The zoo...

Every year I take my preschool class to zoo. This year I let Bode play hooky and tag along. The kids ran along peering in at the animals, while I walked and chatted with friends. The weather was great and it was a wonderful day! 

Lucky...

I am a lucky lady. 

I don't always appreciate how lucky I am but right here in this little picture sums up all my luck.

I love them!

Basketball kid...

This was Bode's second year of basketball. He did much better this year. He caught on to the game and did much more that pick his nose running down the court. He even made a basket!

He was lucky enough to have many family members come and watch him play this season. On his last game Grandpa Dave and Grandpa Alex came. Bode was really trying to show off for them. 

I hope that I see many more games from this boy!

The third child...

When I first started having kids I thought,"my kids' boogers will be wiped off of their faces immediately, hair will always be done and they will be dressed so cute". Three kids snap you into reality. Here she is. Lunch in her hair, booger on her nose and nutter butters caked to her cheeks. But she is happy! 

Food...

This child loves food. She has the rolls to prove it.

I bought popcorn at target to keep these two happy one day. Piper pretty much figured it was her popcorn. She wasn't mean about this but she wasn't too subtle either. She kept her hand in the bag at all times. Except when it came to getting the popcorn in her mouth, She would then shove it in as fast as possible and then get her hand back in the bag.

These people...

are my favorite.

I, like every other mother in the world, get so frustrated with the everyday tasks of motherhood. Its a hard job. There is the saying the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. I am not saying I'm going insane ;) but there are so many days of doing the same thing over and over that this job becomes repetitive and overwhelming. Every day its make your bed, put your dirty clothes away, stop fighting, sit at the table, brush your teeth... It is easy to throw myself a pity party and feel very under appreciated.  Trust me. I can throw a killer pity party.

No matter what I do believe that what I am doing it the most important thing in the world and there is nothing else I would rather be doing with my life right now. I do not want to miss a minute of the time I have while my children are little. The days are long but the years are going by too fast. 

Valentines day...

Jer and I aren't too big on Valentines day. Sounds cheesy but we don't need a designated day to tell each other we love each other. We don't even do gifts. We do however do a little something for the kids. They got a box of chocolate, a small toy and I gave them a box of doughnut holes that said, "Doughnut you know we love you a whole bunch". Bode saw all of this first and he gave us this note. So sweet that boy is.

The kids got tons of valentine treats. This is what happens when someone doesn't know what fun dip is.

That evening we loaded up everyone, brought a picnic dinner, and drove out to the festival park. It is a fun one. The kids just played and played. It was the perfect way to spend out valentines.