
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
High Maintenance

Baby Jaguar


Those of you with little ones may be familiar with the show Go Diego Go if not check them out at www.nickjr.com . He is an animal rescuer, works with his cartoon sister Alicia, and they go on an animal adventure to save an animal in trouble. My animal loving girls are crazy over Diego and Dora. We went onto Nick Jr. and found games, coloring pages, masks and crowns. You simply print them and the kids have a project. The girls and I made baby jaguar masks. Do you know who is who? They are both squinty so you can't see their eye color...
Aubrey is in the dress, and the closeup is of Ray.
They were running around saying growl, growl and acting out one of the episodes. We also have it as a book too, which we read...
almost every night.
Monday, July 30, 2007
'I'm Dre and this is my friend Chad'

Reagan was pretending to be Dre and Aubrey was Chad (he got a boo-boo leg too by the way). The girls were putting the sleeves to their camping chairs on their legs and pretending to be the two of you.
They were picking that leg up and trying to hop and hold onto furniture to get around.
The Princess Diaries


With all of our summer adventures we have found the girls fall asleep if we tell them a story, a princess story.
At the Lake House this weekend Daddy told them a beautiful story about turning into a princess. The girls listened with a quiet intensity that was so cute. Daddy went on to tell them, they too, could turn into a princess if they got some sleep.
Reagan woke on Saturday morning, her eyes still filled with sleep, she turned to me, and in her raspy, whispering, munchkin morning voice she said,
'mommy, did I turn into a princess?' I sat up and looked at her, had her move her head left, then right. I asked her to stand up and twirl around.
'Yes, yes I think you did! How are you princess Reagan?'
'I have to go tell Daddy!!' She ran into the other room and asked him the same question. For the rest of the day it was Princess Aubrey and Reagan. When we came home, I had a surprise waiting for them. The princess stories always start with...
Up in the tallest tower of the tallest castle...
The twin princesses had new princess tents on their beds. A special place to sleep and dream of all things pink and purple. They were anxious to climb the tower and see their new beds. Throughout the day on Sunday they wanted to climb up the tower stairs and be a princess for a little while. I was so adorable to see how Reagan would look herself over looking for her gown, sparkly shoes and long gloves. We have our tutu's from Uncle Moo so it was important for the princesses to dress like one.



The jester was here too! Edie was having fun dancing with the twin princesses. She can really keep up with them!
Faster.....Slower!!!
My Growing Garden

Flowers come in many beautiful shapes, sizes and colors. As do these stunning little girls. My garden grows in more ways than one. These are some tall girls and some tall Foxgloves. The girls measure about in at about, Reagan 33 and a quarter inches tall. Aubrey is 33 inches tall, and Edie is 26 inches tall. The Foxgloves are about 3 feet tall. Notice the girls body language is mirrored again. I love catching pictures like this.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Rockin' Out

Helpers
Pack-Packs


The girls received their rewards for good behavior while Daddy was away. They each (yes, Edie included got pack- packs (backpacks). Not just any pack-packs, but an orange Diego Rescue Pack, and a Purple Dora Backpack. I originally gave Reagan the purple one and Aubrey the orange one...without a blink they looked at each other and switched. It was so stinkin' funny. Then Aubrey looks at me and says, 'is that OK mama?' Of course I said. They wore and played and napped, and went to bed with their new treasures. I caught Reagan on more than occasion hugging her pack-pack, and saying, 'Mama, I love my reward for good behave-ya!'


The little pack Edie is wearing came with 4 card games, memory, go fish, old maid and crazy 8's. We tried the memory game and they loved it! We had a great weekend!! and...We were in big girls undies for most of it, AND Aubrey even took a nap in big girl undies!
WATERMELON!!



Edie could eat a whole watermelon if I let her. She loves it. I've been limiting her starches, and grains lately she was haveing some problems again. But with the amount of fruit and veggies she has been consuming she's doing alot better. Her redundant colon is something we'll have to be careful about. She wants to eat what the twins are having, although convient, it's not for her.
Recently I've taught her some sign language. This one means more, she used it tonight after she got out of the tub, of course it was more watermelon she wanted.
Friday, July 20, 2007
So,...I finally got to the girls closet...
Lucky 13, thirteen totes came out of the twins closet. JUST THE CLOSET!! I then dragged each one downstairs and sorted through each tote, organizing all the clothing by size, instead of storing them with no rhyme or reason. Each tote is marked and ready to be sent to the basement.
Is it because I've been spending so much time at home lately, or the fact that there is so much 'stuff' crammed into every nook and cranny of this house that has triggered this urgency and follow through of gutting every room from top to bottom. I'm not sure but it feels good to organize!
Play Doh




Wednesday, July 18, 2007
In Your Corner...

The kids had a blast in here. It was a good chance for them to burn off some their nonstop energy. Here are the twins hysterically laughing as I ran around the outside of the tent chasing them.
In The Pool



We had the opportunity to use the pool at the campground. It was hot in the sun and we were quick to jump right in. Todd had a chance to play water basketball with the guys and the girls and I got to visit with my sister and Jen. Edie and Sofia were with my mom and Moe at their camp taking a much needed nap. And yes this is my bathing suit, for the first time in a long time and it's NOT maternity I am in a bathing suit determined to be a confident role model for my girls.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Blinded Sphinx Moth
We woke to find our screen door packed with Blinded Sphinx Moths. They are very docile in the morning, and wait for the morning sun to warm their wings. They are called blinded because when their wings are open the "eyes" on the hind wing lack a pupil.
These moths are part of the Hawkmoth Family and wing spans can reach up to 3 and 3/4 wide. The ones on my door easily filled the palm of my hand. The girls and I watched them for most of the morning until they all fluttered to life and flew off. I must be a bug geek, because I think I'm hooked on finding out what each and every moth on the side of the house was.


Christmas Recap

Let me start by saying I did not have the time to bust out the camera. Since the kids were here, there, and everywhere.
Let me paint a picture for you. It was a sea of tents and camp chairs. The Piccolo's had a tent (4 in that one). Krys, Matt, Becca and Liz had theirs, Kerry and Fred and Darla (cute little pup) had a tent, actually more like a suite nice set up guys! Then we had our little villa of tents towards the back of the site. Actually I think we all took up about 6 sites. In the center was the fire ring (thankfully fires only after 5.) Surrounding that were camp chairs of every size, make and model. There were kiddie chairs, rockers, and a love seat. Hidden in the back behind the tented community was a jumping house, like you would see at carnivals.

From these pictures you can see the babies (Edie and Sofia) loved their Dora riding cars. Sofia your doing a great job walking! Ethan enjoyed playing with his cousins. Jen Nick and Trevor came up and added to the summer time fun. Aubrey and Reagan teamed up with squirting water toys to go after Ethan. He was a trooper, in the end everyone was soaked and belly laughing

Here is daredevil Sofia, testing the limits of her new ride. The kids had a blast. They were free range for most of the weekend with the freedom to explore and always be with in view. No-one wandered off, and everyone stuck close to camp. The twins went in a pool for the first time, again no fear, they loved it. They each took turns floating around with Daddy and I got a chance to visit with Dani and Jen. Mom you have those photos, cant wait to see them.
We returned to camp to dry off and fill our tummies with dinner.

Aubrey was very serious in this picture.
The kids all got special cars and other assorted goodies. They were the entertainment for most of the day and into the early evening. Thank you everyone for helping us with them. Utterly exhausted by the end of the night each tent settled down and the delightful sounds of sleep filled the clear night air. The weather was perfect and we had a great time. I told the twins stories of princesses and tall castles and (eventually) they drifted off to sleep. She opened one eye and asked if we sleeping under the stars.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Playdate
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