From the Mouths of Babes

My ladies have quiet the attitude, they get it from me.  A short summary on their little personalities:

Sophie: Busy, she wants to touch every thing, explore, see what it's about.  She loves other kids but is timid in large groups of adults.  She is a snuggler and loves to sit with you and give big hugs. She can be cautious.

Lily: The princess, she wants what she wants when she wants it. She is a girly girl and a ham.  She likes figuring out how things work, and is very quick to catch on to things. She will love on you on her own terms, and is quick to have her feelings hurt.

So lately lots of funny little things have been coming out of their mouths.

Yesterday the four of us went to dinner with my parents.  When we were waiting for the check Lily was getting impatient and kept telling us, "bye bye, go in car."  So J said "ok here you drive" and handed her the keys.  We get out the car and Nana starts putting Lily in her seat.  She says "no, keys, drive, I go work, money."  Boy was she ticked when we told her she had to sit in her car seat.  She was already to drive us home.  It was a glimpse into the future.

Sophie last night had her pjs on and was listening to Daddy read.  Each girl had one of Dad's cell phone (work and personal).  J says, "ok time for bed" and holds out his hand to take the phone back.  Soph says "no, in pocket" and drops the phone down her footie pjs. J had to unzip her to get it back.  I must confess that I wear a lot of clothes with no pockets and the iPhone often ends up tucked in my bra, opps.

Another from yesterday: We went to Target (seriously it is our Disney World).  I had to get a perscription and the girls were being very good.  I said they could have one thing each.  Soph picked out a toy lion and Lily a zombie Mr. Potato Head.  Then we found an alphabet Elmo and I said they could only have Elmo if they gave up their other toys.  They agreed but then we found the baby dolls. I talked them out of that because we have at least 6 babies at home, including a Bitty Baby.  Then we found what we really wanted in the clothes sections (yes they are really my children).  Lily picked out a bright pink tulle skirt, a "pretty dress" and Sophie found Elmo slippers two sizes too big.  We were quite satisfied with our choices.

Life with toddlers is never boring.

NaNoWriMo

Ready for this one? Ok y'all already knew I was a little off my rocker but I've decided to participate in National Novel Writing Month again. Sounds awesome right? Yep totally is.

The gist:
You write a 50,000 word novel during the month of Novemeber with a bunch of other crazy people.

This year I've decided to tell the blogosphere about it so maybe I will actually finish. My first go was in 2008. Not sure why I didn't finish, I think being the yearbook adviser had something to do with that. I didn't participate in 2009 because I was really busy trying to keep 2 month old twins alive and you know barely had time to shower. Last year I tried again and wrote maybe 30,000 words. Not bad but hoping to finish this year.

I'm having my middle school Creative Writing students join me. They always have a blast. The goal for them is to hit 50,000 words as a class. One of my classes did last year.

Wish us luck and join in!

Things I Never Thought I'd Say

I always knew I wanted to be a mom but I don't think the full reality of what that means really hits you until you are actually a mom. Being a mother of infants is exhausting. You get no sleep, people rely on you all the time, your body isn't your own and you walk around in a fog thinking you will never be you again. Then that changes, the regimented schedule changes and things are always different in Toddler Land. In toddler land I am a constant broken record and a playground. They use me as a trampoline and a slid and a diving board. But the broken record thing bothers me the most.

Here is my list of things I never thought I would say:

Don't lick that

Stop touching your sister

Get your hands out of your pants

Can't I just pee, please!

Don't touch your poop

Mommy can't hear herself think

The cats won't eat corn

At least they're cute ( most of the time)

Lily vs the Potty Seat

So a funny thing happened at Babies R' Us. That's totally how all good mommy stories start right. Anyway I decided to go to BRU so I could buy the toddler bed attachment for our convertable cribs. I'm not ready to put the girls in toddler beds but our neighbors 21 month old son just started climbing out of his crib and it takes 10-12 weeks for the special order side rails to come in the mail. So I decided to order them early and be ready for when the girls start climbing out, since Sophie already climbs out of the pack and play.

Any way, we're at BRU and I'm shopping with the girls in the cart buying pacifiers and sippy cups. I stopped and picked up two potty chairs since I had a $3 coupon and you know be prepared even though we aren't ready to start potty training either. The girls are bickering in the cart and getting impatient. I head to the crib section and Lily is playing with the potty seat. As I pull up to the counter she is wearing the seat on her head like a hat and making Sophie giggle. I don't pay much attention because at least they are behaving. I start talking to the salesman and next thing I know Lily has the potty seat around her neck.

Lily begins to cry saying "I stuck." The sales guy watches as I try to squeeze her out and begin to realize nope she is really stuck. I am in Babies R Us with a screaming child with a potty seat stuck on her head. What am I going to do? The guy gets a manager and I calm Lily down. Any way the manager gets baby oil and we manage to squeeze her out. It was rather traumatizing for Lily and very funny and embarassing for mama. I mean really whose child does that? So thank you to the lovely employees at Babies R Us, and I did manage to order the toddler rails (and we bought the potty seat, hopefully she will use it one day).

Celebrate Freedom

One of the blogs I read does this weekly, and this week's theme is Celebrate Freedom.

We spent the 4th at the lake house and the girls had a blast celebrating our freedom. The girls enjoyed swimming and playing outside in the big yard that we don't have at home.

Sophie and daddy enjoying a walk through the woods.

Lily eating cake, her favorite. It was blueberry cobbler.

Soph sliding.

Lily loves to swing. A few months ago, and sometimes still, she calls it wee. "Mama, wee"

My week via Instagram

So Instagram is a nifty app that let's you share pictures. I love it and use it often. So this was our week:













































(Lily loves ketchup. She eats it by itself dipping her fingers in and licking it off)

We're at the lake this weekend so I took a million pics.

Not sure we'll be invited back

We spent the fourth with my in-laws at their lake house. By the time we left I think they needed a week long vacation. They love the Girlies and would do anything for them and are amazing with them. The girls love Grammy and Poppy but wow were the girls a handful.

Sophie had a sinus infection, fever and was cutting a molar, and well we love Lily but she is a bit dramatic and wasn't feeling well either. We were super cranky, like world war three toddler cranky. We've also been very attached to momma. So much so that there have been times I wanted to lock myself in the bathroom and not come out.

Luckily they are feeling better and now I have to fix the bad habits we created during the last week: you know too much tv watching and eating whatever I could get into them and messed up naps.

At least they're cute:



Lily throwing poppers




Sophie and J



First fireworks- fountains but the girls liked them. Yes they watched in their carseats and yes Lily asked to be buckled.