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What is my blog all about?

I am a busy mommy of three - ages 4, 2, and 8 months. We love to share our successes, trials, and silliness with our family and friends! We love to spend time together as a family, with our friends, and with our growing church family. Watch as we grow as a family and as individuals - and laugh with us through our daily adventures in life!

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A Day at the Zoo (and I Don't Mean Our House!)

Last weekend we used our membership card and spent an afternoon at the zoo. The kids love going and love that they know which animals to look for next. There is something to be said about familiarity!

This time we met the new baby giraffe, saw the elephants get a bath, visited with the butterflies, and heard the harbor seals talking to each other. We ended the day with a trip to the playground!

Big Boy, "Special" Boy!

Bruiser has been getting speech services through Early Intervention, which services children ages birth through three years, for almost a year now. They come to the house, play with him, and try to help him learn how to articulate the words he needs to communicate. This past week they started him on a listening therapy program. He has to wear these huge head phones and a fanny pack with a CD player twice a day for a half hour. The music is not digitally corrected, so the imperfections are supposed to help train his brain to listen more carefully. So far he seems to be okay with it - as long as we go for a walk while he is doing it! Yes, that's right, we take him out in public while he has the head phones on! We get a lot of looks, but what can you do!

The other part of Bruiser's week was that he got to start "school." He was asked to join a group though Early Intervention that focuses on helping children learn to follow routine in a classroom-setting without Mommy or Daddy there. And he loved it! He felt like such a big boy, so big he didn't even want his picture taken! They do lots of different activities with them, including circle time, art projects and snack. And while they are working, the parents are glued to a two-way window watching their children's every move! When we came home, I asked Bruiser what he did at school. He said "I play fars (cars). I eat food, ally-all (all gone). I eat fast!" And that was the extent of his day!

Wordless Wednesday

Note: There is no picture of Bruiser because he is still fighting sleep!

Tater-ism!

Daddy often says that Tater is not allowed to get married or have children until we are dead - he's a bit protective of his little girls! So the other night at dinner, G-Baby was eating her Gerber puffs and Tater, in all seriousness, said "When you and Daddy go to live with God, I'm going to have a baby and feed her those things." Ears, ears, ears!

Baseball, Anyone?

On Saturday, we went joined in on a community night with our church and ventured out to enjoy a local minor league baseball game. It was a nice time to connect with friends and get to know others better. We had the pleasure of sitting in a grassy area rather than the stadium seats, which allowed for the little ones to move around. It was a good idea, but we learned some lessons:

1. Get a sitter for G-Baby. There was no way to bring a stroller into the ballpark and she kept rolling down the incline!

2. Get a sitter for Bruiser. He ran ALL night - and usually away from me or Daddy when the other one was busy getting food or keeping G-Baby from rolling down the hill. NOT FUN!!!!

3. Get to the game earlier - I think we walked a mile to get in! Luckily, we had the front pack AND the backpack carrier in the van - totally not planned but very useful!

4. Fight the battle early on and don't let Tater wear flip-flops. She tumbled within 5 minutes of being there and scraped both knees and the tops of her ankles (we don't know how!) and created enough of a stir that even a paramedic came to see if we needed any assistance! Luckily I carry a first aid kit in my "mommy bag."

In spite of all that, we had a good time and are looking forward to a return trip - hopefully with less children!

Tater (band-aids on the knees!) and her friend

Smile Boy before he threw his french fries (and ketchup) at our seatmate!

G- Baby and her birthday buddy - they were born two days apart!

Women Rule!

Tater and I were laying in bed this morning watching the news and trying to wake up. (Did I mention that it is summer vacation - and I'm on vacation - love it!) Suddenly she turns to me and says:

Tater: Are we womans?
Me: Yes.
Tater: Are they (Daddy and Bruiser) mans?
Me: Yes.
Tater: And you and me are in charge!!!

That girl is gonna go far in life!