Being Spontaneous

or something like that. After our first Zoo trip last Tuesday, the one where I felt like I was hit by a bus the next morning from all the walking. Yes I am that out of shape!

You couldn't have paid me to go AGAIN in the same week. Except I did go again, on Thursday.


I am learning to be a little more spontaneous. To just get up and go. If my kids want to go to the park in the morning, to just pack them in the van and go. If the kids want to play outside, to stop doing what I am doing and go outside to play. If the kids want to go to the Zoo for the second time in 3 days, to just go for it, even if I don't really feel like doing all the walking.


When I asked Timothy if he wanted to go to the Zoo again with friends, the excitement on his face said it all. How could I not take them?!


Well it does help that we have the BEST zoo ever. Like I have mentioned in my last zoo post!

It was a beautiful day for the zoo too. It was in the high 70s, maybe low 80s, it was perfect. I even decided to get up with the birds to get there the first hour they were open so we could do the Children's Zoo for free!











There was walking, lots of walking. But it felt good and I didn't even break a sweat with the gorgeous weather. We seen lots of animals.






There was running, and dancing!



There was a carousel ride and a Sea Lion show!






There was walking, and playing, being kids!






Their faces and excitement made it all worth it. I am learning slowly to enjoy each and everyday with my little ones. And to be spontaneous!

Trying New Things....

I posted a picture on Wednesday of Taylor. I decided to go ahead and let her try her first taste of baby food. Carrots and peas. Yummy!


Or not so much. Taylor was having none of it, and would just push all the food back out or gag. I was only giving it to her because for the past few days she had been nursing non stop and in between nursing was very crabby like she was still hungry. Being 5 months old, almost 6 months old, I thought it couldn't hurt.

Apparently baby food is not what she wanted. So either she is just having a growth spurt or is teething. Which I do see two white front teeth coming in, woohoo!


I have a feeling though she will be just like Mason, who refused to eat baby food and started eating table food finally at 9 months. I don't know if it's the breastfeeding or not. My first son who was formula fed started eating baby food at 4 months and then table food at 7 months and never looked back. He LOVED food. Now my two breastfed babies seem to want nothing to do with food. Breast milk must just be that good!

Anyone else have a same experience? I plan to just continue nursing and waiting until she actually turns 6 months old and trying again. I am breastfeeding advocate and plan to let Taylor self wean so her not eating table food doesn't really worry me since I know she is still getting more than enough nutrients from nursing.

Wordless Wednesday

St. Louis Zoo

I am pretty sure we have the best Zoo. Please correct me if I am wrong! I guess I am a little biased though.

We LOVE the Zoo around here and try to go many times during the summer, but this year it has been so darn hot. We have only been two other times this year, maybe, one of which times I blogged about here. Take a look at the pictures if you want to!

We met up with Laura and her daughter Ella! We decided to do the Sea Lion show at 11 so we had about 30 minutes to kill and walked around to see the Giraffes, Zebra's, Camels, and Kangaroos since we always miss them because they are tucked away in the corner.

I think the boys found Ella putting on sunscreen more entertaining than the Camels!

Then we headed to see the show! This was a hit, the kids loved it. It was super cute and worth the $9 bucks.




We then we had some lunch, and I nursed Taylor. Girl was out of control! After everyone had full tummies we decided to do the Stingray exhibit. The St. Louis Zoo has Stingray's for part of the season that you can pet. This was our first time doing it. I am not sure it was worth the money, at least this year. Timothy was scared after touching one of them, and Mason was too small to reach in. I couldn't hold him because I had to hold Taylor since they wouldn't let me bring the stroller in.

I guess I could have worn her in the sleepy wrap, but I had worn her all morning and she was getting really hot in it. I was a little annoyed that I had to pay for Mason to just stand there....he basically did what Taylor did. Oh well. Hopefully next year they will enjoy it more.








We did a little more walking around looking at the penguins and bears, but then had to part ways with our friends. They were off the the children's zoo which we couldn't do because I wasted money on the Stingrays that the kids didn't even like. So we headed to see the Apes and the reptile house!






Taylor took her second nap of the day. She fell asleep when first got there in her sleepywrap for about an hour and a half. Can I just say how in love I am with the sleepy wrap it made everything a lot easier today. Until it got too hot for her.


After 4 hours I was ready to head home. So we headed for the car. We stopped at Turtle Park, which is where we park so we don't have to pay, and Timothy played for a few minutes.




Zoo day success. Oh how we love the Zoo!

Not Me Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Here is what I have NOT been doing.....

I did not let my son eat my mac n cheese even though he had his own on his plate, you know mine was better, just so I could eat in peace. And I definitely did not put that same very whiny son to bed early, he most certainly did not fall right asleep either.

When my potty trained son yelled for me at 5:30a.m. because he had to pee, I definitely did not tell him to just go in his pull up. Nope not me!

I also did not forget to do laundry, ALL the time. And I did not wear the same outfit two days in a row because of not forgetting to do the laundry. Oh I never went anywhere the first day anyway so it doesn't count right?!

Your're Gonna Miss This

If your a country music fan I am sure you have heard this song, it's by Trace Adkins.

your gonna miss this
your gonna want this back
your gonna wish these days
hadn't gone by so fast

these are some good times
so take a good look around
you may not know it now
but your gonna miss this

This couldn't be more true. I am gonna miss this.




All of it. The good and bad.

I am going to miss the lazy evenings at the lake.

Seeing the world through your child's eyes.

The excitement on their face when they catch a fish on their own for the very first time.






I'm even going to miss the tantrums, the days where they wouldn't nap, the diapers, the snotty noses, even the day's where I don't think I can do it anymore.

I know I'm gonna miss it all. If only time could just slow down. But it doesn't so I am doing my best to soak it all up. The live in the moment.






Isn't life great with kids?!