Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star....

Westin has quite the pipes, and has started singing 'Twinkle, twinkle little star'...sometimes he makes up his own words. Sometimes he stays true to the original, as in this version*.

*A special thanks to G-pops for making it possible to watch this movie without having to view it sideways....

The Egg Hunt!

During Westin's nap, the Easter Bunny came and left a lovely basket of goodies on the front steps...and a mess of eggs in the front yard. At first Westin just wanted to eat his chocolate bunny and play with his car and 'cycles', until he realized, 'Hey there are these crazy little eggs hidden all over the place!'. 'Whoa!'

Clearly, one can not hunt for eggs without a trusty assistant of the chocolate variety :)

Friday at the Park

Clearly, this going to the park thing is a hit...the fact that Dalen and Westin can go to the park in April is magical! Today's big find was an abandoned wiffle ball. It's not all about the 'swides' folks!

Hide and seek and 'peek a boo' type activities have become BIG in the Moore household.

Hi Mama!

Just when I'm knee deep in data/writing/meetings/wrangling students, I get these wonderful pictures of a wonderful little boy, and suddenly all of the busyness of the day melts away....

Westin LOVES saying, 'Echo' in these types of spaces.

Westin's Little Brother!

These are our first really good shots of Westin's little brother: Webber Andrews Moore (WAM!*).
These were taken on Tuesday, but I had a grant deadline and I've got about 5 minutes before a meeting...so there it is, my glamorous week.

Actual conversation in the ultrasound room:
Dalen: Lisa, the baby looks just like you.
Lisa: I really hope that you are not trying to tell your very pregnant wife that she looks like an alien
Ultrasound technician: *snickers knowingly*

Other fun facts: Webber is already measuring 11oz (!), and the due date spit out by the machine said August 16th...highly optimistic. Our doctor told me not to count on it :) We'll see!!
*His initials really won't be spelled with an exclamation point, well, maybe not.....

Lucky Lemurs

Saturday's zoo class was about Lemurs. Since it was St. Patty's Day as well, they were dubbed 'Lucky Lemurs'. We learned all about lemurs and what they eat (curiously, many of the same foods that Westin will eat). And most excitingly, Westin got to pretend to be a lemur...

Putting together the tail with a glue stick. Yes, a glue stick.

Westin's wondering what was going to go where :)

Lemur assembled!

It can be really tough to sit down if one does not want to crush one's tail.

Is this the most fun ever? Quite possibly!

Westin is always out in front--really excited to get to where ever we are headed....especially if it means heading to the monkey house.

While Mama is working late....

Which seems to be happening a good bit lately. Let me just go on record saying that growing another human whilst running a lab is not for wimps! And I am tired more than I like to admit. But just like everything else, this too will pass...

In case you were wondering it is now March! We have actual tulips coming up. Grass is greening up and trees are showing life!! I walked into work this morning without a jacket! This time last year, we were buried under mounds of snow and still bundling up from the ridiculously cold wind. Happily, Dalen and Westin can go play soccer...

And ride a tricycle (when one isn't randomly jumping off to grab rocks. We have a whole collection of rocks at the house. Most rocks are accounted for most of the time. I'm sure the missing rocks will have a perfectly innocuous reappearance.)