31 means lots of fun

This guy turned 31 today

Why do men look better as they get older? It's so not fair. I think he had a good birthday. It's always hard with it being on a holiday. We let him sleep in this morning and then celebrated with his favorite donut place.

A couple years ago we started letting the kids go to the dollar store to pick out a gift. They get to use their own money. Parker really wanted to get him a watch. He was so excited to find a "Bumblebee watch". Nick picked out gum, and Sammy found a pink sewing kit. It was actually perfect because we needed a new little kit.

Loving his new Bears shirt.

Happy Birthiday Lukie! We love you!

Not so little

11 months today!! Are you kidding me? Noah thinks he is cool because he is almost a full blown walker. He pretty much walks everywhere and looks adorable doing it. He is still a stinker. Gets into everything. My first 3 kids were all so close that I was used to all of it. It didn't even phase me. Since Noah and Parker are 2.5 years apart I had a nice little break from the "getting into everything" stage. I am way too old for it all. I am still loving this guy, even though some days he is attached to my hip.

You know he is the youngest of 4 when this happens to him and he doesn't even cry, he laughs!

Pumpkin Patch

I was so happy to find out that the pumpkin patch had moved out of a casino parking lot into an actual dirt lot. Can you believe it? If I just ignored the Walmart on one corner, the DMV on the other, and the gas station on the other than I can say I almost felt like I was at a real one. We had fun and the kids had fun spending our money.
My parents came with us. The kids always love when they come.

While the kids ran around and begged to do all the rides a gazillion times, Noah chilled in his stroller eating goldfish crackers.
Dad and Grandpa helped the kids throw rings on the bottles
They pretended to be animals
and superheroes


We all had fun and then headed over to Walmart to get a pumpkin that wasn't $15.

I went here.....

and to also see her:
baby Daphne is so cute. She has these huge eyes that watch every move you make. I loved seeing her and getting to know my little niece better. I love her!
And to see my sisters. Last weekend I was lucky enough to have a little getaway to San Fransisco. My younger sister Amy is living there while her husband goes to dental school. My sister Amber and I flew out there to have a little sisters weekend. It was so much fun and much needed on my part. It was so nice to sleep in until 8:30 every morning. Yes to me that is sleeping in. My sister Amber is pregnant with her first and she laughed at me when I said 8:30 was sleeping in.

We didn't do as much as we wanted because we had a pregnant lady and a baby with us. We did a little of this
We rode the trolley everywhere and it was so fun


We went to Chinatown and ate at a yummy place


All the sisters get ready for a day of shopping. It's what the Zockoll's do best!!!
Okay so this next picture needs a little explaining. I always see people with this fun jumping pictures. I don't how they do it. I tried and tried while we were on the Golden Gate Bridge. It didn't work. Don't laugh.
We went to the Golden Gate Bridge the last day and it was so foggy. We should have gone the day before because it was the perfect day. It was fun to see all the fog. It was craziness.

It was a fun fun trip. I am very lucky to have a husband who can take care of all 4 kids and have the house clean when I come home. My sisters and I have never done anything like this before. We want to try to make it a yearly thing. Hopefully next our sister in law Lindsay can make it. We missed her. Thanks Amy for letting us crash at your place and driving us everywhere.

I remember when my parents would go on trips I was always so excited to see what little souvenirs they brought home. The kids couldn't wait to see what I got for them. I got the boys a snake


and I got Sammy a pink fan. She wanted a pink ring but I couldn't find one, at least in my price range.

10 Months

This is what Noah's face has been like for the past 2 weeks. He has been so sad. At first I was sad for him but now I am so over it. He follows me around and cries nonstop. He is still getting those teeth in that I talked about in his 9 month post. They are almost all the way through and I just might do the Dance of Joy when he is done with them.

On a happier note look at my chunk of love

How can you be mad at a face like that? I mean look at that mouth, it's HUGE!! This boy is 10 months today and he has so much personality. He is learning new things. Mostly words.
-He says Dad, hot, that(pretty sure he means what's that) and only says Mom when he is sad and I am holding him. I love it.
-He loves to point at everything now. He saw a motorcycle next to him while we were driving and he pointed to it and said "that".
-He has taken a couple steps but pretty sure he will follow in the footsteps of all his siblings and walk a couple weeks before his 1st birthday.
- This kid love balls and is currently obsessed with playing catch.
-He loves to wrestle with Daddy
-Is finally drinking formula. I am weaning him right now because I am going to San Fran in less than 2 weeks.
-Crawls really fast

I can't believe in 2 months this baby will be 1. That's when the real fun begins.

Missing

Many things seem to go missing in our house. That's just what happens when you have little kids. Sometimes we find them and many many times we don't. Our kids went through a phase where they wanted to play Candyland all the time. One day we couldn't find the green piece. A couple weeks ago we found it in here:

What is that you ask? My oil. Not quite sure how it got there but I know exactly who it was. His name starts with a P. I guess I should just be glad he didn't spill it all over while he was hiding it.

I never win

but I am hoping I win this baby.

Everyone already knows I am a little bit obsessed with Our Best Bites . It also helps that the 2 woman behind it are awesome too. They are having the best giveaway. Go over and check it out. I better win but if one of you do I am expecting a 1/3 part ownership. Good Luck!!