{"id":1197,"date":"2011-10-09T16:38:03","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T20:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2012-01-21T20:52:03","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T02:52:03","slug":"its-a-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=1197","title":{"rendered":"It’s a Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I took the boys (yes, all three of them) to the zoo by myself on Friday. Milo didn’t have school, so we needed desperately <\/em>to get out of the house and have a small adventure before the small adventure found us… and destroyed our living room. It was not the first time I had taken all three of them, but it was the first time I felt a bit… overwhelmed.<\/p>\n

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As with most things these days, we alternated between times of togetherness and times of complete chaos and times of pure hilarity.<\/p>\n

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Like, for instance, the time Milo climbed inside the above giant jack-o-lantern before I had the slightest idea what was happening.<\/em><\/p>\n

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… and the look on this little girl’s face.<\/em><\/p>\n

Don’t get me wrong. I am fully aware of the trouble we are in. We have three boys very close in age and the youngest isn’t even able to get into any trouble yet. I am thankful that I will be easing into that bit sometime around a year from now. When Emil starts walking. Whoa, Nelly. I need to sit down.<\/p>\n

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What is it with this kid and climbing into small spaces???<\/em><\/p>\n

But no one really warned<\/em> us about the difference between having two and three kids. Everyone had different opinions. Some people said, “Oh, going from two to three is soooooo much easier than one to two.” Disagree. Others chimed, “Oh, you won’t even notice, the other two will be so busy playing with each other!” If by playing you mean breaking something.<\/p>\n

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But my Aunt Barbara<\/a> (a very wise woman indeed AND a mother of four) once warned me about going from two to three kids. “They will now outnumber you.” Wise words. They do, indeed, outnumber us. Milo’s energy alone can require the attention of two highly skilled adults (preferably ones with some training in wrangling circus animals, preferably with superhuman speed, agility, and stamina. You know, super-humans). So, wow. It is going to be a WILD RIDE! WooooooooooooOOOOOOOOO!<\/p>\n

But back to the zoo.<\/p>\n

We go there at least once a week. It is a fantastic place with so much to do. But this day we did something Milo has been BEGGING to do for the past four months.<\/p>\n

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And of course, has to do with transformations. This kid LOVES to dress up. Be something or someone else for a bit. Pretending is his top game.<\/p>\n

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Lizard face, please.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Why is Oliver’s face turning red, you ask? Oh, may it have something to do with the death grip on his neck? Nah.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Get me out of here, you crazies.<\/em><\/p>\n

Happy Sunday. Happy October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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