More Toddler Antics

My toddler has been up to it again. One twin was sleeping and it was time to eat so I fed the one who was awake. Then the other twin woke up. I put the fed one out on the floor where my son was watching "Little Einstein". I was just finishing nursing the 2nd baby when I heard the 1st baby screaming. I hurried out to the family room. My son was trying to put his sister into the baby swing. But as he tried to put her in, the swing would go back and then come forward hitting the baby in the head.  

 As I went to save her I realized the entire floor was COVERED in Cheerios. Oh joy. At first I tried to have my son clean them up. But that didn't last long. He had started picking them up and then throwing them back on the floor. I put him in time-out for the whole ordeal, while I cleaned it up. Every time he asked if he could get out of time-out, he was told he could if he cleaned up the mess. Finally he  agreed to clean up the mess.

By then I had swept up all the Cheerios. So to get out of time-out he had to pick up all the toys on the floor. (He had also dumped out the toy box.) I wasn't mad at him, I wasn't angry, instead I was more in shock. It was a waste of an almost full box of Cheerios.

Are we Twins or what- 8months

On the same day the girls turned 8months we went out for a picnic.

 

 We played on the playground.

and played on the grass

 and had a grand time. 

My girls are cute as buttons.

Are we Twins or what.

Looks Who's Crawling

Both girls are crawling and moving around. They are all over the place. I'm in trouble now. Rose is the better crawler. Good thing I have a baby gate. I was just getting to the point where me might as well take down the baby gate. A few people asked why I hadn't, my answer was that before I knew it I would need it there for the girls. And here we are with them only 8 months old and I NEED the gate there.

Mischievious Toddler

I took this photo a few minutes before hilarity ensued.

Rose had followed Al into his room, as you can see from the photo all is going well. So I went to try to get some things done. After a few minutes there was silence. I went down the hall, they weren't in the bedroom anymore. They had gone down to the bathroom, either Al had carried her or she crawled after him. As I started down the hall, Al came running out and tried to stop me saying "no mommy, no" That's when I knew I wasn't going to like what was in that bathroom. Al had given her a "bath" using the toilet water. He took the bucket we use to bathe him and had pulled the water out of the toilet. Then had scrubbed her head with the baby shampoo. So Rose was on the floor, happy has a bug, sopping wet, fully dressed, covered in shampoo. I wanted to yell at him and laugh at the same time. I couldn't find my camera (funny since I had just used it). I cleaned Rose all up and we went to where Nellie was through all this. Al picked up Nellie and said "she needs a bath". 

New Dress

At DI I found a dress. I rarely find good items that fit me at thrift stores. I was thrilled to find something that actually made me feel like I didn't look pregnant. I feel so fat. I am trying to loose the weight. Last time I lost the weight after the birth of my son only through diet. It took loosing 55 lbs to get to the point where I was fitting into clothes I was fitting into before I became pregnant with my son. I had only gained 13 lbs with my son. It really depressed me. This time around I am starting to exercise, focusing on cardio and strength training (with more on abdominal strength training). My goal is to fit into clothes sooner than 55 lbs, and eventually loose the 60+ lbs I'm overweight.

Easter Egg Hunt

Al and my niece were much more into looking for eggs.

We had way more eggs than we needed to have. With only three children total there was more than a dozen eggs per child.

 My nephew acted like it was a race to see who could get the most eggs.

 The girls didn't really look for eggs. Grandma took one twin.

 while Uncle took the other.

 Al ended up with a WHOLE basket full of eggs and candy

 - which was all gone by the afternoon.

 After the hunt we all sat down, ate boiled eggs, and candy. 

It was perfect weather and a nice day.

Eating Cheerios

These girls are just so cute and are eating solid food. 

AZ Museum for Youth

I had purchase 2 for 1 passes to the AZ Museum for Youth. My friend Sara and her two children went with us. Our children get along really well.

 The museum has a lot of cool features. One section was designed for senor exploration for ages 6 months to 2 years. Our babies seemed to enjoy it. Little Rose was crawling all over in it.

 Around the same area they had a reading room, arts and craft room, a play kitchen, play fruit stand, and giant   block building area- all part of an older toddler's dream

 In the other areas, there was areas to explore music,

 

 air movement, how airplanes work,

 there was a green screen for looking like the kids were playing,

 and an outdoor area to discover what bugs lurk outside.

fun day with our friends exploring the world around us at the museum.

Watching General Conference with babies

 My niece is so cute. I posted this photo of her cuz she was just sweet.

 During the Priesthood Session my mom, sister, and I with all our children went to DI. 

It was hard listening to General Conference with two adorable babies biding for our attention. Grandma and Grandpa were loving the time they got to hold my babies.