The small getaway with the hubby refreshed my love of motherhood. My days are filled with precious moments. Here are just a few.

A couple weekends ago, Miles took a trip with some friends/coworkers to go canyoneering. To keep us entertained while Daddy was gone, I decided to take the kids to the zoo. We had such a blast! They loved riding in the wagon. Claire was totally into it. The day was perfect—great weather and no crowds.

A rare picture of the kids and I. Thank you sweet old man who offered to take one of all of us together.

Riding the rhino.

About Baby Girl:

Claire has had a major attitude adjustment recently. All of a sudden she seems very happy and content with life. She’s less feisty and not as clingy to Mommy, which Mommy is very happy about!

Claire’s extremely social and just about has a heart attack from excitement when friends come over. She loves to give kisses. My favorite is when she kisses my chest when I’m holing her or rocking her. Or when she walks over to give Link loves and instead of getting close enough to kiss him, she just kisses the air in his direction.

Claire has a great laugh. A good stomach laugh. Anytime she laughs in front of other people they comment on it. She can be a tease. Sometimes she’ll run after and corner her little friend. Sometimes she’ll take Link’s toy just to get him razzed. I have to admit it’s pretty funny!

Claire has recently learned to pull out the kitchen chairs and climb on the table. Yay. The other day I was busy trying to get something done. She was being quiet downstairs so I knew she was up to no good. But she wasn’t crying so I let it go for a bit. By the time I went downstairs, this is what I found:

Stinker! But a cute stinker!

About my Lincoln Boy:

The other day Miles and I were being mushy in the kitchen with the kids watching. We were just having fun and goofing around when Lincoln tells Miles and I to “Settle down!” We laughed and laughed about it!

Link has been a hoot lately! He talks and talks and talks. He asks “why” constantly. It’s become practically impossible to watch a movie with him because he is so curious and asks questions the entire time.

He loves dressing up! We got him a Spiderman costume for Halloween and he practically lived in it for days. Then the other day he found a box and brought it to me asking if we could make it into a rocket ship. It turned out to be a robot but he loved it nonetheless. It was a good mommy moment for me to spend that time creating something together. When we were decorating the front I asked him what else the robot needed. “A tie!” he responded. So I gave him a tie.

Lincoln is enjoying is 2-day-a-week preschool class. Yesterday we got to go on a field trip to the pumpkin patch. It’s the same pumpkin patch we went to as a family last year, so I thought it would be fun to do some comparison pictures to see how much the kids have grown in the last year.

Claire last year:

Claire this year:

Link last year:

Link this year:

Link and Claire last year:

Link and Claire this year: