The actress and husband Marco Perego share three children: twins Cy and Bowie, 9, and Zen, 7
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Zoë Saldaña is opening up about how hard it is for her to be away from her kids while working.
The Guardians of the Galaxy star, 46, shared a post on Instagram on Tuesday, Oct. 15, celebrating working mothers around the world and her own “sacrifice” for her three sons, twins Cy and Bowie, 9, and Zen, 7, who she shares with husband Marco Perego. The actress posted an adorable throwback snap of herself and her twins backstage.
While painted green and dressed in her full Gamora get-up, Saldaña can be seen handing Cy and Bowie their bottles as they sit on set in matching pajamas.
“Being on the road is hard when you’re away from your children,” she wrote in her caption. “To all the moms out there making the ultimate sacrifice for their dreams. Those dreams are their’s too! Trust the process… #momlife.”
Back in March, the Marvel star opened up to PEOPLE about life as a mom to three boys, sharing that video games have become something they all have been enjoying together.
“A big part of parenting is nurturing their curiosity, fostering their opinions, and meeting them where they’re at. So when my kids started to express interest in video games, I knew it was something we couldn’t ignore,” said Saldaña.
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“The boys now are going to school and all of their friends are gaming, so every time they would come home they were just like, ‘Why can’t we do it? Why can’t we do it?’ They have certain needs and if I’m not meeting them, they do feel that they’re left behind and they do feel that they’re isolated at school.”
“So it was important my husband and I figured out a way to not only make it positive but to make it a family activity,” she added. “That’s why we’re all playing together. They’re not just in a corner, sucked into a screen; we’re all involved.”
She admitted to PEOPLE that parenting three boys is “a workout,” but the household is “a lot of fun” when they all play together. “It is a loud household when we’re playing on the weekends, it’s very very loud,” she said. “But it’s the kind of noise that I like to hear.”