Easter, Art Work and Spring Fever

HAPPY EASTER!!

There is something about rice krispie treats that make you feel like a kid again. And so tasty too! Up at 4am to make these little egg baskets for the girls school. I dyed coconut for the straw and put PB M&M's in the "nest". Then I crammed RKTreat in a large plastic egg as the mold, made an indention and put a PB M&M inside and then closed it up. thanks for the idea, sister:)

 FUN SCHOOL ART WORK

AND SPRING FEVER!

The girls are LOVING school! The teachers are fabulous,the teachers hug them when they leave everyday with an occasional kiss that Sadie insists on giving. She can be so independent and not need you one minute and so loving the next!

If I haven't said it yet....I LOVE THIS AGE!! All the moms of multiples use to tell me that 4 is a good age and indeed it is. Just a few snap shots of the crafts they do at school. I love the hand print ones. I can tell already that I am going to need a second file folder just to hold it all. 

Roll playing is a big deal right now. And very serious about it too. One day they were Venice and Carrie and they wouldnt even answer to their real names, then the next day one is England(sadie talks like a baby for a week after being around her:) and on many occasions one is Kelly, the dog and Trista is usually the master! They play mommy and baby a lot. They hold each other(funny to see cause they are the same size), feed each other, push each other in the "baby" stroller-- that would be a stroller that fits a baby doll NOT a human- the poor wheels on that thing are about to bust.  And occasionally I will catch them changing each others diaper...hmmmm!

They play for hours, I mean hours by themselves. They crack me up the conversations they have. The other day I asked Trista what her puppys name was and she said, "Vagina." Alrighty then!

They remind me every morning to give them their vitamins. They are growing like weeds-        inches and weigh   lbs. They love to sing and dance. Trista your favorite vegetable is cucumbers, edammame, peas, green beans and broccoli . Sadie....if I threaten your life you will eat Carrots but you do like and are willing eat peas, broccoli and corn on the cob. That is corn on the cob not off the cob. Can we say particular?;)

OUR GIRLY GIRLS!!

Sadie-L     Trista- R

They love their nails painted(Wacky sock day for school if you didnt notice)

I am so ready for SPRING. I can almost feel it in the air. I saw the biggest ferns at WalMart the other day and I am ready to plant flowers, hang ferns and  get dirty in the garden. Looking forward to fresh basil, tomatoes, cucumbers and veggies. The wind was crazy the other day so we decided to bust out the KITE that Mimi and Papa Tom got them for Easter. I'll admit it right now, I don't know if I have patience for kite flying especially on a day like Sunday when the wind would change directions every few seconds and not to mention that is was 40 degrees outside. We'll try again on a warmer, sunny day because the girls LOVED doing it! The girls Easter basket which is a product in the making will have a garden tool set because that's what they requested from the Easter Bunny. I think they believe more in the Easter bunny than they do Santa. To tell or not to tell? Nah, they'll figure it out one day! 

So, they also requested candy, chocolate, cotton candy....can we say Sweet tooth!?! They requested a Frisbee, garden tools(gloves, watering can,rake and shovel) and a kick ball!
Thank you JUJU and PAPA, MIMI and PAPA TOM for all their Easter Goodies, they love their packages and goodies BUT they especially LOVE YOU!

Happy Egg Hunting!

A quick trip to see the Fam

As always the trip to Dyersburg was enjoyable. Mom....I dont know how you do it. They are definitely FULL time work! The girls LOVED playing with Venice and Carrie and getting to see Great Grandmom and Granddad, Papa and Juju. Thank you mom! Love you

 JUDY AND JIM aka Juju and Papa

 Grandmother: Venice Sweet Thurmon

 and Granddad: Roy B. Thurmon           Celebrated their 75th last year!

Just a few pics from the weekend.

First day at MDO/School. They were so excited!

Did I cry? No. Did I feel emotional? yes. I wasn't sad to see them go I was just emotional because its been a long 4 years of hard work and its the first time I've left them in someone elses care/influence that I don't really know. They have been talking about it for a week. Right now they are only there one day a week for 5 hours and in May will start 2 days a week. They are taught a basic Pre K curriculum which should have them ready for Kindergarten by the time they are 6.5. Their teacher is Ms. Erica and Leslie. Quite a few of the teachers are at the YMCA childcare so they knew a lot of familiar faces right away. I was glad for that. 

I will say this, five hours is not all that much time BUT cleaning the house and it staying clean for more than 10 minutes is so WONDERFUL! I will be back and sales meetings at CL on Tuesday which will be nice because I haven't been able to go in 4 years. They had no problem saying goodbye and putting their lunch bag in their cubbie. I am glad I waited as long as I did. They were more than ready. 

 Sadie on Left
Trista on Right

 In your lunch I packed you a p&B jelly sandwhich on homemade breakfast bread, a individually wrapped prune, carrots for Sadie and Trista wanted cucumbers and pretzel sticks and your Lighting McQueen water bottles.

 Silly Trista crossing her eyes.

Trista washing the dishes

Trista one day said she wanted to wash the dishes. Up until now they really couldn't reach the kitchen faucet but since they are such "big girls" they want to try and wash their own plate. Well, go right ahead, Missy. I'M NOT GOING TO STOP YOU!!
She washed all these dishes herself. I'm so proud of you Trista.
They had their second teeth cleaning and were cavity free. SURPRISE....since they LOVE GUM and candy.
And they had their 4 year check up with Dr. Patterson and they are growing good. Both are in the 75% for their height. Trista you are a whopping 38 lbs and Sadie you are 37 lbs (always been one pound smaller since the day you were born) Trista and Sadie you are both 41 inches tall but I still think Sadie might be a tad shorter.

They didn't have to get any shots but next year they will get THREE. Better plan a big ice cream day for sure for that one.
You both are good eaters. I would like Sadie to eat a little more green items but she is warming up to more things and I'm not going to stress over it. They both love olives, edammame, broccoli and carrots.
Peas are not really your favorite but every now and then you will both want to impress us at dinner and you'll both eat lettuce or a spinach leaf.

You both are growing up so fast. I am noticing less fighting and more sharing.  We love you!!

Pizza! Pizza! And its not Little Ceasars

Better get this out of the way first. No I did not just by pass Christmas pictures and go straight to 2013 happenings. I completely forgot to take the camera to Dyersburg AND SO.....I have no pictures to share from our 2012 Christmas Festivities. I am glad I did take the ones in TX so that will have to do.

Mom, Aunt Faye and Aunt Camille slaved in the kitchen, serving gourmet meals...truly gourmet cause you'd pay a fortune to eat like we do in Dyer Co.... which is home of the Jimmy Dean Sausage plant if I might add:)  What better way to socialize and celebrate than with FOOD! We do eat good when we visit the Dyersburg compound.

Endless fruit salad, biscuits, cashew gravy, - which is SO delicious, striples(striplettes as gdad carlson would call them), gluten free and reg. homemade pancakes made from scratch and SO healthy- that were delicious. Waldorf salad (my favorite--only eat it 2X a year if that), oh and did I mention Tom Kai Soup and stir fry Asian pancit noodles--mom you make the best!!! Thank you for all your hard work, for all the wonderful Christmas gifts- the girls have all 100 pieces spread thru-out the house;) and for our loot and GC for date night which WE LOVE to get.

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So, now on to 2013 happenings!

Looking back not that much as changed in the way of how many meals I cook/prepare and clean up in a day- usually about 3 meals and 3 snacks a day.I am trying to eliminate so much snacking. 1. Its expensive to buy all those little snackies and 2. its more work for me. So far I've managed to cut out the morning snack because usually I am at the gym from about 9-10:30 or 11 and by the time I run errands and get home they are STARVING and they eat a good lunch. If I have to run errands there is the constant begging for Taco Bell or Sonic while we are out. Yes...I'll confess Wacky Pack Wednesday at Sonic does make eating on the go nice but I do consider it a treat because I only do it when I'm desperate-- Like the other day when I had to show houses. Whats does a working mom of 2 do that does not have my kids in MDO? I buy a Wacky Pack meal at Sonic, put on a movie and let them stay in the car while I showed 3 houses last week:) That is getting much better btw, the older they get. I know I am rambling but this is the point I was trying to make. 

Last night Chris had to go across town to help a friend so it was going to be just me and the girls for dinner. I wasn't all that hungry AND the thought of my bazillion calories consumed over the weekend was looming over me I decided I'd eat popcorn later and just do dinner for the girls. I thought it would be fun to have them make their own personalized pizza. They both cut up the olives, ( I told them they had to pick one veggie they wanted on their pizza; so they picked olives. Does that count?) with a knife all by themselves. i thought we were going to be here all night because they took such careful measures making sure each olive was put on one by one its own little individual space and the sauce had to be smeared just right. Finally they were done (with a little help from me getting them in a nice circular shape;) and we baked them. Of course I got to try it! What else does a mother do? We eat the leftovers and scraps.....least I do!!