Never a dull moment

First it was Geisha women in the house now its Ghosts! And once again its always when they are way too quiet upstairs and I am busy "cleaning" up another mess downstairs that I always find them getting into something they shouldn't be. I knew this because NORMALLY they are fighting over something that the other one wants but this particular time they were laughing. They were laughing for awhile but I couldn't quite think of what they could be having so much fun over upstairs. I did a mental check in my head---bathroom doors locked....check. Powder bottle that fell behind the bed the night before.....Oh Shoot! I skipped every other step going up but it was WAY too late and so the pictures show the fun time they had.
The bottle was empty and here is where it ended up.
If any other mother has experienced this they know that powder does not stay where its "sprinkled".....it goes EVERYWHERE. There was a nice layer of "dust" all over the bed, pillows, furniture, down the hallway floors, in the bathroom and over into the other bed room. So, when I went to suck it up with the Dustbuster it started to just blow it out the back cause the Dustbuster canister was too full. UGH!
The best part to this story was that we had a real estate showing on the house within an HOUR!! Gotta love my life!

July Happenings

This month, once again, has flown by. Titi and Uncle Bill came to visit. I love how the girls havent seen Titi in months and they greet her as if she was here yesterday. Titi- I tried to call you on Friday but no answer. I'll try again tomorrow.
We always enjoy their visit cause Titi is entertainment for the girls for hours plus I was able to get outta the house for a couple of hours and run errands and best of all I get a freezer stocked full of the best home made eggrolls! Thank You Titi- we love when you visit- come anytime- Love you both!

July has been a busy month of YMCA workouts and pool time. The girls are getting more use to the "childcare" thing. Poor Trista's little lip quivers when I drop her off. But it only takes a few seconds and she is busy playing with all the kids. Its funny though cause as soon as I round the corner at the YMCA entrance she starts to say "no play kids, mommy" I tell them that I only ask for ONE hour(okay- sometimes 2 hours) a day and they are going to be just find playing with the kids!
I'm so glad they have each other though when I drop them off.
The adorable cupcakes you see is a cupcake class I took that was so much fun. We learned how to make pigs, dogs and.... kitty cats that you can't see cause the girls were already devouring them. We worked with fondant which I've never been a fan of but surprisingly it tasted pretty good and its come a long way since I last tasted it. The lady's who own the cake place gave us their homemade cupcake recipe and their butter cream frosting recipe- that was the best part.

Did I mention that I'm taking a second language course? Its called trying to learn twin talk. I have interpreted more words that NO ONE would know or figure out unless you were around the girls. My favorite is at night time when we are putting them down for bed they say "no key-do, mommy" which means NO CLOSE DOOR. I love all the new words they are learning and figuring out.

July 4th- 2011 and Family Visits

Chris and his girls! LOVE THIS PICTURE!
Sadie getting crushed ice with grapejuice after she got her first bee sting.



I actually thought I could get out of the two's with no marker/crayon madness. NOT.
These crazy 2 year olds. Turned my back for 10 minutes (to cook lunch) and knew they were way too quiet. Found them with the green crayon having their own art class on our french doors. I quickly fell in love with a cute little bald guy(not chris) name Mr. Clean(magic eraser). Those things are awesome. Took that stuff right off.
Its been fun weeks and weekends filled with the pool, the pool and the pool...oh and blueberry picking tomorrow.....then the pool:)
The girls spent three days with their second cousins over in Dyersburg, Tn and they always come back talking WAY more. And its such a nice little vacation for me cause they are entertained non stop...I LOVE IT!
All of us (jonathan and Angela, lara,stephen) were in town for various reasons and it was so nice for us all to be together. Mom got a much a needed break and went to Branson, MO with her sister and a friend from church. Lara flew in from Texas to "play" nurse for the week to give mom a break. The grandparents would LOVE for he to stay full time but Lara told them " you cant afford me, granddad"......I BET THEY COULD!:)

Never again....will I go.......to Target....

Trista is comfortable on her little step
Sadie loves swimming all around
Chris made the girls a Picnic Table! Thanks JUJU for the $$ to get the supplies! The love it.
and let them out of the buggy. What a nightmare. I know for a fact that people were staring at me. Now, I must say I have bragged a few times of how well behaved the girls are in public and for the most part they are. Yesterday in Target...they were good girls but I made the mistake of letting them out of the cart! They went running in different directions. They loved running thru, around and under the clothes racks! My reason for being there was to get a new swimsuit. The swimsuit topic could be used for another blog entirely for itself but for now I'm just gonna say...I found one.
I knew joining the YMCA would be great but I didn't anticipate it taking me an HOUR to get the girls up, fed, cleaned up, dressed and out the door!
Arrived there yesterday at the busiest hour 9:20(all the best classes starting) only to be turned away at the childcare door because there were too many kids and they had started a waiting list. Which brings me to my story of TARGET because I decided to run errands instead.
This morning, however, we were there by 9:15 and I made it to my 9:30 spin class. I was a happy camper.
Love the Dance it Up Class. It is awesome.
So back to my little crazy monkeys in target. I got the swimsuit, bought Sadie a new little floaty since her butt crack was showing thru the one that I bought at the yard sale last summer.....its what you get when you pay a $1.00!
They both like the water. Sadie jumps in and swims all over. Trista definitely more reserved- She's gonna take her time with it. I'm not gonna push her.
They are my busy bodies.
The last few times I've left them at the childcare at the Y Trista little lips starts to quiver and she does not want me to leave. She is a mama's girl. Sadie just looks at me as if to say- see ya in an hour,mom. Sadie could careless if I leave or not.
It breaks my heart to leave her. I know now why I could not drop them off at daycare.
Hoping to start them at Mothers Day Out in August for 1 or 2 days a week. We'll see how that goes!

Hot, Hot, Hot

TRISTA
SADIE
A picture where Mommy is actually in it.
The girls are 2.5 and I am thrilled that summer is here. Joined the YMCA last week and WOW! What is wrong with me? Why have I not done this sooner. I've thought about it for so long and just thinking about it made me exhausted. Get up, get fed, get dressed, get stuff together, get myself in gym attire,get in car, get out of car, dodge cars going into to Y since my children think they are invisible and just dart off in different directions, potty break THEN get to the Kids Childcare.
Take a breath....Did a one hour kick butt spin class, sweat like a pig, picked up the girls and took them to the pool for 2 hours.
Wait...it gets better.

Got a sun tan, had adult conversation with other bikini moms at the pool, came home, ate a snack AND the girls even walked up stairs to the room themselves crawled in bed and said "naptime, Mommy" YES!
Can I get a woop woop.

Sadie and Trista LOVE the pool. I was a prune yesterday from being in the water with them 3 hours. (and yes I put SPF 50 all over them, sister)They are quite confident with the water. Trista is a little more skeptical of it but once she see's Sadie she is usually right behind her.

THANK YOU JUJU FOR THEIR NEW SWIMSUITS and THANK YOU Lara (WAWA) for their YMCA POOL MEMBERSHIP!!

As always- the girls are head turners and show stoppers. Especially when they show up with matching shoes, swimsuit and cover up. And of course I'm their mom and I think their adorable. To top it all off the childcare lady said and I quote "wish all the kids here behaved as well as them, they were so good"
Ahhh- music to my ears and absolutely made my day.
Now, tomorrow may be a different story but with twins I focus on one day at at time.