09/27/2026
Today I woke up thinking, “What a beautiful day! We’ll run a few errands, enjoy some family time, open the shop, and have a nice peaceful Sunday.” And for a little while… IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED!!!
Matthew didn’t wake up talking about Perry, Hillary, magical yellow doors, missing mascots, or whatever other 3D printed nonsense is normally happening in his head. The boys were being sweet. Everybody was behaving.
I should’ve known it was a trap.
We’re walking through the store when, completely out of nowhere, Matthew stops and says:
“I wanna buy a zoo.”
EXCUSE ME?!
Without hesitation I said, “NO SIR.”
This grown man stopped in the middle of the aisle, looked at me like he had been preparing for this exact moment, and said: “Well… we knew you were gonna say no… so we made our own 3D printed zoo.”
WE?!?! WHO IS WE?!
Apparently my husband and our collection of tiny plastic animals have been making business decisions. At this point I think I need to ground my grown husband from Homemade Haven because I already know how this ends.
Matthew: “Wouldn’t a little zoo be cute?”
One of our creative vendors: “Say less.”
Next thing I know there’s gonna be giraffes on the register, penguins running concessions, Perry selling tickets, Hippo Hillary giving unauthorized zoo tours, and Matthew standing behind the Yellow Door yelling:
“WELCOME TO HAVEN ZOO!”
Someone PLEASE stop encouraging this man... Actually… don’t... Because now I kinda wanna see what happens.
So I have attached some of the amazing creations of what The Haven Zoo could possibly look like.