She's a winner!

So, my nephew Sam had a homework assignment - get responses from 30 members of your family for a simple question - "How many servings of fruits and veggies do you get in a day?"

I answered for me - probably about 3 - I'm a fan of veggies and fruit, and do well with veggies, but could stand to get more fruit

I answered for Michael - maybe 1 - He tolerates fruit and skips all veggies except lettuce

I answered for Sydney - Easily 5 - she loves her fruit AND her vegetables

I answered for Daniel - maybe 2 - he loves fruit, but avoids veggies if he can..

Turns out Sydney was the winner out of all 30 responses! We knew she was our best eater - we had no idea she beats out our whole family :) To quote Auntie Let, "Not too shabby for a 3yr old!"

The zoo!

We decided to take advantage of our FONZ (Friends of the National Zoo) membership and get outside on a semi-nice day... The best benes of the membership are free parking and free animal cookies for the kiddoes :) (those zoo people are pretty smart handing out free cookies right when you get there!)

The kids enjoyed walking on the elephant tracks on the way to see the elephants:

But mom liked getting pretty close to the elephants - we got there right at feeding time :)

And Sydney liked the pandas!

Nice weather :)

Took advantage of the beautiful weather today to get OUTSIDE for some fun in the back yard - mainly sliding face first down the slide :)

My funny valentines....

Happy Birthday Jane!

A little late! Sorry :(

Finally some snow!

Sydney has been desperate for some snow this year. She finally got her wish - and could not get outside fast enough this morning :)

Want to make your teeth hurt??

Let a 2 and 3 year old decorate (and eat) cupcakes :)