I won't always cry, Mummy,

When you leave the room 

and my supermarket tantrums

,

Will end too soon,

I won't always wake, Daddy,

For cuddles through the night

& one day you'll miss,

Having a chocolate face to wipe

.

You won't always wake to find my foot,

is kicking you out of bed,

Or find me sideways on your pillow,

,

Where you want to lay your head.

You won't always have to carry me,

In asleep from the car,

Or piggy back me down the road,

When my little legs can't walk that far,

So cherish every cuddle,

Remember them all,

Because one day, Mummy.

I won't be this small.

Though we may have rough days I need to remind myself that one day I am really going to miss these moments. They won't always need their "mommy" or want to constantly want to be by my side. They won't be begging me to "watch mommy watch" over and over again when my eyes haven't strayed from the first time they asked. I won't always have "visitors" when I am trying to get 5 min of peace in my shower. Someday we will be trying to find time to sit down at the table all together and I will be remembering the time when they would fight over who would pray at that meal. 

It's hard to lose sight of this on the bad days.

The days I want to pull my hair out.

The days I look around my house and everything I just cleaned up is spread all over the floor 2 seconds later.

So I will come back to this poem and these photos, take a deep breath and remind myself time goes too fast!!!

with love from the zoo

Sickness stinks :(

We have had our share of sickness around here! I can't remember a rougher winter of sickness but I knew with Cohen in school now we were going to be exposed to more "bugs." So lately Kendall and I have been fighting colds/sinus infections/pink eye. NOT fun!!! Especially when you are a mom of 3. There is no time for sickness. I have a hard time being down. I feel like I am not pulling my weight, that my house is in chaos and that I have to rely on my husband for too much. But he is a champ and has been doing everything he can to help and for that I appreciate him so much. The other day Kendall and I were having a bad day but we received a little surprise to brighten our day :)

SOOO yummy!!!!

Cohen was soooo excited when he not only saw the Mickey Mouse Club house but also the chocolate strawberries :)

So we turned our slide from last week into a fort this week- anything I can do to get them to rest - sometimes I really wonder how kids when they are sick still have soo much energy!

Then it was turned into a giant couch

Here's to hoping this week brings some much needed healing!!!

with love from the zoo

7 Months

Kirsten is 7 months!! I am always amazed at these posts about how fast time flies!!

Happy 7 months!!

Teddy keeps looking smaller and smaller with each new month

Tried to get a picture of our 2 teeth

I love to roll over now

I can sit up all by myself 

(until I get really excited)

Sisterly love

My dearest Kirsten

You certainly have your own little personality

You are starting to have some stranger anxiety

You also are starting to letting me know that you don't like it when I leave you alone -even just to go in the other room

Your 2 teeth are coming in more and more and everything is going into your mouth

You LOVE food - anything and everything - just like your big sister

You still like to party at night - at least 1 to 2 times you are up to eat

You love to smile and talk

And you love kisses - especially right under your chin :)

with love from the zoo

Lifting the Winter Blues

SOOOOOO ready for Spring!!! I and the kids are going a little stir crazy! Our house has been feeling smaller and smaller lately with being confined indoors with lots of snow and also some lingering sickness. But the other day we found something fun to do. I came across this idea on Pinterest and thought my kids will love this! With some home improvements underway (so excited to show you that :) ) we had some big cardboard boxes that we could use.

I told the kids we were going sledding .... inside! Cohen thought this was a very silly idea but told me he and Kendall needed their winter jackets if they were going sledding. I am sad that I didn't get any pictures of this because once they realized we were really sledding inside they took the coats off

Here comes Kendall

Climbing back up

"Top of the mountain mom!"

Cohen's turn

Cheese!

with love from the zoo