Spring Bliss

3Sons are a heritage from the Lord,

children a reward from him.

4Like arrows in the hands of a warrior

are sons born in one’s youth.

5Blessed is the man

whose quiver is full of them.

Abby (3) Kiley (2) Kara (2) & Christopher (3 weeks)

All of my beautiful beloved children. 

There is no end to work and messes when you have 2 year old twins. But the bond these two share is unbelievable and I am privileged to be able to watch this grow and develop. I couldn't imagine my life without them. (Kara is doing the kissing, Kiley wiped it off and said "yuck!"

Spring is here. And I'm in love :o)

Last of March

Third day in a row I've had the best of intentions to post on here. Of course you already know how that went.

Wednesday we went to the zoo with all of the kids, we checked out the Dino exhibit. Kara hid behind my legs for most of it. Apparently the giant T-Rex growling with it's large teeth was a bit frightening (The V-Raptors taking down some other herbivore were not exactly fear relieving either)

Abby just wanted to go see the deer (I know... we go to the zoo to see deer) It was still a lot of fun with possibly only 10 other people in the entire place we had a free run. And we found out our membership ends in May not March like we originally thought. (perfect!) Christopher traveled in my Moby wrap. Have I mentioned yet how much I love this thing. I'll try to get a photo of him riding around in it but here is the gist of what it is: A large piece of fabric that you wrap in a certain way to hold babies.

 A) He can snuggle up close, feels secure and will often sleep when I'm shopping because he feels like he's being held.
B)I can slip him in and out with no trouble
C) The fabric packs up quickly in the diaper bag for troubling... Or I can just wear it around!

Yesterday Abby had Preschool again and I took her along with Christopher. We had an elaborate conversation about Easter, Jesus dying on the cross and his coming back to life again. It was pretty amazing listening to her talk about it... especially since she is 3.... and when there are inserts like "Mom fairies don't die" and "Swiper doesn't like heaven because he is naughty." I was really impressed with how much she understood... and was glad at the same time that fairies and Swiper made it in because after all... she is still 3.

The weather has been beautiful and we have been spending a lot of time on walks, going to the parks or just hanging around out in our backyard. I'm not sure if I'm ready for the temps to go back to a more normal 50 degrees (wait it's the end of March, why are we complaining!) lol

Potty training is progressing, we are still having a lot of accidents but they seem to be understanding the concept more and more. I'm hoping that maybe by Easter we will be a little more consistent? Time will tell! Once K&K have it down I believe Chris will be transitioning into cloth diapers... after potty training twins cloth diapering honestly doesn't seem that bad. :o)

I think the thing they love the most (outside of sitting on the potty 50 times a day- their choice not mine) is that they get to wear dresses all day and no pants... that and their Dora panties :o)

Potty Wars

I was armed with an arsenal of new panties, the famous Ribbit potty and a large laundry basket...

Wow I'm not sure if I'm prepared for this potty training thing! (With a 3 year old and a 3 week old) I can hardly turn around without someone needing something or doing something they shouldn't be. I think we went through nearly the entire drawer of panties.

Our goal for the day... to recognize that A) They are wet ... dont ask me, somehow they aren't picking up on that. and B) That when they are wet they just 'peed' and need to go on the potty. Rewards are also harder because it never fails that the minute I'm sitting down to a screaming Christopher to feed him... SOMEONE needs to go potty. So off they run and I have no idea if they actually go or not. So far I've held off on the treats unless I actually see them go. Not sure what I'll do with this issue.

So we are on to Day 2 of the potty war. Kiley has successfully gone twice I believe (yesterday) and Kara once. They love to run to the potty and most importantly flush the big potty (yikes our poor water bill!)

I'm almost ready to throw in the towel but we'll give it a true shot before I give up. I know they can do it. It just might be more work then I was hoping for (haha!)

(FYI... potty training twins is 3x the work of a single child... I'll let your mind picture the rest)

Tom is working a part time night-ish position lately. The nice thing is that it allows me to stay at home with him and have extra help during the day. The down side is that we really need him to have a full time position soon. But what this means is that I have all 4 to put down at bedtime.

Chris's fussy time starts at 7:45pm- usually when I'm finishing up the other three girl's bath. I get all three scrubbed, pj's on, teeth brush, last chance potty time and then into beds. Then it's hugs, music on, and prayers... (Chris is usually screaming through part of this) Thankfully bedtime has gotten a little better on most nights but it can be quite frustrating at times especially as I'm trying to rock Chris to sleep.

Last night about 8:45 Kiley decides she needs to pee, so Kara and Abby also need to go (of course) Chris is screaming in the recliner while I do this. Kiley sits on the potty and then drops her pj's into the pee. So I sit Kara down on the potty while I change Kiley. By the time I get back Kara has also dropped hers into the toilet. (awesome) Chris is screaming, Abby is running around laughing because she finds it hilarious. I FINALLY get them all back into bed and Chris calmed down when Kara informs me that her kitty ni night is missing... goooooo figure.

We never did find the kitty blanket but she was satisfied with my answer that Daddy would find it when he got home from work.

Final Time: 1 hr 40 minutes - About as long as this blog post ;)


Happy 3 weeks Christopher- hard to believe how quickly the time is passing by. (Still a wonderful little baby who sleeps so well and is such a charmer. Your sisters love to give you kisses, hold and talk to you. )