crazy mom

I took the kids to the zoo on Wed. It was a beautiful day but it also happened to still be spring break. Wow is the zoo a different place when the masses are off. I am soooooooo lucky I have been able for the last 4 years to stay home part time and now full time. I never realized how wonderful the zoo was on a work day until I went last year on a Saturday with g&pp and then now on spring break. It was so crowded. Basically a nightmare with 3 kids. I was anxious the whole time making sure I didn't lose anyone. Since it was so crowded the girls wanted to ride in the stroller instead of walk which was good bc it made it easier to keep track of them but that meant I had to carry Everett the whole time in my carrier. I got a nice new one for him but he still got heavy and hot. Camille is so used to seeing the zoo her way and on her time and she did not understand why she could not do what she wanted. Usually we find a nice spot and park it there for awhile and let the kids run and play. It was just not possible this time. And the park at the zoo, forget about it. Too crazy. Crazy mom for even thinking the zoo on spring break w 3 kids was a good idea.

fake cough

Everett has learned how to fake cough. He does it all the time. He mimics you doing it too. Pretty cute. He also does it when he's excited about something. That is the funniest. An excited cough. Never thought to cough when I was excited.

"spit up"

We had a BIG 3 days. A lot of excitement, not much sleep and WAY too much junk food. On the way home yesterday Camille said, "my belly hurts." She has never said that before but she does have lots of boo-boos so I didn't really think much of it. She kept lifting up her shirt in her car seat and saying it hurt. She does that when she has a cut she has to life up her clothing so show me. Anyway about 5 miles from home she "spit up" as she called it. It was more like throwing up everywhere. All over herself and her carseat. Nasty!!! After it happened in a pitiful little voice she kept saying, "I spit up momma, I spit up." It was kind of cute. Then she would say, "my shirt dirty, my jeans are dirty." When we got home and cleaned up she was fine. Ran around and ate cereal for dinner. Just too much for her little system.

Cute fam pics

spring break - Indy Children's museum

On Monday we went to the Children's Museum. Again we had a great day. The second pic is C hoarding only the green balls at the water table. She held as many as she possibly could. The girls loved the sand table. We had to drag C away from it. We played and played until Camille fell asleep in the planetarium. She stayed asleep when I put her in the stroller. A big few days for a 2 year old.

The last 2 pics are of Av and Opa and E looking up at the glass celling that is in the 3rd to the last pic.

spring break - train car

The hotel we spent the night in in Indy was a train car. It was part of the old Union Station and trains still actually go through it. We heard 5 of them through out the night. Or should I saw felt them, It think they were right on the other side of the wall from us. Anyway the kids had a blast!!

spring break - Indy Zoo

We got up early Sunday morning and drove to the Indy zoo. We were meeting Opa, Shelly, Maddie Rose, Alex and Mimi there. The girls were soooooo excited. We had a great day at the zoo. Saw a dolphin show, touched little sharks, rode the merry-go-round, ate huge ice cream cones, fed giraffes, raced a cheetah (a machine Av, C and John all did it), watched Daddy be silly and saw a baby lemur and baby monkey. It was a great day.