My kids love Gymcats! It’s so fun to watch them play, and run free in the huge gym :)
Zeke climbing high!
Lilly wanted to wear her cheerleader outfit :)
The foam pit is always a favorite attraction
The only thing that would make Gymcats better is if it were closer, it’s such a fun place!
When we were planning our house, we decided to add in french doors to the room by the front entry, in case we ever wanted it to be an office I guess. We soon learned that french doors, and kids don’t go together well :) They are just too fun to slam shut, or open them so fast that they bend too far backward.
Yesterday we realized they needed to come down. I told Lilly it was time for her nap, but first I had to take up her pillow, and other nap stuff that she had brought downstairs. I was setting up her bed, and I could hear her kicking the french doors, I yelled down for her to stop, but that only made her do it more. I ran down from her room, and she laughed (probably seeing my big belly bounce up and down), and she kicked harder the closer I got, then CRACK!
the door frame bit the dust
So this is before the doors came down-
and this is after-
I like how it looks without the doors too, but the hinges look a little tacky
Here’s another angle of the room. Having the doors gone does open it up a little more.
This picture’s caption is “Kids are rough on things!” It’s hard to see, but in the picture are: the missing french doors, a broken TV antenna, (the right side is bent and pointing to the far door), and a broken cupboard door on the TV stand, (Lilly bent that back too far as well, and now it won’t close.) Yes, kids are rough on things, but I’d much rather have them here with broken things, instead of having an immaculate, and orderly house with no children to love.
When the messes are piling up faster than I can keep up with, and it seems like we’ve far exceeded our daily quota of whining, and tantrums, I just have to remember what life was like before my children- heartbreaking, longing everyday to be a mother- and I wouldn’t have things any other way. Our children are everything!
Jimmy and I got to go on a date last night, and it was one of my favorite dates! We went shopping together for our kids, and the whole time we talked about them, and the cute things they say and do, and what we think they will be like when they are older, etc. They are our lives!
Being a mother is what I always wanted to be, and I knew it would be amazing, but I couldn’t have imagined just how much you can love someone. I think parenthood is the closest thing for people to begin to understand God’s love for us. I am so thankful for all of the things my children teach me, and I’m forever grateful they are mine!
I took my kids swimming during the day a while back, and every since, Lilly has been talking about Daddy going swimming too :) She must have really missed him! We went with Daddy last Friday night, it was great!
Zeke and Lilly both love swimming, it’s so fun with them!
Carlin came too :)
