A crawling-sitting-teething-eating machine!

He sits...(for a few seconds).

He has teeth...(two on the bottom)!

He eats cereal...(apparently I have been starving him)!

And he crawls...(sort of army crawls. But he sure can get around)!

Already????????

So....my 5 month old thinks he should be able to crawl...and he gets really frustrated when he can't. Not that he's not mobile already anyway...he just scoots around on his tummy and throws in a few strategic rolls here and there. This not-always-on-target type of locomotion can lead to some surprises when mommy's back is turned...like a baby stuck under the bed...or a baby trapped under his gymini/play-mat.

The Zoo

Last weekend we went to the zoo. We signed up through my work to take a bus up on Saturday. Jonas was almost as excited about riding the bus as going to the zoo! It was a beautiful day...and the MN Zoo sure is different than I remember it! Not just animals anymore, but lots of play areas for the kids...who needs animals when there is a gigantic sandbox, a play area with water squirting out of the ground, Meerkat "tunnels" to play in, and real tractors to sit on! Jonas's favorite animals are easily the dolphins...we were very disappointed that the dolphin show was canceled for the day.

Miles had a good day, too. He just naps whenever he feels like it. His favorite part was the bird show. He was actually watching the show, with his eyes fixated on the birds...and sometimes he would even let out a squeal...which was a bit embarassing at times.

Another highlight was feeding the goats. You just put 50 cents in the machine to get food pellets...which look VERY SIMILAR to the goat droppings. At one point Jonas thought he had hit the jackpot and found some poor kid's spilled food pellets...but, well, he was mistaken...

And here we are posing on the tractor. If you look closely you will see that Miles's hat has fallen over his face...good one, daddy!