Zoo Trip

As previously mentioned, we headed to the zoo yesterday to enjoy the gorgeous weather and our day with S home on vacation. As usual these days, we didn't manage to get a photo of all five of us, but managed to snap a couple of me with the boys.

Some day we'll be able to consistently get a picture of our entire family again.

Now let me say, I am in no way an advocate of my kid walking around with a pacifier hanging out of his mouth. Our pacifiers are for sleeping time only; however, it was nap time at this point, so they got lovies and pacifiers to ensure there were no melt downs before we exited the premises. But look at Thing 2's pacifier. He rarely sucks on it when he does have it; he just chews on it like it's a stogie hanging out the side of his mouth. I seriously think I birthed two 80 year old men sometimes.

Now, I know what you're thinking..."that's a pretty good picture for three kids, two of them being toddlers." Um, yep, here's what most of our pictures look like.

Notice the look of Bub's face. "Here we go again."

St. Patrick's Day Fun

St. Patrick's Day isn't a huge holiday in our house, but we usually have a little leprachaun fun around the house to help us celebrate. Most years, this has included turning most of our food and beverage choices of the day green. But this year, the weather was forecasted to be absolutely gorgeous, so our plan was to head to the zoo with Daddy for the day. I didn't feel like trying to prep a picnic for five with green food so we needed some other options.

Bub is on Spring Break this week, so we had a little fun on Wednesday with a rainbow chart using Skittles. He's truly my child, as he'll do anything for a bag of Skittles! I got the idea from Little Wonders' Days and knew Bub would love it.

Hard at work sorting his Skittles colors

As promised, we had absolutely beautiful weather yesterday, and spent several hours at the zoo enjoying the weather, the animals, and being together outside!! To round out our rainbow filled day, we had fruit pizza for dessert.

The boys loved eating it, but their favorite part of any meal is watching it bake. Lucky for them, Mommy's always baking so there's always a show in the kitchen.

First Outing to the Zoo

We finally had some beautiful weather here last week (although I'm looking at 5 in. of snow right now, so that didn't last long) and decided to make our first family of 5 outing to the zoo. We have had a zoo pass since R was a toddler, and have missed getting over there. R was very excited, and was plotting our path through the different countries all morning.

We got there around lunch time, and were there about 4 hours. All 3 boys did great! And I was really proud of R because we hadn't been since he had been stroller free, and he walked the entire way like a champ.

We took Thing 1 and Thing 2 on their first carousel ride and they were mesmerized.

Needless to say, we did not carry them all day. They were in the stroller until after naptime and we got them out in the carriers. They both cackled the entire time they were in the carriers and had a grand time.

What's not to love about that smile?

I have to admit, I still look at pictures like this and think, "holy crap, I have three kids!" One of these days, the fullness of that blessing might finally start sinking in.