So we used to have a blow-up frog spout cover in the tub. But recently someone (Lily) bit it and it just hasn't been the same. So I knew I needed to go to Target to get something that they couldn't bite and make useless. At my mom's house, she had gotten a duck spout cover when S was little and took tons of baths at Grandma's house. So I knew that they loved that one and that I needed to find something similar.. I found the perfect one today and I couldn't wait to give them a bath tonight so they'd see it.
The reaction was hilarious... they saw it and got all excited and started talking to it like it was a long lost friend.. They were so into it they would barely let me wash their faces.. which were covered with spaghetti sauce from dinner. They just wanted to talk to the "uck".. Anna must have been overly excited.. I was washing Lily's body and I happen to look at the water... Ewww (I'll you guess what she did). I had to call for Lee to help me get the girls out so I could let the water out and clean the tub before I re-ran the water and finished washing the girls while Lee took care of washing the toys that had been in the tub with them.
I'm so glad that I saw and bought a 3D Rubber Duck cake mold for their 2nd birthday (yes I know that it's like 10 months away but i had a coupon and it was on sale). I guess that Rubber Ducks will definitely be the theme of that party.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Please hand me a Brick...
Someone is growing up almost too fast for her momma's liking... Today Anna, Lily and I were in their room and I was trying to get them into the living room so I grabbed just one of Anna's hands and had Lily in my other arm.. Holy Canolis the girl walked with me just holding the one hand.. I tried to get it on video but I'm not sure if I was able to get it when she tried with Lee. I'm sure that there will be other opportunities to catch it along with the money shot of her walking all alone without our hands at all. I'm in shock and in Awe. My Baby is growing up.. and I'm not ready for that yet.. but at the same time I keep seeing Facebook statuses from my friends stating that their babies (some of them younger than mine) are taking 1st steps, I do get a little jealous.
I guess for now Lily will continue to be my Baby Baby. Then again she is starting to do all sorts of new things too. She's turning pages in her books as she "reads" them. Vocalizes all the time and is starting to say more and more everyday. I love hearing her call for me with "Momma" and "Mommy". She's also saying so many new things I can barely keep up with her. I think I heard the following from her: "Kitty", "Ball" (her favorite word ever), possibly "Grandma", "More", "Thank You" and many others that I can barely remember.
Anna is also adding to her vocabulary on a daily basis. Last week we heard something that sounded like "Hi Lily" and she said it more than once. She also says "Momma" and "Mommy" along with "Daddy" and "Dada" (Lily says Daddy and Dada also). I thought I heard "Grandma" and she definitely says "Thank you" and "Ball".
I wish I could keep them this little forever.. I guess that is why video is so important to have.
I guess for now Lily will continue to be my Baby Baby. Then again she is starting to do all sorts of new things too. She's turning pages in her books as she "reads" them. Vocalizes all the time and is starting to say more and more everyday. I love hearing her call for me with "Momma" and "Mommy". She's also saying so many new things I can barely keep up with her. I think I heard the following from her: "Kitty", "Ball" (her favorite word ever), possibly "Grandma", "More", "Thank You" and many others that I can barely remember.
Anna is also adding to her vocabulary on a daily basis. Last week we heard something that sounded like "Hi Lily" and she said it more than once. She also says "Momma" and "Mommy" along with "Daddy" and "Dada" (Lily says Daddy and Dada also). I thought I heard "Grandma" and she definitely says "Thank you" and "Ball".
I wish I could keep them this little forever.. I guess that is why video is so important to have.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Something's Missing In My Kitchen
So while we were in NY/VT with our friends the girls tried out some new to them seating in the kitchen since my friend had sold her 4 highchairs in a garage sale that she'd had and had kept her booster seats to have on hand for my girls. They loved it. They got to sit AT THE TABLE with the Triplets and their older sister. I'm very sure that they felt like such big kids with those booster seats. Our friends offered the booster seats to us to take home to Boston with us but we declined since the car was already packed to the gills.
When we got home we found out how much our girls liked the booster seats as they basically balked at being put into the highchairs to eat when we got home. So I found the gift cards that Lee's brother had sent them for their birthday to BRU and went in search of Booster Seats for my girls after dropping them off at Grandma's so I could shop by myself. Once home with both the girls and the new seats, I set the Booster seats up and gave them their dinner in them. It was a hit. So once they were in bed, Lee and I cleaned up the kitchen and decided that having the highchairs still in the kitchen was overload (plus it made the kitchen feel so crowded). So we folded up the highchairs and brought them down to the basement for storage in case we have friends over that have little ones that might need a highchair to sit in. Doing that totally opened up the kitchen.. there is so much room to walk in the kitchen now. I still have moments though when I look in there and can almost hear the 'One of these things' song from Sesame Street playing in my head to figure out what is missing from the landscape of the kitchen. It was a good run. 14 months of having highchairs in the kitchen for the girls to eat on. it was also time for a change. They love sitting in the Booster seats and have no problem being strapped into them at all. We even went and bought them plastic plates from the Dollar store to celebrate sitting at the table like the Big Girls that they are. They love having their own plates to eat from at the table instead of a tray. The Boosters that we got have their own trays that are detachable so if needed we can use the trays too for their food and they also fold up so we can take them with us when we travel places. Very Cool.
When we got home we found out how much our girls liked the booster seats as they basically balked at being put into the highchairs to eat when we got home. So I found the gift cards that Lee's brother had sent them for their birthday to BRU and went in search of Booster Seats for my girls after dropping them off at Grandma's so I could shop by myself. Once home with both the girls and the new seats, I set the Booster seats up and gave them their dinner in them. It was a hit. So once they were in bed, Lee and I cleaned up the kitchen and decided that having the highchairs still in the kitchen was overload (plus it made the kitchen feel so crowded). So we folded up the highchairs and brought them down to the basement for storage in case we have friends over that have little ones that might need a highchair to sit in. Doing that totally opened up the kitchen.. there is so much room to walk in the kitchen now. I still have moments though when I look in there and can almost hear the 'One of these things' song from Sesame Street playing in my head to figure out what is missing from the landscape of the kitchen. It was a good run. 14 months of having highchairs in the kitchen for the girls to eat on. it was also time for a change. They love sitting in the Booster seats and have no problem being strapped into them at all. We even went and bought them plastic plates from the Dollar store to celebrate sitting at the table like the Big Girls that they are. They love having their own plates to eat from at the table instead of a tray. The Boosters that we got have their own trays that are detachable so if needed we can use the trays too for their food and they also fold up so we can take them with us when we travel places. Very Cool.
Friday, July 17, 2009
What a week we've had
I no sooner finished my last post and the next day I got a phone call from my mom.. It went something like this " Hey Cheryl Mom here. Just got off the phone with Steve and he told me some really sad news. Mr Salamance died yesterday. Can you go online to get his obit for me?" There was alot more to the conversation that we had but that news alone floored me. Now we are in no way related to the Salamanca family but my brother is very good friends with one of the sons and the youngest son and I were friends growing up even though he was one school year ahead of me. The reason that I was so floored by the news is that not even 3 months ago (in Mid-April) Mrs Salamanca died somewhat unexpectedly. So the family had been slowly adjusting to her death and now they have to adjust to the fact that both of their parents are deceased. The funeral was today and there were quite a few tears shed by many in attendance.
Monday also brought Anna and Lily's first week in daycare. They seem to like it quite a bit already. There are 4 other kids (it's an in home daycare) and they love the attention that they get from them. The daycare lady is wonderful.. she realizes that I am nervous about leaving my babies somewhere with someone I barely even know for a majority of the day. Our first day I barely had the girls there at all. I got them there around 9am and stayed till 10am with them and then left for a couple of hours and then came back to get them at around 12:15 but stayed to let them play for a little while till 1pmish. Tuesday I had planned to basically do the same but the daycare lady convinced me to let them stay since I had an appt and it would be less disruptive to their day. They did so well. Didn't sleep much but that was to be expected. Since Wed though they've been staying the whole day 9:30am till 3:30 or 4pm.
What else has been happening lately this week? Lee and I have been taking advantage of not having small people around the apartment while we try to get the apartment clean by working on different projects around the apartment and getting other errands done. One such project was putting the big A/C in the living room window after we moved my desk to near the doorway to the girl's bedroom. It's amazing to see how much more open the living room feels with this somewhat small change in the layout. We also we able to get our baby corral/gate up somewhat permanently without us needing to test our hurdling skills on a daily basis since the corral I got has a section that opens like a door with a latch. So now we can open and close the gate to our content without worrying that the babies will make a break for it. There's one other big change around here but that's better left for another post.
I almost forgot something.. I ran with the Melrose Running Club for the first time on Tuesday. It was a great run even though I had no clue where we were going to be running the route. So I just did my best to run as much as I could and to keep an eye on the people in front of me and hope that they were going the same direction that I wanted to go also. Once the run was over, I decided to join the club right away. They gave me a prorated rate for the remainder of the year of $13 (way better than $25). With my membership I found out that I now get a discount at the local running supply store.. Very Cool.. I love to save money as much as I can. I can't wait to do the run again this coming Tuesday. Now that I know the route that we will be running, I might even be able to do it much easier this coming Tuesday evening.
Monday also brought Anna and Lily's first week in daycare. They seem to like it quite a bit already. There are 4 other kids (it's an in home daycare) and they love the attention that they get from them. The daycare lady is wonderful.. she realizes that I am nervous about leaving my babies somewhere with someone I barely even know for a majority of the day. Our first day I barely had the girls there at all. I got them there around 9am and stayed till 10am with them and then left for a couple of hours and then came back to get them at around 12:15 but stayed to let them play for a little while till 1pmish. Tuesday I had planned to basically do the same but the daycare lady convinced me to let them stay since I had an appt and it would be less disruptive to their day. They did so well. Didn't sleep much but that was to be expected. Since Wed though they've been staying the whole day 9:30am till 3:30 or 4pm.
What else has been happening lately this week? Lee and I have been taking advantage of not having small people around the apartment while we try to get the apartment clean by working on different projects around the apartment and getting other errands done. One such project was putting the big A/C in the living room window after we moved my desk to near the doorway to the girl's bedroom. It's amazing to see how much more open the living room feels with this somewhat small change in the layout. We also we able to get our baby corral/gate up somewhat permanently without us needing to test our hurdling skills on a daily basis since the corral I got has a section that opens like a door with a latch. So now we can open and close the gate to our content without worrying that the babies will make a break for it. There's one other big change around here but that's better left for another post.
I almost forgot something.. I ran with the Melrose Running Club for the first time on Tuesday. It was a great run even though I had no clue where we were going to be running the route. So I just did my best to run as much as I could and to keep an eye on the people in front of me and hope that they were going the same direction that I wanted to go also. Once the run was over, I decided to join the club right away. They gave me a prorated rate for the remainder of the year of $13 (way better than $25). With my membership I found out that I now get a discount at the local running supply store.. Very Cool.. I love to save money as much as I can. I can't wait to do the run again this coming Tuesday. Now that I know the route that we will be running, I might even be able to do it much easier this coming Tuesday evening.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
From 47:32 to 36:55 in just over 2 months
Have I told you all that I have taken up Running??? Really I have... please stop laughing... I'm being serious.
Ok so with everything that had happened in February I decided that I needed an outlet for myself besides Knitting and Scrapbooking. So I took up Running. I did the best I could to get some training in before my 1st race on Mother's Day. I felt like I didn't do too badly for my first race with a time of 47:32 (47 minutes and 32 seconds). I knew that it wasn't the best result but it was my 1st race and I was happy with it. I then signed up for another race (which was today) and hoped that my time would be much better than my 1st race.
There were a couple of differences in the two races besides my times. On Mother's Day the weather was slightly cool and I felt good running with a Jog Bra and a T-shirt over it. Today the weather was still cool but the sun was beating down on me. I was so warm I felt like taking my t-shirt off and revealing the Jog Bra but that would have meant also revealing part of my belly that hasn't totally recovered from having twins in it. I'm so not ready for that. Another big difference was that I didn't really get a chance to train much for today's race. Unless you want to define training as constantly chasing twins, going up and down 3 flights of stairs numerous times in a day usually with a baby in my arms or hauling bags of luggage, laundry or groceries, going for walks with and without a double stroller around town and on vacation, lifting 20 lb babies (sometimes both at once) and walking places while holding a baby. So in essence I did squat training wise.
Somehow though I actually had a respectable time during the race with 36:55. My splits at 1 mile and 2 miles were great 10:?? and 22:??. It wasn't till I reached Mile 3 and got that split that I realized I might just beat my 1st race's time. I think it was something like 33 or 34:?? . Anyway as I crossed the line and my chip beeped (that was another big difference.. there were chips to make sure that all the times were accurate), I saw that I really had beat my time by almost 10 minutes. I was so ecstatic but also tired.. and sore. After chatting with some friends that had also run the race and cheered me on as I crossed the finish line, I decided that I needed a shower and some breakfast. So I headed home to Lee and the girls but not before being invited to join my friends who had also run today's race in the Running Club that they are part of. Cool. I might just do it.. It will keep me honest and make me accountable in my training for future 5Ks.
Ok so with everything that had happened in February I decided that I needed an outlet for myself besides Knitting and Scrapbooking. So I took up Running. I did the best I could to get some training in before my 1st race on Mother's Day. I felt like I didn't do too badly for my first race with a time of 47:32 (47 minutes and 32 seconds). I knew that it wasn't the best result but it was my 1st race and I was happy with it. I then signed up for another race (which was today) and hoped that my time would be much better than my 1st race.
There were a couple of differences in the two races besides my times. On Mother's Day the weather was slightly cool and I felt good running with a Jog Bra and a T-shirt over it. Today the weather was still cool but the sun was beating down on me. I was so warm I felt like taking my t-shirt off and revealing the Jog Bra but that would have meant also revealing part of my belly that hasn't totally recovered from having twins in it. I'm so not ready for that. Another big difference was that I didn't really get a chance to train much for today's race. Unless you want to define training as constantly chasing twins, going up and down 3 flights of stairs numerous times in a day usually with a baby in my arms or hauling bags of luggage, laundry or groceries, going for walks with and without a double stroller around town and on vacation, lifting 20 lb babies (sometimes both at once) and walking places while holding a baby. So in essence I did squat training wise.
Somehow though I actually had a respectable time during the race with 36:55. My splits at 1 mile and 2 miles were great 10:?? and 22:??. It wasn't till I reached Mile 3 and got that split that I realized I might just beat my 1st race's time. I think it was something like 33 or 34:?? . Anyway as I crossed the line and my chip beeped (that was another big difference.. there were chips to make sure that all the times were accurate), I saw that I really had beat my time by almost 10 minutes. I was so ecstatic but also tired.. and sore. After chatting with some friends that had also run the race and cheered me on as I crossed the finish line, I decided that I needed a shower and some breakfast. So I headed home to Lee and the girls but not before being invited to join my friends who had also run today's race in the Running Club that they are part of. Cool. I might just do it.. It will keep me honest and make me accountable in my training for future 5Ks.
Current Score: Lily 2 - Anna 1
It has begun... the one part of Toddlerhood that I HATE with a passion. They have started biting.... each other. The first bites happened while we were away... one morning the girls (6 girls ranging in age from 5y , almost 3y -trips and 13.5m) were all playing nicely and out of the blue Anna started crying and was in consolable. Neither Lee or myself could figure out why she was so upset. Later that day we found a bite mark on her arm... ouch.. looking at the marks we figured out that it had to be Lily that bit her since the Triplets and their sister are past the age of biting in frustration or whatever reason she initially bit Anna. So we kept what we thought was a pretty close eye on Lily and tried to redirect her before she could bite again. Wouldn't you know it we found another (but not as bad) bitemark on Anna (this time on the back of her leg) while still away. Argh.. So fast forward to tonight.. we'd had a pretty good day.. took the girls to Breakheart Reservation to try out the beach area and the water. Got home and was letting the girls play while I got things squared away and Lee tried to keep an eye on them while playing on the computer. Before we know it, Lily is screaming and we can't figure out why... I figured that she was tired and possibly not feeling too clean so I gave her and Anna a bath after dinner. Get her into the tub and notice a little something on her back.. Oh no... Here we go again. Call Lee over to take a look too. Yup she has a bitemark on her back from Anna. I think it's time to pull out the teething rings again since it seems like this is just the beginning of the next round of teething.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
We're gonna need a bigger car
We just got back from our 1st family vacation... We drove up to VT/NY to visit with and finally meet an internet friend of mine and her family. So we loaded up the car and made the drive up. Six hours later we arrived with a car that was packed to the gills. The line from the movie Jaws came to mind many times during the trip that "we need a bigger boat". At least we now know for the future what we possibly need to bring and what we should leave at home. You'll probably be shocked to hear that I could have done without my bulky double stroller. It took up so much room in the trunk. Having the single umbrella strollers might have been a better idea for us. Maybe I need to find a double stroller that folds like an umbrella stroller and doesn't take up a large percentage of the trunk area. OR I could just get a bigger car.
I do have photos of the trip but haven't loaded them yet. I'll share once I have them on the computer. Hopefully soon.
I do have photos of the trip but haven't loaded them yet. I'll share once I have them on the computer. Hopefully soon.
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