365 Random Days of Team Zybko

Day #51

July 6, 2011

$8 Well Wasted

MOM!!!! We are bored.

5 weeks in and half way through the most casual kinda, freestylin' Summer ever.
Some people might call our Summer schedule
LAZY
or
NOT STRUCTURED ENOUGH
not me
I call it
PERFECT
Without activities on tap the troops get restless.
Some people might call this
BOREDOM
not me
I call it
TIME TO BE CREATIVE
I need an idea from the depths of my Mom Magic Bag.
Pushing aside glitter glue, play-dough and 'pearler' beads.
Nope, too messy
Nah, too high maintenience
No way, not in the mood to clean up
The search continues until.....
Ah yes, at last I find them....it's perfect
A bag of plastic cups from Sam's.
Here kids, go to town, you guys should have a contest or something.
What can you do with $8 worth of plastic cups?
Come get me in 30 minutes for judging.
Oh, yea baby cakes.
I just bought a ticket for a half hour of quiet non-interrupted bloggin' time.
Some people might call this
SLEAZY PARENTING
not me
I call it
GENIUS

Bryson, your tower was the best for sure!

Until the Drex monster.....well

It looks like it was an accident anyway.

By the way peeps

next time you come to my house

don't worry

We don't reuse these cups for drinking.

They are marked and put away neatly

back into the

Magic Summer Boredom Bag of Wonders

Some people might call this

A WASTE

not me

call it

RECYCLING

365 Random Days of Team Zybko

Day #49

Kids are Animals

06/26/11

While turning, sorting, saving and deleting recent pictures from our zoo trip, a light bulb appeared directly over my head.

Haven't I seen these before?

Did I dream about them?

Am I having an old lady Brain Spaz Moment?

YES, I have seen these before.

NO, It wasn't a dream.

and

YES, I am getting old but not losing my mind.....YET.

Lined up for feeding time.

Yes, all these pictures have a place in my Real Life


Chillin' on a rail

Colorful little guy in a tree

Cat Nap in the sunshine

Something not quite right with the eyes

Just sayin'

We watched these cuddly bears friendly wrestle for about 20 minutes

Yep, about 20 minutes here too

Fun in the mud

So, the light bulb tells me.....my kids are ANIMALS!

365 Random Days of Team Zybko

Day #47

06/18/11

I really must confess.....I don't really look forward to trips to the zoo.

I have kept this a secret for years.

Any Mom who loves being a Mom should love taking her kids to the zoo.

Right? Well.......

I'm sorry people. It's just not my favorite thing.

I don't love the freaky smells that agitate my already sensitive sniffer.

I'm certainly not a natural animal lover.

I don't love paying $3.50 for a slushy.

I don't love eating packed sandwiches outside the elephant house.

I don't love it always seems to be 8 million degrees on any given zoo day.

I don't love the "petting" part.

I would rather scrub a toilet with my tooth brush than touch a goat.

I don't love avoiding piles of random poopie on the walkways.

OK, OK enough negativity.

There are plenty of things I do love about the zoo.

I love the curious smiles the unique little penguins bring to my kids faces.

They stare in amazement as they waddle around the fake plastic ice.

I love how La-La holds her nose the entire 2 hours to protect her sensitive gag reflex.

I love how Diane proclaims her lemon-lime custom made slushy was the best evah!

I love how Drexel pretends his right arm is an elephant trunk to eat his PB+J.

I love how they all run to the super cool 'air mister'.

They seem happy it's 8 million degrees so at least it's turned on.

I love how all the animals in the petting zoo gravitate toward Lil David.

He gives them all a pet, every single one of the smelly goats.

I love how Delaney has obviously gotten my love for animals.

She only poses for pictures next to or on replicas of real animals.

I love how Dylan decides NOT to take off his shirt and go Werewolf as we pass the Apes.

I love how some kid always manages NOT to avoid a random poopie pile.

Well gee whiz, maybe I do LOVE the zoo after all.

Maybe? Yes? I hope.

I wanna be normal....like the other parents....they seem to love the zoo.

Nah. No way, I won't get carried away and think I'm cured.

Me thinks I just love my kids.

Drexel could have stood here forever. Looking through the 4 inch protective thick glass at the fancy fish. Very still and un-Drexel like he would wait patiently for this cool shark to swim back through the colorful coral pass the spectator window.

What a cute little shark.

It's a black tip reef shark Mom.

Oh sorry shark boy, let me get a picture of you with it.

Ya know I'm gonna be a professional scuba diver when I grow up.
I don't doubt that Drex, I don't don't that at all.
Hey Mom says Delilah, I'm gonna be a mermaid when I grow up.

Ok, honey...that's nice, good luck with that.

365 Random Days of Team Zybko

Day #48

06/23/11

My Breakfast of Champions

INGREDIENTS:

Wheat English Muffin

Turkey Sausage

Pepper Jack Cheese

Egg: Scrambled or Sunny Side Up

Peppered to taste and a Mini Dash of Salt

SIDE ITEM #1

Your Choice of Current Fruit in Fridge

SIDE ITEM #2

Unlimited Portion of Kids Playing Nicely

SIDE ITEM #3

Morning Sunshine, Straight From Heaven

365 RANDOM DAYS OF TEAM ZYBKO

DAY #46

06/10/11

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BABY DADDY

Getting a card slipped my mind. I hope this will do.

So many reasons I will always LOVE you!