So much to say.....

Guess what.....

RHINO BUTT! 

What does this mean?  

The Clark girls went to the zoo!!! OMG we had so much fun.  We did everything there. My 2 year old walked without her stroller from 9:30-3:30! What a trooper! Both girls got to feed giraffes. L has talked of nothing else. She tells strangers about it! It usually end with her screaming  "I DID IT!!!!"

 Here was our view while feeding the giraffes....FOR REAL!

Here are my monkeys waiting for the train....

and just being friggin' adorable.....

NEW TOPIC!!!!

Sometimes as a mom I feel like....REALLY PEOPLE? How do you do it all?

I understand as a christian and a generally decent person, I do NOT need to compare myself to others. BUT sometimes I do.   I will explain. I am currently addicted to craft blogs.  If you don't know what I am talking about....good for you (although I have learned ALOT). 

 While reading these blogs I see that some of these moms have 2 or 3 small children AND do all these crafty things.  I am a crafty gal....but alas no time to do it!  I understand that in a few years I will have SO much time to work on art...possibly professionally (my hope).  Instead of being jealous that these moms can do everything. I have decided to focus on what I do.  

Today L told me that she was not going to lick our dog.  Great idea!

I went to Meijer and Target...noticing after that I had applesauce all over my sleeve.

I talked L of the ledge of a MAJOR fit...when she saw a ruffled pink swimsuit that she was convinced was hers.

I took the time to take this picture of L before we left. 

 I will explain first....she took her sisters headband and grabbed her crucifix (J got this from sunday school for learning all her memory verses) out of her sunday school bag.  This results in a picture that looks like an angry jazzercise teacher heading out to save the world.  see...

Last night J woke up 2 hours after going to bed and wanted to talk.  Sure...sometimes the best time to talk!  She sat down and told me (in a very serious tone)  that she was pretty sure that she was the 3rd shortest kid in the 1st grade.  I asked her how she figured that out.  She named 2 kids that she has noticed were shorter than her  (she added that she was not making fun of them) :)   She also pointed out all the stools in our house have the word baby on them then "mom, sometimes you just can't reach something...this does not mean you are a baby"   then promptly went back to bed.  :)

J has a habit of drawing on EVERYTHING! Yesterday my grocery list had a heart on it with the word "happy" in the middle.  I noticed this on the MILK this morning!!! (don't worry I picked up more milk at Target!)

So my point is.... I have not made homemade bread or homemade ribbons....or even showered.

but....my kids are funny and happy and that is what counts.  When the bus pulls away with L on it (in a few years) I will make a million bows and loaves of bread...but until then I will take my life and love it!!

BLESSINGS TO YOU!