Monday, April 20, 2009
Johanna's pictures
My friend Johanna played with photoshop and did these pictures for me- I love this!
Friday, April 17, 2009
Kids expressions
The kids have all been saying the cutest things lately. Yesterday Lucas really tugged at my heart. I was putting him and Tilly down for their nap, and to be honest, was agitated because they were jumping up and down, singing, etc. Giving very clear signals that the Nap Would Be Skipped. So, I laid them down and was pretending nothing was wrong and stroking Lucas's face singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", when he reached up and takes my hand in his. He pulled it to his face and said "Mommy". I said "What?" He said "Are you mad?" And his face had a searching look to it, and his eyes fixed on mine. I said "No, sweetheart, I am not mad, but I really want you to take your nap and be rested".
And Tilly- who knows how shes building her vocabulary, but she surprises us with words that we don't remember using, and haven't heard on Mickey Mouse. Yesterday she used two. When we went for a walk, she exclaimed "Oh, what a SPLENDID Day!" because it was bright blue outside and very nice spring weather. Then later she told me her dollhouse was "Magnificent".
Rowan counts to three. ALL DAY LONG. He counts if he is about to go down his slide, when I get him out of his crib, and when I change his diaper.
Ewan says "Okay" to everything. "Ewan you want a banana?" He says "Oh-Key". I say "Ewan you want your diaper changed?". He says "Oh-key". "Hey Ewan, you want butter on your head?" "Oh-key".
Tilly has been fighting bedtime. She tries to think of any excuse not to go to sleep. Last night Lucas asked for his robot. Lucas is into robots, cars, trucks, and bouncing balls. So, Duane told him his robot went "night night" and started to leave the room since everyone was tucked in when Tilly screams plaintively "Daddy, Boogie, neeeeeeeeds his robot!".
Yesterday Tilly brought me puppy and said he needed a bath. He was rather raunchy since he is her companion 15 hours a day. I tossed him in the washing machine on low, and turned around and was confronted by startled shrieks and and a very wide eyed expression. I calmly said "Puppy goes to a Day Spa for his bathes". This was not accepted rather well, and Tilly hovered over the laundry room for the next 20 minutes until Puppy was handed to her and set upon the counter to dry.
Lucas likes "cleaning up" and takes it upon himself to mop and sweep for me, as well as organize toys. Right this minute he is using the swifter in our dining room. I hope this isn't a "phase"! I like the help! :-P Lucas has also been enjoying drawing. He likes to sculpt trucks out of his stove top stuffing, and he draws "trees" with his green washable marker. He's very creative!
And Tilly- who knows how shes building her vocabulary, but she surprises us with words that we don't remember using, and haven't heard on Mickey Mouse. Yesterday she used two. When we went for a walk, she exclaimed "Oh, what a SPLENDID Day!" because it was bright blue outside and very nice spring weather. Then later she told me her dollhouse was "Magnificent".
Rowan counts to three. ALL DAY LONG. He counts if he is about to go down his slide, when I get him out of his crib, and when I change his diaper.
Ewan says "Okay" to everything. "Ewan you want a banana?" He says "Oh-Key". I say "Ewan you want your diaper changed?". He says "Oh-key". "Hey Ewan, you want butter on your head?" "Oh-key".
Tilly has been fighting bedtime. She tries to think of any excuse not to go to sleep. Last night Lucas asked for his robot. Lucas is into robots, cars, trucks, and bouncing balls. So, Duane told him his robot went "night night" and started to leave the room since everyone was tucked in when Tilly screams plaintively "Daddy, Boogie, neeeeeeeeds his robot!".
Yesterday Tilly brought me puppy and said he needed a bath. He was rather raunchy since he is her companion 15 hours a day. I tossed him in the washing machine on low, and turned around and was confronted by startled shrieks and and a very wide eyed expression. I calmly said "Puppy goes to a Day Spa for his bathes". This was not accepted rather well, and Tilly hovered over the laundry room for the next 20 minutes until Puppy was handed to her and set upon the counter to dry.
Lucas likes "cleaning up" and takes it upon himself to mop and sweep for me, as well as organize toys. Right this minute he is using the swifter in our dining room. I hope this isn't a "phase"! I like the help! :-P Lucas has also been enjoying drawing. He likes to sculpt trucks out of his stove top stuffing, and he draws "trees" with his green washable marker. He's very creative!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Twas the Night Before Easter
Twas the night before Easter and all through the home we inhabit
Not a creature was stirring- not even Ewan dressed up as a Rabbit
The boys were all bathed, and tidied up for the next day
All the previous days grub and dirt on Rowan washed away
The big twins had soaked and swirled their eggs around in dyes of green and pink
Taking great care to dip their hands in matching shades of the ink
Their hearts were content, their minds having focused
On the coloring of eggs and all sorts of hocus pocus
The resulting confections of Lucas' were as lovely as any Easter Van Gogh
Swathed in bright colors Matilda's egg looked like a regular Picasso
While I in my yoga pants and Da-da in his shorts
Had just laid down to take a respite of sorts
When down through the Chimney but what should appear
Four baskets of goodies, for the twins we hold dear!
Not a creature was stirring- not even Ewan dressed up as a Rabbit
The boys were all bathed, and tidied up for the next day
All the previous days grub and dirt on Rowan washed away
The big twins had soaked and swirled their eggs around in dyes of green and pink
Taking great care to dip their hands in matching shades of the ink
Their hearts were content, their minds having focused
On the coloring of eggs and all sorts of hocus pocus
The resulting confections of Lucas' were as lovely as any Easter Van Gogh
Swathed in bright colors Matilda's egg looked like a regular Picasso
While I in my yoga pants and Da-da in his shorts
Had just laid down to take a respite of sorts
When down through the Chimney but what should appear
Four baskets of goodies, for the twins we hold dear!
Monday, March 30, 2009
Ewan and Rowan
Ewan is the squealest squealer ever when he is being tickled. He will squeal for hours, and is extremely ticklish, so it takes very little to get him squealing!
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Rowan has claimed the slide. He loves to play on it- with Ewan, or just by himself. He is such a cutie pie. One of these videos has Ewan chucking me in the head with his sippy cup. I can't remember if its this video or not!
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Rowan has claimed the slide. He loves to play on it- with Ewan, or just by himself. He is such a cutie pie. One of these videos has Ewan chucking me in the head with his sippy cup. I can't remember if its this video or not!
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Monday, March 16, 2009
pig tails and hiding
Rowan ate his pop tart inside one of the empty cubicles where we store their toys and books this morning. Note the poptart residue in the other shelf. Ugh. He is still so small, and we haven't even turned his car seat forward facing yet because he hasn't met the weight requirements yet!
When Rowan isn't inside the cubicle eating poptarts, it looks like this.
Matilda's "Aunt Aneena" gave her the prettiest hair ribbons and bows last week. Tilly wanted to wear them yesterday, so we did "pig tails". She looked so cute! I think the more ridiculous the hair bow, the better I like it!
Tilly has renamed all of the twins after Peter Pan. She is "Wendy", Lucas is "John", Ewan is "Michael" and Rowan is "Peter Pan". I asked her Friday who Duane was. She said "Thats Daddy". Then she smiled in a sneaky way and said "That's husband DUANE!!!". So she called him Duane all weekend. She also professed a love of candies and said Aunt Aneena gave nice vegetable baskets. She now stops me when I am reading books and will say "Show me the word '_____'" and we spell it together. She spells all day long!
Lucas says everything three to five times very quickly in succession. He says it until you repeat it back to him what he said in acknowledgment. I always acknowledge what they say, but he is still a bit hard to understand, and its important to him to know I can understand him. His counting is really good now, and his spelling is getting better, too. He definitely knows his ABCS, but getting him to tell them to you is another story. However, everything is still the color "green".
Rowan has given up dinner! We are really struggling getting him to eat anything besides cereal bars for dinner. It started when he gave up his second nap, so we are hoping its just a phase. His new best friend is Lucas. He wants to do everything Lucas does. At dinner last night he choked on a flour tortilla, vomited on himself, laughed, then went on eating. Fun!
Ewan is still building his vocabulary very nicely. But, he gets frustrated and screams sometimes instead of verbalizing what he wants. He is still everyone's favorite. He flirts, pouts, bats his eyes, and smiles the sweetest way ever to everyone, then wants to own their lap for the rest of his life. He snuggles so close to you that he is like a second skin (Rowan is squirmy). When he is being held 24/7 he doesn't have any of his pouty whiney temper tantrums, so of course when I say he sometimes frustrates me, I am met with looks of apprehension and surprise! I told Duane this morning if he had been an only child we would no doubt have thought he was perfect, too. Its only because he has to SHARE that he is ever upset!
Tilly found the Christmas Penguin this morning, and tried to remember how to sing "Holly Jolly Christmas". She cracks me up, because the words she doesn't remember she just sang "holly" over and over and for the end, instead of singing "ding dong" she sings "Big Ball, Big Ball".
When Rowan isn't inside the cubicle eating poptarts, it looks like this.
Matilda's "Aunt Aneena" gave her the prettiest hair ribbons and bows last week. Tilly wanted to wear them yesterday, so we did "pig tails". She looked so cute! I think the more ridiculous the hair bow, the better I like it!
Tilly has renamed all of the twins after Peter Pan. She is "Wendy", Lucas is "John", Ewan is "Michael" and Rowan is "Peter Pan". I asked her Friday who Duane was. She said "Thats Daddy". Then she smiled in a sneaky way and said "That's husband DUANE!!!". So she called him Duane all weekend. She also professed a love of candies and said Aunt Aneena gave nice vegetable baskets. She now stops me when I am reading books and will say "Show me the word '_____'" and we spell it together. She spells all day long!
Lucas says everything three to five times very quickly in succession. He says it until you repeat it back to him what he said in acknowledgment. I always acknowledge what they say, but he is still a bit hard to understand, and its important to him to know I can understand him. His counting is really good now, and his spelling is getting better, too. He definitely knows his ABCS, but getting him to tell them to you is another story. However, everything is still the color "green".
Rowan has given up dinner! We are really struggling getting him to eat anything besides cereal bars for dinner. It started when he gave up his second nap, so we are hoping its just a phase. His new best friend is Lucas. He wants to do everything Lucas does. At dinner last night he choked on a flour tortilla, vomited on himself, laughed, then went on eating. Fun!
Ewan is still building his vocabulary very nicely. But, he gets frustrated and screams sometimes instead of verbalizing what he wants. He is still everyone's favorite. He flirts, pouts, bats his eyes, and smiles the sweetest way ever to everyone, then wants to own their lap for the rest of his life. He snuggles so close to you that he is like a second skin (Rowan is squirmy). When he is being held 24/7 he doesn't have any of his pouty whiney temper tantrums, so of course when I say he sometimes frustrates me, I am met with looks of apprehension and surprise! I told Duane this morning if he had been an only child we would no doubt have thought he was perfect, too. Its only because he has to SHARE that he is ever upset!
Tilly found the Christmas Penguin this morning, and tried to remember how to sing "Holly Jolly Christmas". She cracks me up, because the words she doesn't remember she just sang "holly" over and over and for the end, instead of singing "ding dong" she sings "Big Ball, Big Ball".
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
white bedroom
Here I am again, sadly late in adding the text to this entry!
Something about a flurry of children under my feet makes me want a really REALLY peaceful bedroom. So, for early spring, I have redone my room. This used to be an easy task before we upgraded to a King Size bed two years ago... just the same way my grandmother of 89 collects curtains, I have a plethora of sheets and duvets that I love to alternate between. But, when we went to a king size bed, I became very "sheets poor", and when it comes between choosing a nice little outfit for the kids, or a new set of sheets for mommy- guess who wins hands down every time? But, Duane treated himself to a television (hmpfh) so, I treated myself to new bedding. And then I treated the kids, too. And now we are broke. :-)
The comforter came from JC Penneys. I just happen to love Penneys!!! I shopped all the high end department stores, and nothing struck me as easy to care for and sweet as this! comforter set from JC Penney. I ordered the comforter set, and the sheets with valances for my room.
Then, I added some pillows from Taylor Linens. I love their bedding. I think its every bit as pretty if not prettier than Peacock Alley, with the same styling of Shabby Chic.
I ordered toss pillows in the daisy dot which features swiss dot and embroidery on a white linen background with an organdy ruffle trimmed in crochet.
And two more toss pillows in Elisa, a lovely old fashioned pintucking pillow with lots of ruffles and crochet accents. Both pillows came with goosedown fillers and are so cozy on my bed.
I searched high and wide to find someone that offered sales on Taylor Linens, and the only merchant I found who did was Debbie at Classic Chic. If you are on her mailing list, she frequently sends out 20% off coupons, and her prices were lower than everyone elses to begin with. She was very friendly, and I love my new room!
To finish the look, I threw a white crochet coverlet that I have had for just years on my settee, and added a white pillow to my antique rocker.
Something about a flurry of children under my feet makes me want a really REALLY peaceful bedroom. So, for early spring, I have redone my room. This used to be an easy task before we upgraded to a King Size bed two years ago... just the same way my grandmother of 89 collects curtains, I have a plethora of sheets and duvets that I love to alternate between. But, when we went to a king size bed, I became very "sheets poor", and when it comes between choosing a nice little outfit for the kids, or a new set of sheets for mommy- guess who wins hands down every time? But, Duane treated himself to a television (hmpfh) so, I treated myself to new bedding. And then I treated the kids, too. And now we are broke. :-)
The comforter came from JC Penneys. I just happen to love Penneys!!! I shopped all the high end department stores, and nothing struck me as easy to care for and sweet as this! comforter set from JC Penney. I ordered the comforter set, and the sheets with valances for my room.
Then, I added some pillows from Taylor Linens. I love their bedding. I think its every bit as pretty if not prettier than Peacock Alley, with the same styling of Shabby Chic.
I ordered toss pillows in the daisy dot which features swiss dot and embroidery on a white linen background with an organdy ruffle trimmed in crochet.
And two more toss pillows in Elisa, a lovely old fashioned pintucking pillow with lots of ruffles and crochet accents. Both pillows came with goosedown fillers and are so cozy on my bed.
I searched high and wide to find someone that offered sales on Taylor Linens, and the only merchant I found who did was Debbie at Classic Chic. If you are on her mailing list, she frequently sends out 20% off coupons, and her prices were lower than everyone elses to begin with. She was very friendly, and I love my new room!
To finish the look, I threw a white crochet coverlet that I have had for just years on my settee, and added a white pillow to my antique rocker.
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