Happy Mother's Day

I guess I should be glad that with 4 kids they are not hitting growth spurts at the same time.  Zach has been SO HUNGRY lately he has been in tears right after a meal because he is still HUNGRY!  But Zach, you just ate a hamburger and a half (big homemade 1/4 pounders), pickles, an apple, and beans.  But Mom, I NEED to eat more!!  Hard to argue the point with a boy who without his shirt on looks like he has just emerged from the concentration camp.  I have heard from several people about how much he has grown since they just saw him last week, last month.... Yesterday the boy ate practically nothing after breakfast.  Guess he's done for now.  Molly is not an eating machine, she is a sleeping machine.  Since we picked her up last month she has always taken one nap, slept ok through the night, and has been a very happy camper.  Now she is taking long morning naps, as well as an afternoon nap.  She has not woken up at night for about 3 weeks (YEAH!!).  I think she is in for a HUGE growth spurt with her body resting up so much.  Pete is at exactly the same height as Steven, who when we saw some friends over the weekend that we haven't seen since last summer remarked on how tall and grown up he looks this year (he will be 14 next weekend and is almost 6 feet tall).  Steven has been holding at ALMOST 6 feet tall for a couple of years now and is so frustrated that he has not been able to grow that last 1/2 inch.  He's only 15, he'll make it, his growth spurt is just lying in wait for us to be complacent then WHAMMM!  He will grow another 3 inches or so I'm sure!

Thank you my little eating/sleeping machines for making me able to celebrate Mother's Day with the best kids in the world.