what we've been up to...

Now that the boys are so much older, they've been becoming more and more independent. It's a good thing, however, sometimes this is what happens:

Yes, he's ready for anything now.

(I think it's Andrew, but at this angle it's hard to tell.)

The boys got some playdoh for Christmas and their birthday, and have been having fun with it!

They like to open and close the cans and take the playdoh in and out.

The boys do NOT like to wear pants.

This is new. I'm not a fan because when they have their pants off, they want their diapers off. When the diapers are off, inevitably someone will potty on something - either by accident or just for fun!

They LOVE to dress themselves.

They put on their own hats and mittens often inside the house.

Only it's hard to eat their favorite snack with mittens on.

Yes folks, the snack of choice around here is bread.

One piece of bread.

Weird.

Here's Andrew playing piano.

Hat on of course.

Helping mom put away the paper.

Luke dressing himself.

He's getting really good at it!

Coloring.

On paper - this time.

We've had some wonderful wall decorations and window decorations courtesy of the boys' artistic attempts.

Reading books with Dad.

"Pig a Pancake" is the new favorite around here.

And puzzles.

Andrew is some kind of puzzle savant.

Really. He is a crazy person with the puzzles and is really good at them.

So that's what we've been doing.

I was home with the boys last week and it was a week of ups and downs.

Ups: Spending actual time with my kids, playing, and having actual time to get things done.

Downs: FIGHTING! AHHHHH! I can't handle the fighting over everything. yikes!

But, now I'm back at work, and they are back at Tami's playing with their friends, and they are pretty happy about that!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful baby boys today!!

I can't believe that they are 2 years old already!

Let's see, what have we accomplished in the past 2 years...

We got to hold our two tiny babies!

(it was actually not the day they were born - that day we couldn't hold them at all)

Lucas (on the right) was 4 lbs. Andrew (left) was 4 lbs. 1 oz.

They had lots and lots of tubes.

We brought them home, fattened them up and made them tell each other secrets

(or try to eat each other...)

We played and played.

We made them sleep outside.

Not really - we thought sledding would be fun. Which, it's not too fun when you can't really walk.

But, they started to LOVE to play outside.

We played outside as much as we could with 2 crazy kids!

And now look at them. All big and stuff.

Happy Birthday Boys!!

mmmm....chocolate

Having twins means entertaining all. the. time.

So, in the spirit of keeping these guys busy, we made chocolate cupcakes.

Vegan, of course.

They were yummy.

Obviously.

games twins play

I got this idea from another blogger. If you have twins, you need to check her out. If you don't have twins, you should check her out anyway. She's funny.

Game # 1: Ready? GO!

In this game the boys take turns getting into running position and yelling "Readyyyyyy? GO!", then run as fast as they can towards the other one. They pause and give the other one a turn. It usually ends when something breaks or falls over or when Luke starts coughing uncontrollably and I make them stop the game. Thanks to my mom for teaching them this game.

Game # 2: Put Away

In 'Put Away' the boys dump all the toys we own in a pile on the floor and then put them away. Sometimes other stuff gets put away too. Cups get put away inside boxes and forgotten about for a few days. That's gross.

Game # 3: Baby Eden Cry

Baby Eden is at daycare. In this game, players shrilly scream at the top of their lungs and then say "Shhh, Baby Eden Cry". And do it again.

Baby Eden Cry gives me a headache.

Game # 4: Do you wanna.....?

This game is played with Daddy. NOT Mommy, only Daddy. Daddy asks the boys if they wanna do things like "do you wanna touch the wall?" and the boys reply "No wall."

"Do you wanna put your socks away?" "No socks".

The game either ends when someone wants to do something or dad says, "Do you wanna get THROWN ON THE COUCH!" and the boys get tossed onto the couch and laugh until it starts again.

Game # 5: Swing from the chandelier

This is self-explanatory, and no, I am not kidding.

Happy Ween!!

The boys are a little confused with "Happy (Hallo)Ween" and "Happy Birthday", but in their defense, it is their aunt's birthday today, and we were singing happy birthday to her all weekend.

So, we were excited for Halloween and going trick or treating, but the boys had other plans...

Luke did NOT want to be a skunk!

It was proving to be very difficult wrestling them into their costumes and keeping hats and tails attached in order to take a picture.

So I did what any good mother would do, and bribed them with M&Ms.

Which did the trick, of course. Who can resist M&Ms??

They stayed in the costumes long enough for a short photo shoot.

They have LOVED handing out candy to kids and are running around the house yelling "DING DONG!" every 3 minutes.

When the doorbell rings, they race to the door and hand the kids candy.

Our first trick or treater was a witch, so we (idiots) said "Bye Witch!".

Now the boys give every kid a piece of candy and yell "BYE BITCH!"

poopoo why

I've done a bad thing.

I have introduced my boys to the television.

It was an honest mistake - I dvr'd a show for them that we used to watch before naptime in the summer. I thought it would be a great time-filler for those 10 minutes I need to slap supper together or sit in a quiet room by myself.

I should have known.

I'm a tv addict, what did I expect? (p.s. Luke even sits in my favorite spot on the couch and covers his lap with my blanket when he watches tv - hmmm he must have seen that somewhere).

Now all I hear, all day long is "Poopoo why?" (Super Why for those of you that don't speak toddler).

"Mom, poopoo why?"

"Mom! Poopoo"

"Mom!!"

"Momomomomomom."

"PEEESE??"

Then when I finally buckle and give in (which doesn't take much with those sweet voices, excellent speech skills and giant blue eyes) I want to rip my ears off of my head when that stupid theme song begins.

And yet they are so happy...

Thanks a lot, poopoo why.

so why am I so busy?

So, I'm busy. I'll get to that at a later date, but right now I'll give ya a couple of clips on why I'm busy:


Above the boys are playing with my work itouch.
I don't know if you all know, but I have a new job this year - Assistive Technology.
It basically means I have to figure out if kids need technology to meet goals and what to do if that is the case. So, for work I have an itouch. The video above is me demonstrating how to use an itouch in therapy for children ages birth to three.

Then this happens:



And finally...




So now you know why I'm busy. New job, loud kids, crazy life...