fun fun fun :)

That sums up our weekend!

For the past couple of weeks, we have been having Friday Family Fun Night.  Usually, this means pizza and a movie ~ Alli's choice.  Well, this weekend, it was such a warm, beautiful day that we decided to grill some Fendt hot dogs.  These are from Watertown,WI and the meat shop is run by the family of my dad's best friend since Kindergarten.  We really didn't expect Alli to eat the hot dog but she shocked us by chowing down big time.  This was all that was left (and it was a huge dog!) . . .

We now want to get more Fendt dogs and summer sausage as Alli will eat both and not much other meat!!!

After dinner, we all enjoyed cookies that Alli and Barbie Gramma made earlier that day.  Since Alli insisted, we even let Eli have one.  As you can see, he loved it!

Have we mentioned that this guy LOVES food????

Here are a couple of random, pre-cookie Eli shots that I just think are cute . . .

It was so beautiful and warm on Saturday that we decided to pack a picnic and head to the zoo.  I think every other family of young children had the same idea since it was packed but still plenty fun.  Sadly, no pictures but I assure you, a great time was had by all :)  We got home in time for afternoon naps but neither kiddo was too excited by that.  By 3:30, everyone was up and ready to play some more so we went for a walk / scooter ride around the neighborhood before playing baseball and enjoying the swingset. 

It was fairly entertaining to watch G try to teach Alli how to hit ~ eventually proclaiming "you may not be ready for this yet" ;-)

As usual, the swingset was a big hit and Alli had no problem letting her baby Eli (as she calls him!) use the small swing.

One of Alli's favorite stunts these days is to "model" different "looks" for us ;-)

This gal really is a hoot!

After church today, we stayed home for naps and relaxing before heading to Barbie Gramma's for Uncle Z's birthday celebration.  Everyone had fun and Eli was all too happy to finish Alli's dinner ;-)  Seriously, he couldn't get the food quick enough and bit my finger a couple times as I was giving him the food!  He's hit the point now where he wants food he can chew far more than a puree.  This is such a new experience for us and we feel like first time parents as far as feeding is concerned :)

The rain returned for a bit today but we've enjoyed the warm sunshine so much that we are really hopeful Spring is here to stay!