Mama doesn't know what she'd do without you.

I still have so much to learn, but our in-house TV expert says he'll teach me.

Greensboro Science Center- Henry.

We've been having some spectacular spring weather lately. And not just the 5 day rains that are too common down here in North Carolina. So we've been doing our best to get out and enjoy the sun while it lasts.

On Saturday we visited the Greensboro Science Center. I insisted that we first visit the kids' play room before we went outside. Juner and Papa conferred and eventually agreed.

I got some grocery shopping in.

And Junebug tidied up the house.

Then we headed outside to the zoo. Mama and papa were enthralled with the anteater and its long tongue. Mama was happy to get her zoom lens out to try to get a shot of it from the boardwalk.

Our favorite part of the zoo is the Bengal tigers. You can actually get within 5 feet up them if you're brave enough to go up to the fence. Let me just say, they are huge!

As usual, I was head in charge of pushing Juner's stroller. Look at what a stinker she is. Don't worry- she is strapped in.

There's a new species at the zoo- Stinkerus Junicus.