An Eggstra Wet Easter Weekend

Baby England, Cousin Preston, Sadie(pink top) Trista(white top)
Easter egg hunt tradition was at the Carters and we made it just in time before the down pour of rain. They loved collecting all the eggs this year. Erin made the girls their adorable dresses from Tshirts.
They all had so much fun. Thank you to Juju for their bunnies, chocolates, edible fruit bouquet, sun dresses and shoes- LOVE THEM. Thank you to Mimi for their bubbles and Seasame Street DVD's-they will love it!

Peas and Gummy Bears do the tango

WIKIPEDIA SAYS....The gummi bear originated in Germany, where it is popular under the name Gummibär (help·info) (rubber bear) or Gummibärchen (help·info) (little rubber bear). Hans Riegel Sr., a candy maker from Bonn, started the Haribo company in 1920. In 1922, he invented the Dancing Bear,[1] a fruit-flavored gum made in the shape of a bear.[2] The success of the Dancing Bear's successor would later become Haribo's world-famous Gold-Bears candy product in 1967.

SADIE: SEE THEM PEAS?
NOW YOU DON'T
TRISTA
Chris and I are 100% sure these are our kids but to turn down certain foods we've at times wondered. Sadie will hold the peas in the front of her mouth and chew on them for literally 10 minutes. Come to find out, Chris use to do the same thing! It's not usually habit that we have dessert after meals but this particular time I had, the one and only of course, HARIBO Gold Bears- my absolute favorite!
Although I hate to revert to spanking if they don't eat their veggies(mean mommy, I know) the Gummy Bears were a great motivation and as you can see no hesitation on throwin em back with the peas!

I love to eat therefore I must run!

CHICAGO MARATHON 2007 26.2 MILES
Training Partner: Angela Thurmond. Only trained up to 18 miles.

If 30,000+ people doesn't motivate you I don't know what will.




This post isn't about the girls. Being a new mom and with that has come lots of adjustments and sacrifices that somewhere along the way I have focused all my attention and energy on the girls/family that I have forgotten to take the time to think about myself.
So...I'm being a little selfish and this post is about ME!

The second most rewarding thing I've done in my life, besides being a mom, was completing the Chicago Marathon. I don't even remember my time but that doesn't matter...I FINISHED and I'm proud of that!
I use to work with a girl in Florida that told me, "I only run if someone is chasing me." That was one of the many things I loved about Florida, the Greenways, tons of running events and great weather. Florida is where my running obsession started. I guess I should stop right there. I really am not running. I'm a jogger. I'm not speedy but I'm not slow either.. as Goldilocks would say "just right"
I always use to find it humorous that I would pay money to put myself thru grueling running events whether it was rain, HOT Florida sun or freezing my butt off at the Disney half marathon in 2005. I have to constantly remind myself that I really won't "run" unless I am training for something. I literally have to PAY someone or some organization in order to motivate myself to get out and pound the pavement. Crazy, I know but that's what works for me.... home gyms DON'T.
So I was thinking back and I cant even tell you how many running events I've done. My favorite one was the Celebration run and that's because it always had the best long sleeve Tshirts and great snacks at the end. See......I love to eat therefore I must run!
So here's what brings me to my post. I actually loved the first 15 months of having the twins cause I could eat whatever I wanted and counted climbing the stairs everyday as my cardio. They sucked all the fat off me. It was awesome... until I stopped nursing and that quickly changed. Yowzers! Why didn't any nursing mom of twins warm me of this? Probably cause there are so few mom's of twins that actually nurse their babies. Why didn't anyone tell me that I needed to start exercising again after kids....GEEZ! The pounds crept on slowly as I began to wean from three feedings to two feedings, to one feeding and then cold turkey just stopped. I put on almost 20 lbs. What was I thinking? Okay, so I'm getting a little personal. I am proud to say that I'm down 15 lbs, 1 dress size and I have 10 more pounds to go. My secret......RUN! I always have the best results when I am jogging or training for something. I have no desire to do another marathon but I will stick to my 10K's and maybe even add a few more 1/2's to my list. Best advice is get a partner. Not necessarily saying you have to run right next to them but have someone to run with, to make you get out there. I have Erin in the AM, Erica in the PM and my good ole faithful IPOD all the other times.

Back in the saddle again...my first 6.2 mile PURITY DAIRY run is this Saturday-be thinking of me!

Two Years, Three months and Sassy!

These TWO smiles is what being a mom is all about. It makes it all worth it.
Don't they look like mischief?! This was tonight right before bedtime.

Many hands make light work........sometimes:)

Sadie and Trista have decided that 13 hours of sleep was way too much for two very busy toddlers so they've been getting up at 7:00am instead of 8:00.
I told Chris that our "Sit and Sip" time is going to have to start at 6am instead of 7am.
Three days out of Chris's 4 day work week he's up, showered and out of the house by 4am but the other days of the week we get up to "sit and sip" and enjoy a quiet house before my crazy day begins.

Yesterday morning they were unusually busy. I guess not "unusually busy" cause after all they are 2! My friend stopped by and while we were talking down stairs Sadie and Trista were upstairs powdering their entire body in the bathroom.(we've been locking our bedroom door but this morning I had forgotten)
I removed them from the mess, graciously said goodbye to my friend and thought I'll dust buster it up later
I moved them downstairs and tried to distract them with all their toys in the rec room only to find them 15 minutes later giggling hysterically in the pantry. ( I had been typing an email from my phone to a prospective Real Estate customer-trying to multitask here, people!) I had to find out what was so funny. They had opened and dumped out an entire bag of buckwheat flour that Chris had brought home from work the day before. My thoughts of the aroma of buttermilk buckwheat pancakes went out the window. So I removed them from that mess AND while vacuuming up the flour in the pantry, which took about 10 minutes, I found Sadie pulling all the stuffing out of the back of the pillow from the couch. At that point I threw my hands up and said "What is going on?" I felt like I was having a Denice the Menace moment.
Wish I had captured all those moments on film but my OCD kicked into overdrive and I just started cleaning it up. However, I did catch all these moments of them hard at work.


7AM: Wake up to OJ sipping
7:15 Feed Rocky
7:30 Eat Breakfast and take dishes to the sink
7:45 sip on bit more of OJ
7:50 Do a load of Laundry
8AM Morning visit to Mr. Frog(the potty) and wash hands
PS. MOMMY IS HAPPY AGAIN CAUSE SHE FOUND THE CAMERA!