Let's Move On

Halloween was fun and exhausting. That's all I have to say about that.
Today is Sean's last day of paternity leave so I am trying to gear up mentally for flying solo this week. It's like ripping off a band-aid. I know it's coming and it's going to hurt. So just pull the sucker off-go back to work already.

Gracie is being extra cuddly today, I think she senses change in the air.

Halloween Picture FAIL

We finally decided to go with a Wizard of OZ theme for the babies and thought we were being super creative by making (ok, Sean made it-I conceptualized) a set for pictures.

We used their play house, poster board, my old socks for witch feet and hung up a sheet. All in all, we thought it was going to turn out cute! What is that saying about the best laid plans?

The toddlers were not cooperating in any sense of the word. Tate was terrified-literally shaking from fear- at the sight of baby Ben in his lion costume. As seen by his hiding behind the house here:

In hindsight, we should have let them watch us dress Ben instead of just plopping down a lion in front of him.

Regardless, this is just further proof of my theory about babies/toddlers and important events. Anything that you have your hopes up about like great pictures, fancy outfits, and other Leave It To Beaver type moments, will almost certainly be met with spontaneous meltdowns, clothing stains, and chaos. I really think they have a sixth sense about this stuff and test to see just how much we can handle!

Then they shoot you a face like this:

and it's impossible to stay mad/frustrated/disappointed for long.

Surely this was a one time thing! Next time will be better...

Baby Envy

I suppose this was inevitable.

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday was a long, but fun day. We gambled with the weather and met some friends at a local pumpkin patch/farm. The twins were a bit uneasy in the patch and a little whiny towards the end since they didn't get a proper nap, but what can you do? I think this is just life with toddlers. I also spent some time chatting with an older woman who had 2 sets of grown twins and she shared her story with me. It never ceases to amaze me how MoM's (mothers of multiples) can find and relate to each other! My favorite part was when she said "the day they went off to kindergarten I felt like I;d been released from prison!" Lol, I guess she wasn't going to sugar coat anything. Here are some pics!

We got around most of the time by wagon


and we were a bit unsure what we were supposed to do with all the pumpkins



Tate even attempted a good ol' fashion tantrum in the mud. Luckily, I got a picture:

We also discovered that the twins LOVE apple cider

Silly Gracie and Mama

A family shot, and yes, I am that mom, trying to coordinate their outfits.


Fun was had by all, but when Tate's apple cider came up and all over Gracie's shoes, we knew it was time to go home.

Play House

We got the kiddos a super fun little house at Costco. It is a great toy for us because it doesn't take up much space and the twins can play in it on their own. When we first put it up we also gave them these toddler crayons to decorate with (okay, we wanted to color too). Fun and frivolity ensued! :





We even enjoyed the box it came in! Daddy made a sled of sorts-$20 well spent, I say.

One, Two Punch

We have been collectively knocked out by a nasty stomach flu.
Friday brought on vomiting for Tate and Daddy with incredible force and volume. Gracie was also very unhappy to be woken up every time I came in to change Tate's sheets and pj's. Fortunately, he was done around 9:30PM, 3 hours after bed time-but not terrible. In between his clean ups I was tending to Daddy who was sprawled out on the bathroom floor until about 3 am. It was a sad sight to behold. I fed Benny and got him to bed on time, while doing several loads of laundry and in general being a good nurse.

Needless to say, Saturday morning we were exhausted. The good news was Tate was his smiley, crazy self and Daddy was feeling better. The bad news was this meant we needed to honor our plans to drive an hour and spend the day at my mom's. It was a family birthday party for me, so we would be missed.

The kids did fine despite a small throw up at dinner and I had my mom on hand to help me while Sean took a much needed nap. We thought the worst was behind us.

Until LAST night.

I got a rumble in my stomach around dinner time and my worst fears were confirmed. It was my turn with the nasty bug for the next several hours. I did get some decent sleep, but I am feeling pretty pathetic this morning. Now I am just praying that Gracie and Benny somehow avoid the nastiness. I am holding on until nap time when I can collapse into a dehydrated coma.
Some unrelated pics of the twins new favorite play place:

There Once was an Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe

I'm 27 now and while it's not a shoe, our condo is pretty tiny.

I had a great birthday, my husband never disappoints! The kids gave a a "mom necklace" that I had my eye on with their initials. I can't wait for it to arrive! I also got some gear for my iphone and the gym because he knows what I need most right now is a nap-I mean, motivation. We had babysitters on hand to have a kid free lunch/movie date AND the the best part: a homemade video of the babies all singing and dancing to our favorite songs! I LOVE it. I cried of course. He made me a "mama" themed video last year and I told him I would be thrilled with another for my gift this year-these are priceless! So now I have our version of Twinkle, Twinkle, Itsy Bitsy Spider and more forever on film. If I can get tech savvy I will post it here.


Thanks Love for all the effort you went to! I am blessed!