Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Prelude to our ski trip

The kids have been begging me all day and yesterday to go outside and play in the "snow"...it's ice around here but since they don't know any different it all looks like snow to them....I don't really want to admit that I don't want them going outside because I really don't want to go outside but there...I did....I admit it...I don't want to go outside...too cold...too wet....too sleety...not fluffy snow...just yuck....but I promised them after their nap today that I'd put on their 47 layers of gear so that they could go outside for 3 minutes....



They pretty much looked like the little kid from "The Christmas Story" but they actually stayed for about 10 minutes and tried to lie down in the ice for some ice angels...didn't work out so well but you can't blame a kid for trying...




All of this is in prelude to us going skiing next month...or at least taking them to a place where there is actually snow and the possibility of skiing...Poor Mad doesn't get the whole potty training thing yet so I don't know how much skiing he'll actually get to do with a frozen diaper stuck to his bum....Mac is a little (ok a LOT) like me and has told GE several times that she'd rather be going to the beach but also like me has conceded to going to a frozen place for a vacation...I'm secretly hoping they both ask for a beach vacation next time...for me, the only saving grace for this frozen vacation is the fact that we're spending time with some of our most favorite people, lots of hot chocolate and hopefully some good shopping time...

Well, at least I know that the gear I got the twins will work just fine for our ski trip...they both came in the house today sweating....yea for ski bibs!!
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Thursday, January 22, 2009

WAHOOY!!!

A few weeks back GE told me that he had ordered me something for Christmas/Anniversary and that he wasn't really sure when it would be in but that he hoped it would be in for our anniversary on the 19th...Well, the 19th came and went and nothing showed up at the front door. The kids and I look everyday in hopes of a fun box to open when we get home from work/school...It takes them a while to get over the Christmas cheer....


So, I have been expecting these for about a month...and hoped they would come before the weather got warm again....






but I got this instead.....





I've always KNOWN patience is a virtue...now I truly BELIEVE that it is!!! Happy Anniversary to me!!! WAHOOY!!!

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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Sfoon....and other funny words

I really want to think that GE and I speak proper English...or at least proper Okie....sometimes the two don't mesh...but hey, we try....While listening to our children we usually laugh hysterically at the many, many words and phrases that get caught up in their little mouths. I'm also surprised daily that Mad and Mac have different troubles with different letters. You'd think that GE and I spoke to them in code or something...

Here are a few of our favorites:

Mad:

  • Sfoon - Spoon
  • Sfecial - Special
  • "Sure Mom"
  • "Back in a flash"
  • Usually "mom" & "dad" have at least 3 syllables when he's saying it
  • Thithy - Sissy
  • "That's Interesting"
  • Flim-Flam-Flam - Karate kick
  • "That's Dangerous"
  • "Mom, I pooped and I'm not ready to change it" (he could walk around ALL day...any ideas on potty training???)

Mac:

  • Yittle - Little
  • Yight - Light
  • Lellow - Yellow (Hello, what's up with the mixing of L & Y)
  • Gogogo Creme Pie - Oatmeal Creme Pie
  • "I don't want to hear another thing come out of your mouth" (I wonder where she heard this?)
  • "Sure"
  • "Mommy, you messed up my jungle"(I flushed her poop...go figure?? Poop figurines?)
I can only imagine this getting funnier and funnier...GE and I are scared to think of the wonderous things that will emerge from their little mouths.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Time Flown By

Today is our 10 year anniversary....Yes, I know...Hard to believe that ten years have gone by and my skin still looks so fresh and new....hee.hee.hee.hee.....I won't scare anyone with a belly shot of the chicken skin that you get when you have twins!! Anyway, I digress....Ten years with the same guy...ten years with the same quirks...then years with the same OCD...ten years with the same wonderful, considerate, giving person that captured my heart so many years ago...


Here's ten things I've learned about myself and us as a couple....


10. OCD does not go away...it's actually contagious

9. There is a valid reason why we have a 1 year rule on bringing things of the past up

8. If we can survive having infant twins, we can survive anything

7. I've become a whole lot more like GE than he has me

6. Having a date night is crucial to our survival as a couple

5. GE cannot come home during lunch and ask, "What's for lunch?" without me going nutso

4. I do well as a "kept" woman...love only taking care of our precious babies

3. GE is still the same considerate person that I married 10 years ago. maybe even more so

2. We would definitely do "this" all over again a 100 times over

1. I love GE more today than I did ten years ago



Happy Anniversary Honey....

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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Daddy's getting old...

If ever you needed a joyful moment, a giggly moment, a pee in your pants from laughing so hard moment...just listen to the mouths of babes...and fortunately for us...we have two...

Tonight was a special night...Mad and Mac finally got their bunk beds. Well, not technically bunk beds because GE and I are weirdos about letting them have bunk beds...so we had the furniture people set them up as twins...their room is literally packed with two beds and a chest in which to put their ever mounting pile of clothes. Forget about squeezing the 800 zillions toys in there...basically it looks like Sanford & Son in their room and every once in a while you can actually hear the theme song playing in the background. JUNKYARD...with great furniture...so although the night was very joyful because we got our new beds it was also plagued by the fact that Mad and Mac decided today was the day to play in their beds for an hour and a half instead of take a nap so they were walking zombies....They got so hysterical in the bath for no apparent reason that GE and I just laughed...no need to get angry because it is just funny when they get this way...and being parents of twins..we figured out a long time ago that things around here aren't so great when the twins don't get a nap....

We finally ushered their weary bodies into bed and we could tell that they were stalling for time...just trying not to shut their eyes because they knew it would be a matter of seconds and they would be asleep...So after our nightly prayers and off key rendition of Jesus Loves Me, Mad and Mac always ask us what "happy" we're going to dream...I think GE had had enough of the stalling and called me back into their room. He left and I swear he wasn't out of the room two seconds when Mac said , "Mommy, Daddy is getting old."

Man, she knows right where to sucker punch!!


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