Reaching...my first "You Capture"

Okay, so I've never done "You Capture"  before (from I Should Be Folding Laundry).  But it sounds fun, so I thought I'd give it a shot.  Hopefully I will do this right.  Here goes:

On Tuesday, I took my three boys to the zoo, by myself.  As the boys ran here, and there, I found myself constantly  "reaching" for their hands to keep them close, and "reaching" for my fleeting  sanity and inner calm... 

But enough about me...

While inside the zoo, we went to visit "Stingray Bay."  The boys were excited to be able to touch the stingrays, but they were a little cautious too.  

Everyone was reaching.

and some, over-reaching.  Oops.

Later, after reaching for some anti-bacterial cleanser...(of course!)

They were reaching for Cheetos. 

 (What is a day at the zoo without Cheetos?)

 

and then wet wipes.

It was fun!  But I found myself relieved to be reaching for the car door and child-sized seatbelts.

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okay, so I still need to figure out how to paste the cute picture link...:)

Spring in Arizona

This is the time of year when I LOVE Arizona.  It is absolutely beautiful outside.   Today  (first day of spring break) the kids stripped down to their underwear, got out the water hose and called it a "beach day".  Which meant lying on their tummies, pretending to swim, in a 1/8 inch of water on the driveway cement.... okay, so they have a good imagination. 


I know those of you still shoveling snow may be jealous, but if it makes you feel any better, in a few months, our skin will burn as soon as we step outdoors, and walking from my car to the mall will melt all of the plastic in my purse.  So I am soaking it in NOW.

Yesterday we took a hike.  With all three kids. It was an adventure.  And Dora came along:

So it was a musical adventure. (Dora sings....nonstop).  

The boys had a blast climbing rocks,

 

throwing rocks, and even resting on rocks.

It is too bad the top looks like this :(:

But it also looks like this:

And on the way down we saw this:

I LOVE Arizona this time of year :).

I Was Wrong...

My middle son was the last to walk.  It took him 15 months before he took his first steps.  I thought perhaps he would be less coordinated than the others, or less physically active.  Perhaps a thoughtful bookworm, I projected.  An academic.  Evidently, my logic was completely flawed. 

He loves this.  I DON'T.  But he is actually really good at it, and very coordinated. 

So I let him.  

For now. 

At least he wears his helmet.

EVERYWHERE

Even while eating orange cupcakes

and standing next to cool, light blue, random gates.

My late bloomer, my daredevil child.   Who coulda guessed it?

Rainy Day Schedule

Rainy days don't come very often in Arizona. When they do come, you must take advantage. 

Who can resist a good mud puddle?

(He really likes his helmet....)

While we were out, we noticed the first signs of spring.  It comes early around here.

(My boys picked all of my daffodils to "give me flowers." Sweet...but now they are all gone... sniff.)

And then it was bathtime!

It was a good day.

Halloween!