You are the Reason...

To My Children,

You are the reason 

I get up in the morning

The reason I breathe...

The reason my hair is gray

and my house is a mess...

I know things are hard now and you may not understand why, but everything I do is for the 3 of you and Daddy too! Mommy going to school has been a sacrifice for all of us. I cannot tell you how difficult it has been to leave you at daycare and sit in a classroom full of boys nearly a decade younger than me learning about stuff that sometimes seems like it might be in a foreign language. Sometimes I doubt myself and wonder if I should really be here, but you all believe in me and that is my motivation. As soon as classes are out I run to get you, I can't get to daycare fast enough it seems. 

You may not know that 60% of college is supposed to take place outside of class {at home}. That's right, I'm supposed to spend about 40 hours doing school work and studying at home every week. Not likely when I have the 3 of you to take care of, I only have the evenings after you go to bed to get it all done {Can we say LATE nights and EARLY mornings}! I may not have the best GPA in class but I am usually the only girl in class, the only parent, I'm almost never late and I'm working my butt off for those "average" grades. I have drained us of money, that is for sure...but I promise you it will all be worth it in the end! I know you will all understand the importance of hard work and see all of the rewards that come of it! Let's not forget the importance of friends and family too, we couldn't have done this without their help and support! 

We only have to "survive" this last year of school {Yay, just 1 year left}. I feel like I'm living 2 lives right now; the life of an Engineering Student and the life of a Mommy and Wife. Sometimes they seem completely separate and other times I'm better at making those lives work together. In May those lives will finally merge and I can just be {me}!

I'm so proud of you for being so helpful and understanding even when things have been so hard. You are my world and this is all for you!!

Max, Jax and Bri you are the reason...

Love ya,

Mommy

Top of the List!!

So, we were invited to the pool by a new friend from swimming lessons, (she has 1 child about halfway between the ages of my 2 older ones). Truly, taking all three of my children anywhere is a terrifying thought and {THE POOL} is absolutely at the top of my "Scary Places to Take 3 Children by Myself" List, for sure!! So, while I sat there terrified and confirmed she wanted to go  Saturday?? (had she wanted to go Sunday, I'd ask her if the Daddy's might want to go with us) But my husband works on Saturday which leaves me in this position often. I told our new friend that we'd love to go...

I took the kids {by myself} to the Phoenix Zoo a month or so ago (definitely another place on the list I mentioned above), and we survived so I figured we could try the pool next. I left the house thinking "Well this could go one of 2 ways...it could be a big disaster and the worst idea ever or things could go just fine and we could all have a great time".

We got there LATE (not really a surprise when you have 3 kids) but one thing you will learn about me {Thanks Mom!} is that I absolutely cannot stand to be late. I freak out if I am gonna be even 2 minutes late, I even sent a text when we were 2 minutes late apologizing for being late. Fortunately our new friends were running late as well and we actually arrived at the pool at the same time. Of course it takes me ten minutes to unpack my 3 little monsters and get them herded into the entrance.

In my rush to get out of the house I forgot a few things, the baby's hat {UGH!!} and possibly the most important item to bring with you to the pool, especially when you live in Arizona... You guessed it, {Sunscreen}!! Thank god my new friend only has one child and was able to remember the most essential item on a pool trip. Even more so, thank god she let us borrow it (I don't really know her that well, and some people...well you just never know)

Bringing a baby to the pool kinda kills the fun that mommy thought she might have, not saying my little dude ruined it or anything, he is super sweet and had fun splashing. He gave up about an hour in and so I had to figure out a way to let him sleep in a crowded and hot place while keeping him cool and trying to keep it as quiet as I could.

Everyone had a great time tho, they went down the water slide. Even my {afraid of everything} daughter went down the slide 3 times!!  My older son was having such a good time, his eyes were so red he could barely keep them open (from swimming with his eyes open, is my only guess), gonna have to get that boy some goggles!

I know that I usually look like a chicken running around with my head cut off because I have way too much going on...but I managed to take a 6 year old, 3 year old, and a baby to the pool today and I looked pretty good doing it in my amazing teal bikini. Plus, everything went great despite my hesitation to bring my 3 children to the pool by myself, and forgetting a few important items.

Nozomi Aquatic Center, {Thank you for entertaining us today!}

Hi There!

I'm Liz. I am a mother of 3, a wife of 7 years, a Mechanical Engineering student in my last year of school, and the owner of a small online business called Elizabeth Kay Design {EK Printables}. In case that isn't enough, I decided to start writing a blog (nowhere in there did I mention that I am a writer so please don't expect to read anything of great intellectual importance). I'm just here to document, if for nobody but myself and my children, the craziness that I call my life and my insane but amazingly inspirational family!

Why Momzilla?? You ask... I think that adding "zilla" to a word is to insinuate that it is overdone. I am not satisfied unless I am doing waaaaay more than a person can handle, and {believe me} I suffer from the stresses of being a Momzilla, I'm sure some stories will pop up on here eventually about that! I am most certainly a control freak and possibly a little OCD.

I hope you enjoy reading the craziness that is my life :)