Popsicles

Now that it is warming up here in Arizona, we are able to spend all our time outside in the sunshine. The girls really enjoy this time of year for the sunshine, playtime, and popsicles.

The girls enjoying their homemade fruit smoothie pops.

 Hadley showing her true colors.

When two people really love each other...

Allie has been really into drawing lately. 

She has gotten so much better at drawing faces and bodies with arms and legs. 

This is Allie's most recent masterpiece.

Pay particular attention to the Mom in this picture, as she has a special surprise! 

(Even more amazing is that she can carry a baby in her kneecap!)

The Meldrum family is happy to announce the expected arrival of Thing 3. This newest addition is expected to arrive on September 24, 2013 (however if baby 3 wants to be convenient it will come on October 2 - easier to remember birthdays if they are all the same day of the month).
((says the one not carrying the baby))

We are excited to introduce to the world the very first picture of Baby Meldrum III. 

(Unfortunately People magazine was not offering millions for rights to the first photo). 

Ostrich anyone

After a long week of work, I decided our family needed an extra special family adventure. I heard about a festival that is held down in Chandler every year, and we couldn't resist. So today in our blog we present.... the Meldrum family trip to the Ostrich Festival (queue dramatic music).

The festival was basically a huge fair with lots of rides, food, and entertainment. One of the first places we went was to see the petting zoo. There were goats, cows, sheep, and even a kangaroo! 

Both girls wanted to feed the animals, so I could not help but get a small cup of animal feed (since I was secretly hoping they would ask anyway). At first they were a little scared of the rowdy goats, but then they learned that they licked the food out of your hand.

After letting the goats lick their hands it was just pure fun. 

Hadley thought it tickled to feed the goats, and would laugh each time she got to feed them.

Then was the most unique part of the festival, the ostrich races! They had multiple races and used bareback riding and chariots!

After watching the live action I realized that it was not as easy as they made it look in Swiss Family Robinson (much to my dismay, as that was always a childhood dream of mine).

The rest of the day was filled with magic shows, dog shows, and delicious ostrich burgers for lunch.

Allie said this was the best family adventure ever (this might be hard to improve upon next time).

Spring Time Fun!

Grandma and Grandpa Meldrum were able to make a long layover (5 days) on their way to GG Meldrum's new house in Boise and we loved it!  It was beautiful weather while they were here and we enjoyed a lot of time outside, visiting the train park in Scottsdale, the Temple, and lots of fun at home.  We were glad that Phoenix was a stop on the way to Boise!

Grandpa decided that everyone needs a pinwheel in the spring!

Mike worked on Monday and we made our way to the Train Museum in Scottsdale.  It was pretty cool and the girls favorites were the train ride and carousel ride they got to go on because grandma and grandpa were there, which is our family rule.  Saves on a lot of whining and money wanting to go on them every time we see one.

  Allie had school the day they left and Grandpa wanted to take some pictures before she left. 

 Hadley did not want to be let out and posed exactly the same as Allie.

On Sunday we went to the temple and saw all the beautiful spring flowers. 

Happy Birthday to Allie!

Allie has been overly excited for her birthday this year. Ever since Christmas, she knew her birthday was coming up, and kept asking "Is my birthday next?" Well, after finally getting through mom's birthday, dad's birthday, and valentines day, we are now ready for Allie's birthday celebration. All week she would wake up each day and asked, "Is today my birthday?" We told her that Grandma and Grandpa Meldrum were coming for her birthday, so as soon as they got here, she knew it was party time!  So to make sure she understood, we filled her room with balloons for when she woke up on March 2nd. Instead she came out and asked, "How come there are balloons in my room?"

Close enough I guess. 

And with that we moved on to the day of Allie!

 Playing with all the wonderful balloons. 

Both girls (and grandma) really loved playing around with them most of the morning.

They enjoyed using the static to stick the balloons to each other!

 

After all the balloons, we moved on to baking.

 

 The beautiful cake that Rach made using the ingredients hand picked by Allie-o 

(blue frosting, pink trim, and awesome pink sprinkles). 

Allie and Hadley got to help with the sprinkles!

 We had a small party with family and Allie was way excited to blow out the candle.

Left: Sweet Allie enjoying the thought of a birthday cake.

Right: Mischievous Allie trying to decide between a wish for a BIG dog or three small ones (at least that is what I would be wishing for)

Happy Birthday to our wonderful little 4 year old. 

Its great to have your excitement, energy, laughter, singing, joy, and even your unlimited questions in our family.