Back to the Zoo - and a couple of lonely days ahead

Well we were back at the zoo today. If we were smart we would have gotten a season pass by now. (if we were really smart we wouldn't go to the zoo when it's 100 degrees outside!) But this time was especially fun because we got to go with Uncle Pablo! So we all had a great time once again, and as always, it was lovely to hang out with Pablo.

I also gave Finn a hair cut on Wednesday. I was very tired of his bowl-cut. When Laci is around to keep it up it looks great - but when it grows out it just looks silly. Kind of a lot like mine.
One day I was in the Target parking lot and saw this woman with 2 little boys. She was impeccably dressed, as were her two boys. They just looked like a cute little trio. Only problem - both boys had this Horrendous bowl-cut of a hair-do. The worst I have ever seen. And that's what Finn's was starting to look like in my opinion. I know Cody likes his hair to be longer and it has been so for about a year now. But I couldn't take it anymore! I dislike the bowl and it just looked so warm all the time. So I shaved up the back and sides and now he has his little skater do again which I always like. And it looks better this time since I was paying attention to how Laci cut his hair last time.


Ok, so there't that. Then Cody is gone until Sunday. boo. So for the first time ever - after the kids were both in bed I felt lonely instead of a sense of relief! I was in talking to Finn a while before he went to bed and it was fun to hear his little recollections about all the things we saw at the zoo. I guess I must be warming up to motherhood and/or my kids are just being good little buggers. Because i just enjoy hanging out with them. (I do still love nap & bed time though, don't get me wrong)

And then there's this little picture (note the impish grin):

I walked in the room today to find Burgundy pulling herself up on the laundry basket. Maybe she will just skip crawling altogether. Finn learned to crawl and 4 days later pulled himself up to walk. Well she creeps and gets where she wants to go but isn't crawling yet (sorry Erin, you had the only guess of when she would crawl, but it didn't happen on Cody's birthday). She gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth. It's pretty cute. But she's looking like she's soon to be on to bigger & better things! That, or she just wanted to help me fold the laundry.