Sunday, February 27, 2011
Happy Anniversary to my love
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Happy Birthday!
I'm so behind but my babies just had their 3rd birthday! I can't believe how quickly time has flown by. They were seriously just babies. So here's my breakdown for the year:
Ella-
You are still my little drama queen. You can be the sweetest thing ever and then two seconds later be screaming and splitting our ear drums. I am so amazed at how much you have learned and grown this last year. You are still our tiny girl and you are so smart.
You love to read books, put puzzles together and sing songs. You love to build with your blocks. It will keep you busy for hours. You love playing pretend and drawing everything you see. You have become quite the little artist.
You still waddle when you run, which is the cutest thing ever. Apparently you got my stubborn side. You have to do things on your own terms or you refuse to do it at all. You started going to preschool this year and after a few rough drop offs you warmed up. You have won over the teachers hearts. You just love to learn. I am so proud to have you as my daughter.
Nickname: Tiny
Sayings: "EH EH EH" "Its deefrent" "Its too small"
Beck-
You are my super curious boy. You love to figure out how everything works. And you can take pretty much anything apart.
You are also an expert escape artist. We have to watch you like a hawk. You have escaped several times and given us several new gray hairs, but your smile makes it all worth it. Every day you get into something new. You are so smart it scares us a little.
You are definitely a mini me of your daddy. And you love to follow him where ever he goes. Just like he was with his dad, you are his little shadow. You may be a professional chef by the time you are 4. You love to cook in the kitchen and make things.
You love preschool. You learn everything so quickly. Your favorite shape is an octagon and you love crescent moons. Trains and dinosaurs are your favorite toys. You also love to sing and play puzzles.
You also enjoy hitting and biting your sister. We have had to work on your forceful ways of getting others out of the way. But when you aren't being a bully you are the biggest lover in the world. You love to give hugs and kisses.
Nickname: Monster
Love you both so much!
Sayings: "Its diffrent" "Its too small"
Ella-
You are still my little drama queen. You can be the sweetest thing ever and then two seconds later be screaming and splitting our ear drums. I am so amazed at how much you have learned and grown this last year. You are still our tiny girl and you are so smart.
You love to read books, put puzzles together and sing songs. You love to build with your blocks. It will keep you busy for hours. You love playing pretend and drawing everything you see. You have become quite the little artist.
You still waddle when you run, which is the cutest thing ever. Apparently you got my stubborn side. You have to do things on your own terms or you refuse to do it at all. You started going to preschool this year and after a few rough drop offs you warmed up. You have won over the teachers hearts. You just love to learn. I am so proud to have you as my daughter.
Nickname: Tiny
Sayings: "EH EH EH" "Its deefrent" "Its too small"
Beck-
You are my super curious boy. You love to figure out how everything works. And you can take pretty much anything apart.
You are also an expert escape artist. We have to watch you like a hawk. You have escaped several times and given us several new gray hairs, but your smile makes it all worth it. Every day you get into something new. You are so smart it scares us a little.
You are definitely a mini me of your daddy. And you love to follow him where ever he goes. Just like he was with his dad, you are his little shadow. You may be a professional chef by the time you are 4. You love to cook in the kitchen and make things.
You love preschool. You learn everything so quickly. Your favorite shape is an octagon and you love crescent moons. Trains and dinosaurs are your favorite toys. You also love to sing and play puzzles.
You also enjoy hitting and biting your sister. We have had to work on your forceful ways of getting others out of the way. But when you aren't being a bully you are the biggest lover in the world. You love to give hugs and kisses.
Nickname: Monster
Love you both so much!
Sayings: "Its diffrent" "Its too small"
Friday, February 18, 2011
I know I don't post often but...
if you are interested you can check out my new blog I plan on keeping to document the change in our families eating to clean eating. It will just be pretty basic stuff. I'm trying to keep myself accountable. Let me know if you are embarking on any type of journey like this. I would love to hear your stories.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Potty Training
We have finally embarked on potty training the twins. They will be 3 in a couple of weeks and I decided we just needed to bite the bullet and do it. So this is more for my documentation than anything else, but if you have any good tips I would love to hear them.
Day 1 (2/7/11)- We started right after nap time and hit the potty every 20 minutes. I had them drink as much as they wanted and would give 3 mini m&ms just for sitting on the potty. I had them wear the thicker style undies as well. I also have 2 froggy potties in the bathroom so each has a potty on the floor to use. Before I had one little potty and one potty seat for the toilet. But this has been much more successful. By the end of the day they both both went pee on the potty, and each only had one accident. Great first day!
Day 2 (2/8/11)- Twins had school today so I sent them in pull ups. They usually stay pretty dry at school but they aren't quite ready to go all out and try undies at school yet. As soon as they got home we went back into the every 20 minutes bit. Beck was super compliant and kept with the program. Ella wants to do things on her own time and decided she didn't want to go to the potty that often. Since I didn't want to get into a power struggle with her I just sort of let up on getting her to go. I gave her the reminder but if she didn't want to go I didn't push it. She stayed dry all afternoon. But never went pee on the potty. Beck went about 3-4 times on his own without my prompting. Pretty excited about that! He even poured the pee into the potty by himself. It was so cute to see how proud he was of himself. We all got super excited for him and he got extra m&ms and high fives.
Day 3 (2/9/11)- Trying a different tactic today. Going from every 20 minutes to every hour now. They are staying dry for several hours and Beck will go on his own. Ella only wants to wear panties but won't go sit on the potty. But she is staying dry. I just don't want her to start holding it in for too long and then getting a bladder infection. They are still in pullups for nap and bed time. Neither has had an accident today at all though. We'll see how the rest of the day goes. I'm hoping to be diaper free during the day by the end of the week.
Wish us luck!
Day 1 (2/7/11)- We started right after nap time and hit the potty every 20 minutes. I had them drink as much as they wanted and would give 3 mini m&ms just for sitting on the potty. I had them wear the thicker style undies as well. I also have 2 froggy potties in the bathroom so each has a potty on the floor to use. Before I had one little potty and one potty seat for the toilet. But this has been much more successful. By the end of the day they both both went pee on the potty, and each only had one accident. Great first day!
Day 2 (2/8/11)- Twins had school today so I sent them in pull ups. They usually stay pretty dry at school but they aren't quite ready to go all out and try undies at school yet. As soon as they got home we went back into the every 20 minutes bit. Beck was super compliant and kept with the program. Ella wants to do things on her own time and decided she didn't want to go to the potty that often. Since I didn't want to get into a power struggle with her I just sort of let up on getting her to go. I gave her the reminder but if she didn't want to go I didn't push it. She stayed dry all afternoon. But never went pee on the potty. Beck went about 3-4 times on his own without my prompting. Pretty excited about that! He even poured the pee into the potty by himself. It was so cute to see how proud he was of himself. We all got super excited for him and he got extra m&ms and high fives.
Day 3 (2/9/11)- Trying a different tactic today. Going from every 20 minutes to every hour now. They are staying dry for several hours and Beck will go on his own. Ella only wants to wear panties but won't go sit on the potty. But she is staying dry. I just don't want her to start holding it in for too long and then getting a bladder infection. They are still in pullups for nap and bed time. Neither has had an accident today at all though. We'll see how the rest of the day goes. I'm hoping to be diaper free during the day by the end of the week.
Wish us luck!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Almost 1!
This sweet girl is almost 1. I have had so much fun watching her grow and change every day. She is the sweetest thing ever! Thank you Jenny and Andrew for letting me watch her during the week and get my loving in on a daily basis. I get the benefits of having a sweet baby around without all the work. (well maybe a little work!)
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