Twinkle, Twinkle

Feeding the Horses with Papa

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I took this picture when I was playing hide and seek with the kids one afternoon.  They always act so surprised and burst into giggles when I find them, even though from the moment they find their hiding spot they're both calling out, "Mommy, we're over here!!"

I came downstairs to find Jordan basking in the sunlight one morning.  The sun has pretty much been hiding here in Western Washington and makes a very rare appearance every now and then.  The other night at dinner, the clouds parted for a minute and the sun was actually shining on us.  Jordan looked very confused and asked, "Mommy, what is that?"  I told him it was the sun and they both got down and went to find their sunglasses.  By the time they made it back to the table with their glasses on....the sun was gone. 

Sunday afternoon nap

Jordan went through an Incredible Hulk phase.  Consequently, we have a sign on our fridge that says, "NO YELLING! NO GROWLING!"  Luckily, he's moved on to Star Wars now and the Hulk only makes an occassional appreance. 

Megan finally showed interest in wearing her Halloween costume.  Too bad it was 6 months late. 

Another Hulk picture...The good thing about Jordan being into the Hulk and now Yoda is that since they're both green, he's now convinced that if he eats green food he will also turn green.  I've never seen him be so quick to eat celery, broccoli and lettuce as he is now.

Here's our proud little girl who actually made it through her first day today with a dry diaper.  Potty training is pretty easy with her because Jordan's helping out.  If she goes potty I give them both a jelly bean, so Jordan is asking her all day if she needs to go potty and keeps giving her drinks so she'll go more often.  Literally all I have to do is pass out the jelly beans...it's great!!!

Here's a couple more things about Megan right now that make me laugh.  Whenever she's being really affectionate with us and giving us kisses and cuddles she says, "I love you Mommy....Merry Christmas," in a very tender voice.

When she sings "Book of Mormon Stories" during family night she scrunches up her little face and tries to look angry.  I guess that's just her reaction to singing in a minor key. 

Matching

Megan loves to dress herself and pick out her outfits everyday. Because she was coming up with very interesting outfits, I explained to her the whole concept of matching. I wasn't sure if she would actually get it or really care....but I was wrong. She's gone way overboard with matching. Not only do her clothes now have to be the same color, but her binky, her sippy cup, the toys she plays with, the blankets she uses, the books she wants me to read to her all now have to be the same color. Usually her color of choice is pink which makes it easy....

but occasionally she picks a different color. This is her "green" day. What you can't see in the picture is that her green pants were dirty so she went and found a pair of Jordan's green underwear to put on over her diaper to wear for the day. Luckily we didn't have anywhere to go that day.

Easter/Birthday Celebrations

I can't remember if Easter has fallen so close to my birthday in years past, but it was a very eventful day yesterday having 2 birthday parties and 2 Easter celebrations all in the same day.  I got to spend the day with my favorite people, eat my favorite foods and watch my children smiling and having fun all day long.  Andrew's mom made me my favorite cake and my mom made me peanut butter pie.  Even the weather was beautiful which was a miracle condsidering the very wet, cold spring we've had so far.  I guess you could say it was simply the perfect day.

Megan was cracking us up because she would only put pink eggs in her pail.  She did give in and picked up a couple of blue ones, but had second thoughts and promptly threw them on the grass for someone else to pick up.

I guess I've reached the age where it's easier to light my birthday candles with a blow torch rather than a match.

This picture made me laugh because Megan's pail was so heavy she couldn't even lift it and her cheeks are stuffed with candy. 

A Day at Grandma's

While I was at the beach last weekend, the kids spent a day at Grandma Erin's with their cousins.  Holly took some pictures of the kids and it was fun for me to see these on Facebook while I was away, missing my kids and wondering what they were up to.  Isn't technology great?

Such a loved little girl

Alexander and Jordan are 6 weeks apart.  It's crazy that our little babies have now grown up into 5 year olds, soon to be kindergartners.  Where has the time gone?

I love how all of Megan's eggs are pink. 

Watching expectantly for the garbage truck.

There he is!!!!!

Good bye garbage truck!

Beach Getaway

Last weekend we had a Mother/Daugthers getaway to Lincoln City, Oregon.  The weather wasn't the greatest, but we had a blast eating way too much food, laughing our heads off, doing crafts, watching the first season of Drop Dead Diva, shopping and just being together.  Here are some pictures of our fun trip....

Goodbye beautiful Oregon coast....until we meet again!