2.5 hours to myself this morning. first time in 2 weeks. it felt good :) megan texted me while the kids were at school to invite us to join them at the zoo this afternoon. after initially thinking we'd pass, i decided we should throw our schedule out the window, buy a pass to the zoo and spontaneously embrace the day. life is too short. so we packed lunches, picked up the kids from school and drove to clifton for a beautiful and crisp afternoon at the zoo. jackson, joey, brooke and gavin agreed on what they wanted to see and then raced ahead from one animal to the next. chase had other ideas for the day and took his time exploring the cracks on the ground, the leaves on the bushes and all the other things that interest a 1.5 year old. such a cutie pie! heather and stella met up with us, too, and we treated all the kids to ice cream cones with sprinkles. it was a fabulous day at the zoo, and i always love how much fun our kids have together. i remember when brooke and jackson were only a year old, and mom, heather and i took them to the zoo. i remember that it was a lot of work, and we weren't sure we could have done it without three adults to take care of the two little ones. life is so different now. three of us can handle 6 little ones without much problem at all. i think we've all grown into our roles quite nicely :)
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