Fun with cousins

Recent trips to the zoo with Miss Alyssa and Aunt Amy and to the Childrens Museum with Aunt Tara, Madison, Jackson and Kaitlyn. Unfortunately this was the weekend that Amy and Alyssa had a stomach bug, so while we had fun at the zoo, Alyssa was back to being sick at night. She made a full recovery though, and is chattier than ever! Madison is starting to become a preteen and outgrow all of the "kid" stuff. But I think she still had fun with us :)

All three kids in the double stroller. We live on the edge.

When this chimp came and sat down Cash moved far away but Yuliya stayed to bond. Good Chimps eat their brocolli and greens. This is also where Amy quietly did her monkey impression seen here

Does this count as a picture of all of them?

All of the Lehrs snowboarding on a virtual mountain

Kaitlyn the daredevil, she happened to be the only one wearing appropriate shoes and good thing too, she really wanted to climb that wall. Pretty good for a three year old!

Artistic Madison did cat faces on Kaitlyn and herself.

Tara did a hilarious dog face on Jackson.

And they all put on a wonderful puppet show :)

The End.

Momma, you're not sick

Last night as I was laying in bed about to fall asleep, I thought to myself....."I really hope the babies sleep until seven" Generally they wake up around 6, but I was feeling greedy with my sleep.

Fast-forward to around 4am, this must have been when the universe decided to grant my wish, b/c I suddenly found myself in the fetal position with an awful stomach ache. I manage to just stay still until I hear the babies waking up over the baby monitor...and what time is it? 7am on the dot!

As soon as I am up on my feet, I am promptly in the bathroom reenacting the exorcist . I'll spare you the gory details, but this lasted all morning, not really even sure its gone yet. I spent the morning laying on the floor, groaning, hating my stomach, and all food. Trying to calculate anything I could have eaten yesterday that would attack me like this, b/c anytime I moved, I would get sick again. The kids, Cash, 15 months, and Yuliya 3.5yrs play all around me. They are making noise(silence is BAD with kids) and no one is crying, so we are all content. Yuliya makes sure to check on me every 20 min or so and ask if I am still sick... my thoughtful girl.

At 11am I put them down for a nap and do a quick inventory of the house.

Toys everywhere(to be expected)
Water all over the front hall, absolutely zero thoughts on how that happened
3 boxes of cereal Ripped open like tiny raptors got to them, all three bags of cereal covering the kitchen table like a baby version of the casino jackpot
And a nice little hansel and gretel trail of grapes from the fridge to the kitchen table, and then back out to where I had been laying in the living room.


Lesson learned today....The kids are now old enough to play well together, semi supervised, but be prepared.