Surviving the Domestic Jungle

I have had a wonderful day filled with healthy food experiences and tons of fresh air! I started it with a trip to an all natural type of grocery store. I was thinking I needed to eat more fruit and went to that store because our regular grocery store is extremely huge and when you just need one or two things, it is a big pain in the ass. Anyway, the little one calls itself a farmers market which it kind of is on the inside except it has a roof. It is one big room and there is not a lot of variety but they had a lot of produce and vitamins for the kids so I felt pretty good about my little excursion. It was a positive experience and I will definitely go back when I need produce and not much else. The prices were the same as a regular grocery store which was pretty surprising because usually when somebody slaps on a ‘healthy’ label, the price skyrockets. I was pleasantly surprised. The second part of my day was spent with my girls at the park! They love to go and it was finally warm and dry enough to go! Poor Hailey has quite a deep cough so I didn’t want to stay too long in the coldish weather. She had a blast running around doing everything her sister does! Big time copy cat phase happening right now!! Sometimes Avery is very good about playing with her sister and sometimes I couldn’t pay her to! It drives me bananas when she rejects her because Hailey just wants to be like her but I guess it will get worse as they grow. When Avery is 14 and Hailey is 10, I see problems arising! It was so fun to hang out with my babies and watch them play and then we fed the ducks! That was pretty cute. I am reminded all the time that I need my kids just as much as they need me. Doing things without them is painful for me. If I don’t have my husband or my children with me, I am lost. They are little for such a short time that being away from them just does not make sense to me. When they are moody teenagers and I am an old crusty lady, I will have a social life that doesn’t include them but until that day, I need them to be with me and I want them to be with me! My favorite thing to do with my girls is lay in my king size bed and watch a movie and cuddle. They are so wonderful and I love them so much!