Rowan likes Crowns

Rowans new favorite toy is Matilda's snow white crown from a dress up outfit my aunt bought her for Christmas.

Anytime he gets a hold of the crown, he wants someone (anyone!) to put it on his head, then he runs to look at his reflection in their kiddie vanity.



Rowan is such a happy little prince(ss). Can you believe he is still able tow ear his 12 month pj's from halloween? Hmpfh!



Ewan isn't as fond of the crown, but did try it on.



Matilda asked me to take pictures of her in HER crown after dinner tonight. She says "cheese" when her picture is taken, and for this its accurate as she was nearly covered in pizza.




Pizza isn't nearly as messy as blueberries. Every morning each of the kids have one half a banana. They have it with oatmeal, cheerios, egg, and on Fridays with poptarts (we call this "Poptart Friday"). We were out of bananas, so I let them have blueberries this morning. WHAT WAS I THINKING?!?!?!



Tilly has taught Ewan to also say "cheese" for his pictures.



Its hard to believe that one whole room of my home looks like this:

Valentines at the Botanical Gardens

I seem to regularly post two items in two days, then wait three weeks before updating again (below this post is the kiddos recent trip to the Aquarium)! Duane purchased tickets to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens "Valentine's in the Garden" for Valentin'es Day.

They allow for evening tours of the Fuqua Orchid Center, lit by candle votives. They offer a champagne bar, and cater the event with gourmet chocolate confections. Its the perfect ambiance for romance- especially when "Aunt Aneena" is willing to babysit.

I have to say, this even wasn't nearly as nice as it was two years ago, but we still had a lovely time. The main thing that seemed to make the event less elegant than before was the addition of a bar room and live music. Previously there had been a champagne bar, but it was a small station within the commons area of the orchid gardens, and a very small affair. This year, the bar area was huge, with a dance floor and everything. This led to inebriated individuals wondering around the orchid gardens.

Duane has been quoting the best one the last few days- a drunken women of around 65. Here are our favorites (all of which were heavily slurred):

"This is the best time of my life!"

"Whats your name? I haven't worked in 11 months!"

"Don't forget my purse!" (to her very embarrassed and sober lackey- ahem, I mean DATE).

She was comical to the extreme, and had there been a tabletop, I feel sure she would of danced upon it until she tumbled to her stone path and orchid petaled doom.




















One of the volunteers for hosting the event took this picture of Duane and I together.


I got a haircut! Two back to back twin pregnancies ruined my hair, and its taken me TWO YEARS to grow the damage out! So, now I am sporting a new hairdo, and I LOVE it. The hairdresser also added a "high gloss laminate" to my hair afterwards, and my hair feels as silky as Tilly's!

Aquarium

Yesterday, Duane took the day off of work for Valentine's Day, and for the kids Valentine's treat, we went to the Georgia Aquarium.



There was all sorts of interesting fishies to see, and Duane and I enjoyed it, too.



At first we only let Lucas and Tilly out of their strollers, and we pushed Ewan and Rowan around in their twin stroller. Lucas and Tilly had so much fun looking at the tanks of fish, and walking through the little tunnels and passages they have for their smaller tourists.




As you can see, Ewan enjoys being pushed around in a stroller, although Rowan doesn't look quite as happy.



Here is a picture of Lucas and Tilly watching the scuba divers clean and care for the larger fish (you can't see the divers in this shot).



Lucas really thought the tunnel with the mechanical walkway was fun. He stared upward the entire time, while Tilly watched her feet move by automation.



In the Ocean view theatre room, we let Ewan and Rowan run free. You can see that Rowan was finally happy. It gave Ewan vertigo and he plunged onto Duane's lap and cried until he was returned to his stroller.



They have a slide that is shaped like a whale there, too. Matilda really enjoyed this, although they had to take an elevator to get back to the top, and so I was on one floor going up and down in the elevator, and Duane was with Ewan and Rowan at the bottom of the slide, to escort Lucas and Tilly back to the elevator.



Lucas took his .48 cent car from Target everywhere he went, including down the slide.



Afterwards, we all went to the mall. Being that we knew the next day was Valentine's Day, we needed to pick up a couple of gifts. Some were from Godiva (oh-my-gosh their Dark Chocolate Raspberry" drink is soooooo heavenly). Not to be left out, all the twins asked for some "chocolate" and so I bought ONE dark chocolate raspberry bar and let each of them have one fourth of it. We didn't have wipes in the stroller (I had to change four diapers in the parking lot and left the wipes there), so this is what the little twins looked like to the casual mall shopper passing by.

This might pass for an early Halloween picture.



Rowan was definitely the worst of the two. He really loves chocolate.



Ewan would not be outdone.




They all had a big day, and Rowan fell asleep as he was being put into his car seat (do not worry, his face and hands were scrubbed when he was put in his pj's at home).



Christmas pictures:

Lucas with his megablock cars.



It was laundry day- Ewan and Rowan had to wear Tilly's old pajama's.



The boys Christmas.


Rowan looking curious about Santa.


Tilly in her snowwhite shoes



Tilly in her showwhite outfit.


Ewan and Rowan:



Lucas with his bulldozer:



Lucas in the showwhite crown:



Ewan and Rowan: