Update for the week

This week was a lot of fun. There have been quite a few moms with young kids move into our ward, which is great for me and the boys since it gives both of us more friends and more time out of the house we all get bored of being stuck in. On Monday, we went to the library for the first time. The boys LOVED it. They have a fun story time with lots of songs and dancing. Obviously, they couldn't really do all the dancing yet, but they really loved watching all the other kids and squealed and clapped the whole time. Then, there is a 1/2 hr play time with a BUNCH of fun toys. Both boys jumped right it with all the older kids and played...not shy or anything.
They actually did pretty well considering this was their first time in a situation like that (there were about 15 kids). I only had to take 2 toys (1 each) away to give back to the child they had just stolen them from. I am really hoping this lasts until Nursery...the not being shy/jumping right in personalities/knowing how to share would be great then! Then we went back to the kids section where there are more toys and fun board books. The boys played some more and we read a few stories. It was a great hour and a half. I think we will do this EVERY week.

Tuesday, we went to the zoo again. This time, the boys were able to get up close and personal with some Orangutans:

Noah thought it was a bit scary and kept trying to back away from the glass (even if I was holding him), but Micah thought it was great. He was right up against the glass and a couple of the Orangutans came right up to him two or three times.

And, we all made a new friend:

Yes, this guy has come to visit right outside the boy's window EVERY morning this week. It's hard to tell in the picture, but just his body is almost the size of a quarter and with his legs extended, he is about the size of a silver dollar. AND...he can JUMP! I've seen him JUMP all the way across his 4 ft web to try and catch a bug. We get a lot of spiders in our house, but I've yet to seen one INSIDE that is that big. I hope I NEVER do. I'm already having nightmares about trying to protect my babies from HUGE spiders with crazy fangs. So, I bought some foggers...anyone used those? Do they work? Are they safe?

I took the boy's footprints again. I took them they day they came home from the hospital, at 6 months and now at 12 months. Isn't it AMAZING how much they have grown!?!? I still look at their feet every day and think how small they are, but they are about twice as big as they were when they were born. Life is such a miracle!


OK...now just some randoms. Both boys love to crawl around with things in their mouths. I guess since they aren't walking (Micah is still just taking 5-6 steps on his own 4-5 times a day), it is there way of getting things from one place to another, but sometimes, they carry the funniest things: Don't you think that would be a bit heavy?

And another "caught in the act" moment:

Seriously, look at Noah's face! Classic. I guess I am going to need to move that stuff a bit higher. Don't want any cut fingers from the tin foil.