Thursday, May 27, 2010

Just add water!





Here are some pics from our recent Parksville Trip. It was raining so we are all got totally soaked while playing between the sandbars when the tide went out. We didn't even bring the camera for this shoot so these are taken from Baby Daddy's phone. The Bean was the most adventurous and scared me to death by catching a crab in a clamshell. More holiday photos to follow....









Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Happy Elmo Day

On Mother's day I tried to get the guys to say Happy Mother's Day, but they didn't totally get it. What they did get was that it was going to be a Happy Elmo Day and they still keep saying this over and over again. Happy. Elmo. Day. I bought the tickets to Sesame Street Live months ago and thought this would be a perfect way to spend my time with the boys on my 2nd official day for moms. It actually was amazing! They sat in awe as the real Elmo and Abby Cadabby crossed the stage. Goober waved until I thought his hand would fall off. They are going to be concert junkies.

Goober and Dad-this is minutes before the spectacle began. Goober isn't sure what to expect. I was a little worried here that this whole idea would be a big FAIL. Seconds later, the lights went off, the music started and my little boy was in Elmoland and didn't want to leave. It was a little cold in the stadium but he didn't want to put his sweatshirt on to cover his Cookie shirt. This is a boy who definitely knows what he wants.

Bean was entranced from the start. When the characters started to prance on stage he decided to give up his own seat to hang out on my lap. But this was pretty much the look for the whole show.

At intermission a bouquet of Elmo balloons like something out of the Times Square Macys' parade was marched out in front of all the kids. We were not one of the suckers who bought the balloons for their screaming toddlers, but we were pretty close. We were saved only by the louder screams of the dozen or so children who had the balloons but lost them within seconds to the ceiling of the stadium. Not cool Sesame.Me somewhat teary eyed with my grown up toddler boys. Yes, I teared a little when I realized that they were loving this moment. They are definitely growing into little guys with likes, dislikes and even LOVES. Man, these guys are turning me into a bigger sap than I ever thought I'd be.

Goober and I on the corner of Everett and 123 Sesame Street.
Here are more pics from my day and from the past couple weeks. I have downloaded a ton more but I really wanted to get my mom's day post up before June. So instead of giving them their own post, here's my bunch of pics:
Mom's day at the zoo-we ran into another set of twins from our twin momma's group. Hope y'all out there had a lovely day too! I know you ladies deserve it:)
Goober and Bean offering me hope that one day they'll come and read the info about the animals at the zoo.
My baby and his model face. What a ham!
Just proof that my hubby and I can clean up nice when we need too. We had an event for BabyDaddy's work. I thought the juxtaposition of our outfits and the rest of our room just proved what posers we really are...
I bought the splat mat and it is saving my floor. For anyone curious-it's by sugar booger.
Bean talking on the phone to Grandma and Grandpa.
Goober on the other line.
We went to the opening of the West Entrance at the zoo. Goober was doing fine with the giant penguin until it started talking. Bean pretending to be a meerkat.
Checking out our fish at the penguin exhibit.
Me trying to attempt the baby on the shoulders position.
Bean tasting the chocolate
and blueberry muffins.

Bean found my hat and modeled it for me.
I can't get enough of watching them play with their little lego and Fisher Price people. It's so precious!

I bought them a kitchen and it came broken so they turned it into a mock outhouse. If you look closely, Bean is sitting on a pot inside what is supposed to be the stove. Hopefully this means potty training may be okay.
They're getting the hang of filling gas.
We had a visit from Uncle Royce and Auntie Jo.

We rode the monorail.

And here is one of our favorite free aquariums. Thank you Petcetera!
And this post was brought to you by the letter U and the number 5.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Bunny Visit and Easter Recap

Have you ever noticed that the year goes by in a blur of one holiday celebration mixed into the next so there's always something to look forward to and something to be excited about it? I didn't really appreciate this until this year with the toddlers being so excited about EVERYTHING! They even like silly bunny shapes made out of cheese. We started Easter off with a visit from some bunnies thanks to Brooke, one of the boys' babysitters. We talked about it for the week before the visit. When the day finally came, the boys knew something was up.
Here they are when the cage got set up:


What does Brooke have in the box?
Bunnies!
Goober was ecstatic...usually he is a little more hesitant around animals. He was all over these bunnies though.Feeding the bunnies some treats.

Bean in the cage:
Goober in the cage:




Goober playing show and tell with the bunnies. He brought them a book and their life-size daschund toy. I think Dashy scared the bunnies.No don't go!

Bye bye Brooke and bunnies:
Great Auntie Pearl and my cousin L also stopped in for a visit over Easter weekend. We didn't get many pictures but we did manage to get one of L with her hands full.And we got pictures of the boys in the awesome Olympic towels Great Auntie Pearl brought. Thanks a ton-here's Miga!
And Quatchi....

We continued the festivities with a trip to the zoo with Grandma and Grandpa J for their Bunny Bounce. It was freezing cold so we had a short hunt but it was so neat to see the boys hunt for eggs with other toddlers.


One of the best things about twins is that there is plenty of toddler to go around when people visit. Grandpa J looks more comfortable in this photo


than in this one where Goober is trying to rip his face off...er I mean hug his head nicely and help Grandpa smile.
Group shot with the Easter Bunny. I always pictured him a little plumper with all those candy filled eggs he leaves. There were no tears though so maybe there is hope for Santa this year.
We wrapped our Easter weekend up with a visit from the Easter Bunny on Sunday morning. The boys were quite adept at finding eggs at this point and this year the Easter Bunny snuck some m and m's in with the bunny ohs and other healthy treats. YUM! We also had a lovely visit with Grandma and Grandpa P but no pics so we'll just have to shout out a hello and make sure we get some next time! (Grandpa P-please send pics!) Here is one tired Goober after all the Easter festivities. (He is actual faking-this is his nene face.)

Happy Easter! I think this one was my best one yet:)