We are out on an adventure this morning.

We are at Crown Center in downtown Kansas City.

And

little secret, I am terrified of parking garages.

They just kind of creep me out.

I always feel like I'm not gonna fit in places.

(upbeat dance music)

All right, guys, see what I mean?

Doesn't this feel so short?

So one of my favorite places

when we come down to the Crown Center is

to always check out the Chocolate Factory.

And sometimes they're actually making

the fudge right there and you get to watch.

It's awesome.

My favorite thing here is the caramel apples.

But we're just looking.

We won't be buying anything.

We came here today with some of our home school

friends to visit the Fairy Tale Village.

Oh, I love it.

(playful music)

She is off and exploring.

This is a new dynamic to our adventures,

to have another little person to chase.

This could get interesting.

Nice.

Are you the princess and the pea?

- Yeah.

- [Kendra] All right, we're going over the bridge.

Are you guys the three bears?

- [Children] Yeah.

- All right, so I'm letting Caleb wear his

big boy underwear when we're going out on outings,

which means lots of potty breaks.

Thankfully, some places have family restrooms,

so we are currently in a family restroom.

And Caleb was having so much fun with this.

(screams)

The weather is gorgeous, and we are gonna

sit out by these fountains and have a picnic.

All right, so apparently, there's going

to be a water show with music from the symphony.

I'm excited.

We timed this great.

(jubilant orchestra music)

- It's like snow coming down, up and down.

(children scream and laugh)

- How would anybody make this?

- [Kendra] I don't know.

They're huge, huh?

Lisey, what are you doing?

- Hugging her.

- [Kendra] Is she made out of Legos?

- [Elise] Yeah.

- That's so cool that she's made out of Legos.

All right, before we leave, we have to hit up

the restrooms again, just to be safe on the drive home.

(children laughing)

The kids claim that after the toilet flushes,

there's a farting sound.

Let's see.

(toilet flushing)

(fart)

(children laugh)

There it is, the toilet that farts at the end.

(fart)

(children laugh)

(fart)

(children laugh)

I was nervous about bringing all four of them here,

but I think it's gone okay.

Now the final gauntlet is walking through all of

the wonderful food places before we get back to our car.

It smells amazing down here.

Okay, so we're stuck in some traffic downtown,

and we're right next to Jeremy's old office building.

Cool, huh?

Whoa, why do you get to have this treat?

- Because

I obeyed.

- Yay!

Mommy gets some too because I behaved really nicely too.

I don't know if you guys have noticed recently,

but Laura is growing up so much.

I feel like she's just not my baby anymore.

She's walking around.

She's saying words.

It's adorable, and I love it.

And it also kind of breaks my heart

a little bit because she's my baby.

So the truth of the matter is,

is I'm getting completely baby hungry.

I just ache

to have another baby to hold and take care of,

and to bring another bouncy, crazy little personality

into our family, and to watch them grow up

and develop these brother-sister relationships.

And I just, I really, really love

being a mom.

That doesn't mean there's not really hard days,

don't get me wrong, but I love being a mom.

I love being with my kids.

I love watching them growing up together

and seeing the people that they're becoming.

The problem is that my four kids that I already have

pretty much take all of my strength everyday.

I don't feel like I have any extra capacity

to have another kid right now.

And so I feel really kind of sad

because I want to have another baby, but I don't think

it's the right time for our family yet.

There's this piece of me that's mourning that.

All right, I just needed to add

one thing to what I said earlier.

I'm so grateful for the four kids that I have.

And I understand that there are people

that are not blessed with children in their lives,

and I ache for them.

And saying that I'm baby hungry and that I yearn to have

another child by no means takes away the gratitude

that I feel for the four children that I do have

and the sympathy that I have

for the people that are struggling in that area.

So just wanna make sure that was understood.

- So our little cousin is having a birthday,

and we're opening presents here at McDonald's.

Hey!

(playful music)

You're a monster.

(Caleb roars)

(roars) Get 'em, monster.

(children laughing)

Because it's a special occasion,

we're gonna get an ice cream cone.

I have a little helper.

(Caleb laughs and mumbles)

Are you excited?

- Yeah.

- All right, so Jeremy has the kids tonight

because I'm going with a friend

to a home school curriculum store.

She's looking into home schooling, and I'm trying

to figure out exactly what changes

I wanna make to our curriculum for next year.

So it's fun that we get to go together.

So yeah, a little mini night out for me, I guess.

So have fun with Jeremy.

- So they've made McDonald's PlayPlaces

a lot safer than they used to be.

When I was a little kid, we were playing

at a McDonald's PlayPlace.

Do you remember this?

- Head in the net.

So I was doing back handsprings down the netting.

They had like a cargo net, and my head

went into the net and couldn't come out.

- And wasn't it when our parents weren't there?

They had dropped us off to play there...

- Something.

- While they went to go shopping.

- And my head was stuck in the net,

and it was at least 30 minutes.

- And I had to go and tell the manager,

because our parents weren't there. (laughs)

- They were able to rip my head out eventually,

but they've never done cargo nets again.

I was the kid who made that happen.

(Brent laughs)

Put it on your head and spin it.

(Caleb laughs)

Actually, that's pretty good.

(Caleb laughs)

Was that fun?

Turn sideways, throw it over there to Blake or Aly.

Nice throw.

(children laugh)

They caught it!

What a catch!

So we're playing with a toy there called the Hyper Disc.

Really fun, it's cool how it just floats.

(upbeat music)

Wooh!

Wow!

Oh, look at it.

(children laugh)

Oh.

So it got stuck up in a tree.

A shoe might be better, Brent.

A shoe won't hurt it.

Nice, with one throw!

Brent got it down.

Good thing your keys didn't get stuck up there.

That would have been a problem.

- It would have been bad.

- Don't use your keys to get something out of a tree.

- [Brent] I would have to come up

with a good story to tell Michelle.

- Yeah.

Caleb won't come in the car.

I tried the we're just gonna leave method.

He's just sitting up here on the slide.

I'm like, "Caleb, we're gonna leave,"

and he's like, "No, I don't care."

He's just playing.

So then I'm trying to chase him down,

and he's outsmarting me left and right.

Little bugger.

- Yeah.

(laughs)

- Here we go.

Here we go.

Here we go.

(sighs)

♫ You're low fat

♫ Well, I'm working on that

♫ Because I'm peanut butter

♫ And you are jelly

♫ And we're so happy

♫ On our little piece of bread

♫ You're so sweet

♫ And I'm chunky

♫ You're low fat

♫ Well, I'm working on that

All right, well, it's bed time.

J House out.

What's that all about?

Mwah!

Mwah!

(gentle music)

- Poopy.

- [Kendra] What are you laughing at?

- She saying

poopy.

- [Kendra] (laughs) Is that what she's reading?

- [Elise] Yeah.

Poopy. - Poopy.

- [Elise] (giggles) Poopy.