Life as a Yowler

My life has been very very different than what it usually is this week. Let me explain why. I have two kids.

I didn’t sell the other two kids. Grandma Yowler kept the older two kids in Ohio for the week. She has been wanting to keep them for a week this Summer. She had all kinds of fun activities planned for them. Joah and Brielle each got to spend one night with their Aunt Bethany. They loved the one on one time with her. She took each of them to do something fun.

She took Joah to a water park. She knows him well. He has so much energy, and anything with water is a great avenue for him to get that energy out.

She took him to eat at a really cool restaraunt with a volcano in Columbus. It was called Grass Skirt Tiki Room. Bethany said it’s one if he favorite restaraunts, and she knew Joah would love it.

He definitely loved it. Bethany spoiled him and got him the shark mug to take home.

She took Brielle to a salon and spa. Brielle got her nails done, face painted, hair cut and styled, a massage, face mask, and makeup. Can I be your niece Bethany?

This picture has been cracking me up.

Brielle chose an Elsa braid for her hairstyle.

Face paint

And her nails

After the spa, Brielle and Bethany met up with grandma and Joah at the mall. They went shopping for some clothes. Bethany got the kids each an outfit. She even included Caed and Isla. They have matching outfits to their older siblings.

Grandma Yowler has been doing all kinds of fun things with the kids too. They have been getting together with their cousins and having lots of play dates. Yesterday all the cousins went to the zoo together. You can see they even went on a camel ride. Joah is in the middle with his big cousin, Bailee behind him. Grandma said they were gone all day yesterday from 8am-9:30pm. Both kids crashed on the ride home.

The cousins got together again today for a water balloon fight, and tonight they are all going bowling. I’m going to have some exhausted kids when they come home. Perfect! Thanks Grandma!

Life really is drastically different with just the two littles. I used to think life was crazy with just two. I was a clueless idiot. Now don’t take that the wrong way. I truly believe every mom, no matter the amount of kids she has, is at her max. Whether it’s one child or 10, motherhood is very draining and exhausting. Giving of yourself all day long, putting others needs before yourself, teaching and training, worrying and praying….every mom does these things. I’m just pointing out that two kids is much less than four, in my case.

The little guys seem so easy. They have way less energy. Basically all I’ve been doing is feeding them. Then we play. Then we poop. Then we bath. Then we read. Then we nap. We’ve been napping every day. I’ve been staying home and relaxing this week and working on potty training with Caed. All the traveling has thrown off his progress. He is doing great with us staying home.

Anytime you have three kids as close together in age as we did, there will be craziness. There will be LOTS of noise.  There will be lots of disagreements. There will be the famous question, “are they triplets?” Caed has loved the free time he’s had this week. He can play without anyone wrecking his towers. He can sit and think and enjoy the peace and quiet. Don’t get me wrong, I love the older kids. It just gets overwhelming sometimes. When we were traveling on our last trip, Brandon was checking into the campground in the office. They guy asked him the age of his kids. Brandon responded, “five, four, three…….and nine months.” The guy threw his hands in the air and was like “what the heck? 9 months?” Brandon was like “I traveled a lot that year.” 😂 Someday I’ll love having them so close together. It’s already getting much much easier.

I have been having so much fun with my younger two kids. We’ve been picking raspberries in our woods. Isla has learned to pull herself up and stand. With no one blocking her path, she has all the freedom in the world. We’ve been having lots of picnics on the front porch. The Lord blessed me this week by sending Brandon’s tractor to the repair shop, putting all of his projects on hold. Judge if you will, but Brandon needs emotional support from his wife for every project he does and I just wanted to take it easy. I’m just being real. So take it easy I did. Thanks Jesus! And sorry Brandon.