Jacksonville Zoo

I am ashamed to admit this, but last month marked the first time we visited the Jacksonville Zoo in the 6 years that we have lived here.  Apparently we weren't the only ones who wanted to take advantage of the beautiful weather because we are run into 3 other couples that we know.  Just when I think that we don't know that many people in Jacksonville a day at the zoo will prove me wrong.
Adelaide loved all of the animals especially the "horse", no we don't have horses at our zoo it was some sort of zebra.  Weeks later and she still calls all of the zebras in her books a horse.  We took a train ride around the zoo and even had a chance to encounter some dinosaurs.
I'm glad that we got to the zoo as early as we did because as we were leaving the line to get it was ridiculous and my big waddling body was worn out from all of the walking.  Chances of us returning to the zoo soon are slim - it is already getting way too hot to be outside.

A wasn't happy about feeding the giraffe in the beginning, but she got the hang of it.

We ran into the Kennedy family and this was taken as Adelaide was getting tackled by Colin.  Oh can you feel the love?

A loved the carousel unfortunately she wanted to ride the gator - yuck.

No one was interested in the goats except for mommy.

At the end of the day I was hoping to switch spots with A so that I could take a ride back to the car.

Oh Spring...How I love thee

I can't believe it, but we are actually having real spring weather in Florida.  Typically you hit February or March and it goes from sweater to tank top in a hurry.  This year the south is just as confused as the north.  One day it is in the 90s and we are groaning about having to turn the air conditioning on already. The next day we are glad that we sweat the day away, because surprise it's going to be 40 tonight.  

Today was beautiful...72 degrees, breezy with not a cloud in sight.  Too bad it's Wednesday which means we all sat in school or work all day.  Oh well, hopefully we will see the same on Saturday.

We took these pictures a few weekend ago.

Jackson, the only one who will actually sit in the wagon with A.

Come on Ya-Ya you can get in the tire with me.

She has got hair and LOTS of it

Surprise Ya-Ya, I get my haircut here now too!  Yep Saloon 2000 has become the official hair cuttery for Adelaide.  

Watching Ya-Ya get a haircut - Ashley had better not mess up

The key to a quiet haircut...tootsie pop.

officially moved...outside

What happens when you have a 3 bedroom house and two kids...the dad gets thrown outside to the patio.  As you can tell neither he nor A are complaining.

It has been perfect weather to sit on the patio and watch tv after work so A and her Daddy are taking full advantage of it until it gets too hot.

Dutchies visit FL

It finally happened...the Geist invaded Fleming Island, ahhhhhhh!!!  Kidding, kidding, kidding - We had such a great week with Uncle D and Aunt Shaggs.  Granted I had a crazy week at work and wasn't able to take any time off Adelaide and Grant had their schedules rearranged so they could partake in fun and golf while I was at work pouting. 

We will hit the high notes of the visit. 

Friday - Andrew, D, Grant and Russ golfed at TPC in Ponte Vedra while Mom and Shaggs spent the entire day at the spa.  Guess where I was?  I told you that I did a lot of pouting.  Poor little A and I at our assigned locations, work and school. - no pictures, boys are too cool for that.

Saturday - Wedding dress shopping with Kari, which was a success!  

Of course there were meals out, lazy days around the house and lots of miles on poor Shaggs legs because she had to chase A around the house.  On the opposite side of that D wasn't allowed to move.  If D tried to move an inch A started to yell "Dawell come back".

I'm not allowed to post possible dress photos on Kari, but I will neither confirm or deny if this dress in the background is the winner.  However I will give you a hint...the dress is a shade white.

Believe it or not Mom is smiling even after writing the check for the dress.  The best part is that Kari didn't want to go shopping for a dress on that particular weekend, but Mom and I wanted to see the Jim Hjelm trunk show.  See Kari - we ARE ALWAYS right!

boys and fire are not typically a good match

Couldn't forget that Uncle Doug came to town for a visit.  We didn't get to see much of him as he was on his way to the beach for a week.

Daddy may get to go golfing on the course, but A is the only one who is allowed to play with clubs in the house.

Ladies of the weekend.  Please excuse the jean/jean combo I have going on, the temp dropped and I was too lazy to drive the 3 miles to my own house to grab a sweater.

Shaggs and A coloring, this may be the only photo that we have where A isn't running away.

Since Grant was golfing on Saturday morning, Kari went with us to the Little Gym.  We were teaching Uncle Andy had to do the backwards whoppdy-do.

almost to the floor...

mission complete!  The only problem is that she is usually laughing so hard that she can't stand.

We offered to make everyone lunch on Sunday.  What we didn't tell them was that they were going to have to work for it.

A was helping Uncle Andy set up the router.

never mind, he is boring - come on monkey.

An adult only dinner on Valentines Day.

A great few days for us, we can't wait until our visitors come back.

All Things Adelaide

Adelaide has turned into a really funny little toddler.  Yes, she is still little weighing in at a perfect 24 pounds at 2.5 years old.  We thought that we would update you on some of her newer activities and word choices.

-"Dada Gnome" - he lives in the backyard and she now visits him after school

-"march" - not sure where she picked it up, but she now says march and stomps around the house.

-"little shoes" - any kind of sandal we try to put on her.

-"burp, excuse you dada" - yes, she burps, points to her mouth and then excuse you dada.  Dada gets blamed for everything in our house.

-"horse, nahh" - we took her to the zoo and the horses are actually zebras

-"bugga baby barro" - new additions official name

-"yah golfer, see you later" - this is as she stands in the backyard clapping and yelling at the golfers as they pass

-"GG juice" - coffee is the official GG juice.

-"base" - runs around the house claiming base which means you can't touch her until she gets off of base.

-"little yellow bus" - everyday on the way to school we have to scout them out.

-"MaMaMaMomma" - not sure why, but my name alone has turned into a song.

-"pizza" - A convinced GG and I to give her leftover pizza for breakfast the other morning while GG was visiting.

Just another day

We may not have the most exciting house on the street, but we do have the cutest resident!

As if A didn't have enough eye problems, we slapped a band aid on her nose.  Always a scratch, scrape or bruise on this kid.  Will there ever be a day when she can manage to stand up and not fall down? 

Daddy is doing a little spring cleaning and A is cheesing for the camera.

Official base in our house.  From the moment she walks in the door she sprints to the cabinet and yells BASE.  The key is that you aren't allowed to touch her when she is on base, as you can imagine this does lead to some difficult exits in the morning. 

Saturday morning breakfast, Grant reading the ipad and A reading a novel.  Notice the cereal bowls are empty, we should really invest in General Mills.