Wednesday, April 1, 2009

It's a Twin thing

Last night, I stayed up past my bedtime to work on organizing all the clothes the girls had grown out of.  I was really bad about just throwing them (literally throwing) into the guestroom closet.  The pile got a little out of control.  Anyhow, I came across a box of their keepsakes from when they were born and found a card that Tiffany Bucci gave me when the girls were born.  Tiffany has twin boys.  She made the card and had pasted this poem in it.

A Mother of Twins Truly Understands...

...two minds working together really are better than one. 

...the true meaning of "seek and destroy".

...there is no such thing as a quick errand.

...surround sound takes on a whole new meaning.

...twins are the only time a four feet addition can make your house seem smaller.

...watching two babies sleeping in identical positions is awesome.

...if you want an honest answer from your toddler twins as to which one put the gold fish in the potty...you will probably never know.

...four pattering feet followed by four twinkling eyes is an amazing way to wake up.

...trying to keep your house clean with toddler twins is like shoveling snow in a blizzard.

...two cups of the same color with the same juice are completely different...her's is better.

...there is no arguing between grandmothers, because they each have a baby to hold.

...two at a time may be a little more challenging, but it's a whole lot more fun!

This afternoon Emma woke up from her nap first. I got her out of the pack n play and started putting away the case of diapers.  When I came out of the room I found Emma sitting at the door to her room waiting for Madi.  I ran down stairs as fast as I could to grab the camera.  As soon as I took the picture of her sitting down she of course started moving. 

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Monday, March 30, 2009

Playing Outside

I have tried to take every opportunity to get the girls outside to play when it is possible (a little tough in the NW).  Yesterday, I took the girls to the park in the afternoon, they were cranky and needed out of the house.  While we were gone, Daddy cleaned up the back yard and set up the play structure/slide thing we inherited from the cousins.  The girls love it.  We even took the computer outside to Skype with BB so she could watch them go down their new slide.IMG_8398_edited-1

Madi loves the swings, and yes, Elmo made it to the park with us.  IMG_8450 

Emma loves the slides, unfortunately the slides and swings aren't super close.

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The girls Skyping with BB on the bench in the backyard.IMG_8535

Madi is giving BB a kiss.  She actually kisses the little camera.  It's super cute.  IMG_8512

On the new toy, it's a hit.

This morning I took the girls down to the community center by our house in hopes of having a little indoor playtime away from home.  As soon as the girls got out of the car they saw the big play structure behind the center and watched a little boy run straight for it.  Before I could stop them, they were off running right behind him.  Turns out the building was closed and since we were there, I let the girls play for a while.  We were prepared for indoor play, but not the outdoors; we had no jackets and the girls were wearing dresses.   Thankfully they had on hooded sweaters and baby legs to give them a little warmth.  I don't think they cared too much, but I was freezing.IMG_8558_edited-1

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Scooting down the front steps.  They love going to and from the car all by themselves.

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Emma climbing the rope ladder.  Not an easy thing to do at any age, but she was determined at 20 months.  She is the adventurous one.IMG_8655_edited-1 Playing peek-a-boo in the backyard while Madi was still napping.IMG_8661_edited-1

Saturday, March 28, 2009

First Year Blog Books

A long while ago, I started creating a book of the girls' first year of life using the posts from our blog. I finally finished them and got them ordered. They arrived two weeks ago and I am so pleased with how they turned out.


Bookworms and artists

The girls still love their books.  The other day they sat down together on the door mat and started reading to each other.  I should have gotten the video camera out, it was really cute listening to them make up the stories in their little language.

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The girls love to color.  I decided to see how they would do with markers.  The only markers besides Sharpies we have are hi-lighters. Madi enjoyed painting her face bright yellow.  IMG_8341 Click on this one to blow it up and get the full yellow effect, in her mouth, above her lip and in her ear. 

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Movin' On Up

Last night Daddy put the girls to bed then came down stairs and asked if I could remove the toddler rail from the cribs.  Emma discovered she could stand on it and climb over to the other bed.  So instead of removing just the rail, we took apart both cribs/beds completely and put the twin mattress in their room instead.  Now the girls are sharing a big girl bed and LOVE it.  IMG_8267 IMG_8272 IMG_8273

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Oh, I'm in trouble

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Emma heading south down the sidewalk

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Madi heading north.

Yesterday after school we came home and I got the girls out of the car.  They love climbing up the front steps all by themselves.  I had my camera with me so started taking pictures and then they decided to go for a walk, in two different directions.  I have a feeling this will occur more frequently over the next few years.  (Thankfully, they aren't that fast yet and the camera makes them look a lot further away then they really were.) 

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Emma climbing the front steps, such a big girl.

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Madi had so much fun bouncing on the zebra at Amy's on Wednesday, she let us take it home for a while. 

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Madi has some of the greatest expressions.