twins

GMA did a really cool segment the other day on twins. They featured this video and it got me thinking about how special it is to be a twin. C & C do the 'twin talk' thing on an hourly basis and I am convinced that they actually carry on conversations that are exclusive to them only. They will go on for minutes in jibber-jabber and then both all of the sudden burst into laughter at the same time.   One of my very best friends, Jen, recently found out that she is expecting twinnies! I couldn't be more excited for her & her family. Having been through a twins pregnancy before it is so sweet for me to follow along in her experience with her. Twins are a lot but they are also amazing. When the twins were younger people would always ask me,  "I just don't know how you do it" and my thought has always been that, you just do....partly because you have to ....but MOSTLY because you want to!

I know I have said it so many times on this blog but I really feel like twins are such a blessing. There are challenges that go along with having two kids the same age but the cool things about it defiantly out weigh any of those challenges. Carter & Chloe have a bond like no other.  I am excited to see how their relationship changes and evolves over the years of their childhood. 

buggers

 This kid loves to eat his buggers and he thinks it is hilarious when you tell him it is gross.  Dude?

The snot has been flowing this weekend. Both kids have double ear infections. 

So it has been lots of Tylenol and rest this weekend.
We are listing our house on Thursday. I am nervous & excited.
Keep your fingers crossed for a fast sell for us.

 Came upstairs to find Bella & Chloe snuggling together.  It was such a sweet sight. 

This dog loves her kids. 

She has to be wherever they are. 

Carter LOVES loves loves anything with wheels. Typical boy.

Love how animated C is when he watches movies.

Sunny day

We had a beautiful sunny day today. The twins and I enjoyed a park date, Starbucks,  driving with the sun roof open and listening to the new Adele album (LOVE). 

We are entering the most beautiful time of year here, days like today make all the endless days of entertaining the kids inside through winter worth it. 

I could never get tiered of having these two as my side kicks everyday.
My cup is overflowing.

life

Time seems to moving along at the speed of light lately I can hardly keep track of when one week begins and the other ends. Chloe and Carter are now officially 2 1/2  (as of 2/21). They are in the thick of the toddler stage and I still think it's easier having twin toddlers than twin babies but there are most certainly challenges with this stage as well. It seems like once we get through one challenging stage with one child the other starts some other new issue. But I guess what can we expect, they are individuals.  We have finally got Chloe going to bed by herself with almost no issues at bedtime. We have been dealing with some pretty serious sleep issues with her for the past 6 months or so.  So we are feeling pretty great about the fact that we were able to work through it with her (at least for now). It took a lot of patience and a lot of sleeping on the floor in her room BUT here we are on the other side. Like I said before however when we get one thing under control with one...the other one starts something new. So of course the last few nights Carter has been terrible to try to get to bed. His lack of wanting to go to bed is more about wanting to play than being scared so I think we are close to breaking out the sleep books once again! I wish there was a universal manual for how to raise kids. Wouldn't that be nice?

I have been terrible about taking pictures lately, sometimes I feel like what we do isn't that exciting so I don't bring my camera. But I most always find that I wish I had brought it. So I am going to try to be better at that.  We started the twins in swimming lessons twice a week at two separate places. They are loving it.  We really want them to learn how to swim. 

We are in the process of getting our house ready to put on the market to sell. I am nervous about trying to keep it clean & show ready with two toddlers. Wish me luck! I am sad to be moving on from this house but we really have grown out of it. 

Pop's Work

We took a little field trip a few weekends ago to my Dad's work. We knew the kids would get a kick out of it and I hadn't been there in a long time.  My Dad works for King County,  at the solid waste division.  It is essentially the place where ALL the garbage is taken  for all of King County.  He works within the office that manages the operations. There is hundreds of trucks there and Carter got a huge thrill out of seeing them so up close. Chloe did also but not nearly as much as our boy he is  obsessed with anything that has wheels.

 

On top of one of the old 'pits'  that is now full and filled with compacted garbage. They dig these gigantic holes and fill them with millions of tons of trash.  It just looks like a big grassy hill that has a beautiful view of Mt. Rainer. Also surprisingly it doesn't smell at all there. They actually trap the gasses that are emitted from the decomposition and through an intricate piping system (you can see some of it in the picture above) they funnel the gas out to make  energy....very interesting. 

There are tons of wild deer that essentially live there because there is so much green grass for them to eat.