Pictures

Here is Connor at Kaylee's B-day Party at Pump It UP.

Helping Taylor climb the obstacle course.

Kaylee sliding down with Taylor

More of the obstacle course

Connor on the obstacle course. This was about as far as he would go.

Emily, Taylor & Kaylee

Me & Emily ready to go down the slide.

Going down the BIG slide.

A Little of This, A Little of That

Gosh. I keep wanting to come in here and post but I've just been busy. I even started writing a post and id not get to finish it last week so here I am! :sigh: I have pictures from the last two weekends downloaded to my computer at home so hopefully tonight, I'll get a chance to share!

Let's see. First, we had Kaylee's Birthday party. It was at Pump It Up. An indoor inflatable bounce house mecca I guess you could call it. I was a little dissapointed. They had four "jumpers" - one was a regular jumper, one was an obstacle course jumper, one was a slide, and the last one was a jumper with a small slide in it. Connor was a scardy cat. But I guess what's new. Taylor on the other hand - CRAZY. =) She loved the obstacle course. I had to go through it 4 times with her! The first time, I tried to take all three kids. Emily and Connor bailed after the first little climb. Taylor would cry when I wasn't right with her but as soon as I had her again, she was fine. We finally made it all the way to the final climb and slide. It was probably a good 8 foot climb where I'm trying to push her up and Kaylee is at the top waiting to hold her and take her down the slide. That was interesting. But she LOVED it. So much so that she ran to get on it again and never looked back. Didn't care if I was right there was trying to get through it all herself. We finally got Emily to do it the last time we went through. She liked it. Connor never did it. We also did the slide. Kaylee took Taylor down it and I took Emily. Connor would not go. Oh well.

Then last weekend was our camping trip. It was a nice weekend. It was warm but not too hot. It ended up just being our family with our friends Gina and Curtis coming out Saturday for the day. It was very nice. Of course, the kids did not end up napping on Saturday. Not fun! At least trying to get them to nap was NOT fun. They actually did pretty good all day despite the no naps. Of course at the end of the day, Taylor was SO tired she fell asleep watching Dora in the chair with Connor. (I have a pic!). And Emily went right to sleep once she laid done. So it was a very nice weekend.

This weekend, Surbjit's cousin is in town from Australia. She came over last night and I got to meet her and the kids got to meet her. They didn't like her at all - said VERY sarcastically! They were jumping all over her, having her rock them, playing with her. They didn't want her to leave. =) We told them we'd be spending Saturday with her so they'd get to see her again. It'll be nice since the whole family is going to be together so all the cousins and whatnot can play together!

Preschool is going pretty good. Finally this morning as I was leaving Connor was playing with the other two boys that are there as early as we are. So moving in the right direction. He says he has fun but then he says I'm not crying mommy. It's hard to understand what is going on with that boy! The girls are doing pretty good too. Taylor is a talking machine. She will repeat anything and everything. This morning she asked for yogurt for breakfast so I had to give it to her. =) Emily on the other hand is stubborn and will only say things when SHE wants to. We really need to get her out of that habit. Also for the last two nights, Emily has ended up in our bed. :sigh: Not sure why she is waking up crying but she goes right to sleep in our bed. Of course she has to sleep sideways so it's a little inconvient. Especially when her feet are kicking my face. Hopefully it doesn't happen again tonight. And Taylor every night when we put them to bed, two minutes later is standing in her crib crying. We go in there, she lays down and two minutes later, does it again. Ugh. This keeps going on and on until we finally threaten her and she is fine. Not sure what is up with that but I'm ready to be done with the sleep struggles.

So that's what's been going on in our neck of the woods. Hope you all are doing good and staying cool. It's in the 90's around here (100's yesterday) and really does not feel like fall. I'm ready for some cooler weather!!

Eating lunch while camping

Camping at Canyon RV

Emily riding the quad.

Way Back When-esday

I know I'm late but better late than never right?!?!

Date: November 26, 2005

Our first family photo!!

Connor: 3 days old

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First Day at Preschool

It was the kids first day at their new preschool. Connor loved it. No problem from him at all. Yeah!! Emily wouldn't leave my arms at first. Then she was fine, Then Taylor kept crying everytime I'd put her down. I ended up staying at their preschool for 1 1/2 hours. Then I left. Taylor cried. But I guess she was fine after about 5 mins. That was good to hear. She did cry when they went outside to play but Miss Olympia (their teacher) said it was because she was inside cleaning up and she didn't see her. As soon as Miss O came outside, she was fine. And I guess the only time Emily cried was when she got knocked down by some boys on the playground that were running (where they weren't supposed to be). But she was fine.

AND, they took naps with no binkies!!! Wahoo!! This means, no binkies for naps at home anymore either. So hopefully within the next month or two we will be binkie free!! So needless to say I've been crying all day and they were fine. LOL! So hopefully tomorrow will go smoother and so on, as the days go by. Let's hope the girls don't freak when I leave tomorrow.

Making lunches for everyone isn't as bad as I was imagining. I'm taking the easy route right now though and doing sandwich, fruit and chips or crackers for everyone. We'll see how that lasts. I know I have more options but for right now, easy is what I need!

I tried to do pictures today before we left. Connor wouldn't cooperate and the girls didn't want to stand next to each other. Trying to get pictures at the preschool, HA! Didn't even attempt (although there were other parents I saw taking pictures! Maybe next year). But I keep thinking shoot, if this was bad this year, I'm going to be a wreck when Connor goes to kindergarten next year!!! Ugh.

Taylor's first day of preschool!

 

Connor wanted me to take a picture of him hiding!

Emily ready to go wanting to turn the TV off!

Mobile blogging

Let's see if this works. This was taken when we were at Chuck E Cheese
last Sunday.

Last Day of Daycare

Today is a bittersweet day. (As I have tears forming in my eyes). I will not be dropping the kids off at two different daycares anymore. Today was the last day of that. Jackie and Pratima will definitely be missed!! I know they will miss the kids too. This morning was a lot of trying to hold back the tears (for the adults not the kids!) Although I have a feeling Taylor knew something was up because she was hesitant to go in yesterday and today. Jackie offered to babysit if we ever needed it. We may just have to take her up on that offer. I know she would love to see the girls again (as well as her whole family would like to see them again). And she is just 3 blocks from our house. =)

I guess Surbjit got two envelopes from Michaels' mommy yesterday when he picked up Connor. Not only did she get him the puzzle, but she also got 3 movie tickets to the movie theather by us, but also McD's gift certificates! My goodness. She so did not have to! I also got her number and e-mail (which I had given her mine too) so we will definitely be talking soon! They live in our same school district so keeping in touch is a good thing since I KNOW we will run into them again. =)  And Michael and the twins will be in the same grade I believe so who knows. Maybe they'll be in the same class one of these days.

Well, we have a busy weekend ahead of us. I will definitely share it all as time permits! I hope everyone reading this has a Happy Labor Day!!!

Connor's Gift

Tomorrow will be bittersweet. It'll be the last day the kids go to thier current daycare. I'm sad yet I know it marks a new beginning for them too. Today on the way to Pratima's, I told Connor, only two days left! He said he didn't want to go to his new preschool, he wanted to go to Tima's every day. Ah. I know he will miss her and he will be missed.

When we got to Tima's, the other mom that I am always running into in the morning gave Connor a gift! It was so nice and not necessary! We are always consistently dropping our boys off at the same time. And her son is the twins age but I know Connor loves playing with Michael. We are both in the same school district too so unless we move (highly doubtful!), we'll be running into each other again. Note to self: Write thank you note tonight to give to them tomorrow!

So tomorrow is the last day. They probably don't really "get" it. But they will on Tuesday. Stay tuned for that event! And this weekend is Aria's 1st birthday party. So much fun! I just hope it's not too hot!

Way Back When-sday!!!

I know this is MAINLY the kids blog but hey. I was going BACK in time and I found pictures of when we went to Cancun. Talk about WAY BACK!




Time: June 2004

Me at one of the times in my life I was working out and eating healthy! This was the year before I was pregnant with Connor!



Me and Dh in Cancun.

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Gifts for the Preschool Teachers

Well it's a good thing Jackie and Pratima don't read this or I couldn't share the gifts we are giving them. =) This is the last week that the kids will be going to them before they move on to preschool. It's bittersweet. I know they loved my kids and treated them like their own and they will truely be missed. We will defiintely visit and keep in touch as this is not good riddance,  just see-you later.

Anyway, here are the gifts:

They are both engraved with the following:

For Your Memories

Past, Present & Future

Love, (child's name)

I hope they like it. We truely are blessed that they were in our children's lives and helped to shape and mold them to what they are today. Now onto a new chapter in their lives!

Jumper

So we bought a jumper from a MOM in my multiples group. Looks brand new. I have definitely gotten my money's worth!!!

Especially this little girl. Taylor LOVES to jump and climb. Considering this was the girl that waited until 19 months to walk - it's a little bit shocking. ;)

Trying out my mobile blogging. If this works, I can update on the fly. =)

My Climber

That would be Emily. Sunday morning I go in to get them up (they've already been up, I can hear them!). What do my eyes behold as I walk in the door?? Emily straddling the cribs. She was right in between hers and Taylor's. She looks at me, finishes going into Taylor's crib and the two proceed to start jumping up and down. And Laughing! So turn around, go in their closet, get their clothes out for the day, turn back around, and Emily is back in her crib. My climber. :sigh:

Way Back When-esday: Camping

I decided to play way back when-esday this week. I keep seeing Momlissa doing it so I decided to do it this week. =) This was from our August 2006 camping trip to the beach. This is Connor - age almost 9 months. Wow, we could actually put him in the SuperYard and not worry about him. We hardly ever did this with the twins!!

Girls Day!

So the twins daycare was closed yesterday. Ah, this will be the last time that one or the other is home since they will all be at the same daycare starting September 8th. Bittersweet. Well that is until Connor starts kindergarten and then I'm gonna be in a whole heck of trouble. But anyway, I digress. So it was just me and the girls. I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do. I knew I wanted to get out of the house. AND I needed a birthday present for a party on Saturday so the mall here we come! I decided NOT to go to the one near my house as they do not have a food court (yeah, sometimes I wonder how this mall even stays in business!). So we went to the Brea Mall and went to Bath and Body Works. I mean what woman wouldn't LOVE to have some of that! So I bought her gift (ok and something for me too!) and then I headed to Sears to check out the children's clothes. Why oh why haven't I shopped there?!? I've gone in the past and just not been impressed but their clearance was an additional 50% off. I LOVE THAT! Didn't find twos of some things I wanted so I ended up only getting 4 shirts but they were $2 each! Gotta love it. I need to check out the Sears by my house now. ;)

We then went to the food court and ate lunch at Carl's Jr.


That was taken with my phone. I guess it doesn't take that bad of pictures after all!

This was really the first time I've taken both girls out in public by myself. They were not bad. Taylor does not like being in enclosed spaces that's for sure. Freaked out in the elevator (I would too, this elevator BARELY fit the double stroller!!!) and in the bathroom when I had to go. Oh well. Other than that, they did really well and we enjoyed our mom/daughter day. =)

Pictures from San Mateo

Ok, let's see if this works. If it does it's so much easier than what I was doing. Let me know!

The Weekend

We had a pretty uneventful weekend. Well, Mom and Dad were busy and the poor kids had to stay home all weekend. I had a bridal shower to go to on Saturday so Surbjit was at home with the kids basically all day. And of course, they didn't want to nap. Emily was crabby. She is teething so that's fun! And Connor is slowly getting away from naps. He needs them and he doesn't. It probably helps him go to bed at night when he doesn't get a nap. LOL. But I'm not ready to not have me time in the afternoon! Maybe I'll start allowing him to play quietly in his bedroom during nap time. That will give me the break and him play time. It will also teach him to play by himself too. Hmm.

Sunday Surbjit and I went on our annual Booze Cruise with my coworkers. Fun as usual. (We go out of Huntington Harbor on a boat owned by a coworker who retired and drive it to Acapulco by Marina Pacifica and eat brunch there). Ah, we were a little worried as Bigi was going to have the kids basically all day and they weren't too good for Surbjit. Thankfully, the girls napped 2 1/2 hours and were playing great outside by the time we got home. We even left after the girls went to bed and went to Downtown Disney to Jamba Juice (I've had two gift cards forever to use) and walked around a little while Bigi put Connor to bed. So nice!!

I have to say it's so fun to watch the three of them play together. Yesterday, Connor got on one of those push toys we have and started asking me to push him. He then saw Emily and rethought it and asked Emily to push him. WHICH SHE DID!! So nice. It's finally getting to the point where I'll just have to be a referee and I can participate when I want. =D YEAH!!!

Weekend Camping

So we went camping at San Mateo State Beach this past weekend. I'd share pics but um, yeah I left the camera in the motorhome. Woops! Will have to run by it in storage soon so I can get those pics! The kids had a wonderful time. We had a decent campsite too. Unfortunately, this campground is 1.5 miles from the Beach. But since we told the kids we were going to the Beach, we made the trek to the Beach. Just wait until you see the wagon, loaded with kids, chairs and ice chest. This "trek" was more like a hike. There were two BIG hills. And hauling this probably close to 200 lb wagon was not fun. At least I didn't have to do it. Thanks Babe! =) So we were able to spend about 2 hours at the Beach. It took us almost 40 mins to hike to the Beach. On the way back we took the road 1/2 way and then got a lift from our friends who had a car.

We had a good time. This campground would not be my ultimate favorite to go to. There really isn't much to do. The Beach is far away. There is no playground. I mean you can hang at camp but the sites aren't all that big either and I know it's summer but all the sites were really brown, as in dirt. And lots of it. We had water and electric hook-ups which were nice. But with CA raising its prices on camping, this campground will now be $60 a night. Definitely not worth it in my opinion.

Pics will come soon! I promise!

New Preschool

So I took yesterday off of work to take Connor to his new preschool. =) He did enjoy himself although he is going to have to get over not doing what the other kids are doing. ugh. Yesterday was bring your rock to school day (and being the good mom I am I remembered so he had a rock!). But of course, another girl brought a bigger rock so he wanted that rock. Or he wanted someone else's rock. And he threw a fit. Then he didn't want to put the paint shirt on to paint. ugh. Then he didn't want to sit at the same table as everyone. But we finally got him sitting down. He painted his rock and we brought it home.

Before that, we got to go outside and play. He kept asking me if he could play on this and play on that. ;) Very cute. His friend from his current preschool that use to go there is at his new preschool! Connor and Sarah were good friends at Ms. Tima's and she was so excited that Connor was coming to her school so that was nice for him. Of course, he only wanted to play with Sarah though. I tried to tell him that there are lots of kids to play with and the other girls wanted to play with him also. I'm sure he'll branch out once he starts feeling more comfortable.

So all in all, a good day. He asked me this morning to go to his new preschool. I had to tell him they are closed getting ready for the new students that are starting in September. We even circled the date on the calendar for when they start. I can't believe it's less than three weeks away!!

We Had a Visitor Last Night . . .

in our bed and her name was Emily. Surprisingly she went straight to bed when I brought her in. She woke up screaming. Well first, she woke up around 8:30pm crying. I took her out held her for a couple minutes and then put her back to bed. She protested but finally gave up after about 5 mins. Then around 11pm she woke up SCREAMING. So I went and grabbed her, gave her Tylenol and brought her into bed. She cuddled up next to Daddy and fell asleep. And slept all night that way. Nice change for me as Connor usually pushes into me so I hardly have any room and therefore sleep horribly. I barely noticed Emily was in bed. =) She has a cold (surprise surprise) and i believe she is teething. I can feel her top two canine teeth and most likely her bottom two canine are coming in too. Poor thing. Hopefully tonight will be better!

Easter Bunny

Yes. I'm late. Not entirely my fault. =) Our neighbors do this yearly Easter Egg hunt and pictures with the Easter bunny. Well, I just got the pictures she took last week. So see, not my fault! They actually didn't turn out too bad. I just remember Emily not cooperating AT ALL that day! But if you look at the pictures, you can't even tell! Enjoy!

Tanaka Farms Pictures

Watermelon Tour at Tanaka Farms

OC Fair Pics

At the OC Fair

VERY Busy Weekend

Well let's see. It started on Friday actually. The twins daycare was closed so I had them all day. I decided to take them to their new daycare to visit, meet the teachers and kids and play a little. We were there for 2 hours!! They warmed up, had fun and even hugged their teachers good-bye. =) Yeah!

Saturday, we went to Tanaka Farms and did the watermelon tour with one of my mommy groups. It was fun. I don't know that I would do it again but I'm sure next year would be even easier with the twins actually listening better. Although they did VERY good. Except for Taylor freaking out when we first got on the tractor ride. But she calmed down and was good. By the time that was over and we ate lunch we decided just to head up to my friend Melanie's for her housewarming party. So the kids napped in the car on the way there and we stayed at her house until about 7pm. Got home after 8pm and basically went to sleep. We were all tired!

Sunday, I ran a 5k through the OC fairgrounds which garnered me free entrance so we all decided to go. So Surbjit, the kids, Bigi, Uncle Harjinder, Aunt Edith and Aria met me there when the fair opened. We ended up staying until almost 3pm! Emily decided there was too much to look at and never napped but Taylor did. And they all got to ride on the train ride with me. And pet animals too. So it was a fun, busy weekend!!!

Ring Around A Rosie

Pardon my singing. ;)

So what's been going on???

Not much. I'm in the middle of daycare paperwork. Fun. NOT! I filled out most of the paperwork for Connor, now I have to work on Taylor and Emily. Plan was to do one a night and be done in three nights but I went running the last two night and forgot about it. Tonight is a rest day so maybe I can get another one done tonight. :sigh: I HATE paperwork.

Things are going OK. We are "trying" to get the girl dependence on their binkies reduced. I mean these girls love them their binkies. So far this week, doing good. I'm worried for the weekend when we won't let them have them during the day. This week, we didn't have them during the day and I'm SURE they had them at daycare. Taylor though has realized we are not letting her have them in the morning anymore and stopped going to look in her crib for them. She would actually reach through the slats and grab them or cry until I came to give it to her. I've started hiding them under the blankets at the far end so 1.) they can't see them and 2.) they can't reach them. So far it's working. After the first two days, she doesn't even go in there anymore to look for them.

Emily is starting to learn too. But that girl! Last night she got really worked up. All she wants is for me to hold her and walk her around. I can't even sit down and have her sit in my lap. NO - she wants me moving around with her. Uh uh. I am not her legs. She got SO worked up last night and Surbjit had a headache so he put her in her crib and closed the door. I was thinking great, now she is going to have her binkies so of course she'll calm down. She did calm down. I went there and asked if she was ready to get out. She nodded her head. Of course, she had a binkie in her mouth and FOUR binkie's in her hand (she LOVES to carry them. At night, she has to have one in each hand when going to sleep!). I said she had to leave her binkies in the crib. She shook her head no and started freaking out again. So I left the room. She calmed down. I went back in there. I said are you ready to get out now? She shook her head yes and dropped the binkies in her hand. I told her she had to get rid of the one in her mouth too (if I let her go out with that binkie then Taylor would start freaking out because she would want one too). She shook her head no and proceeded to start freaking out AGAIN. So I left the room. She calmed down. I went back in and asked if she was ready to get out. She shook her head yes and took the binkie out of her mouth and dropped it in the crib. Mom - 1 Emily - 0.

Book Review - The Talking Baby by Jeremy & Karina Sweet

I was very interested in reading this book in the hopes that I would learn something to help me get my twins to talk. The Talking Baby talks about ways to help your little one (and I mean little - they say to start early - before one) to talk sooner. One of the most frustrating periods for parents is that span of time when the child knows what they want, but can't communicate what it is. The parent is left guessing and trying to figure out what it is while their child is screaming at the top of their lungs. This book is here to help eliminate (or at least make shorter) that time period.

I did enjoy this book. There were lots of helpful hints and tricks to help your child start talking. Some of them were of course no brainers (repetition, repetition, repetition) but others were very helpful (word and phrases that are easiest for baby to say). Overall, I highly recommend this book to those with babies. It'll give you some fun and interesting ways to "play" with baby that will help to expand their vocabulary and hopefully, get them on the path to start talking early. I do not think this book is for those that have children over 1 or 1 1/2. By this time, the child is more older and set in their ways and may not be as open to some of the "tricks" and tips they spell out in the book. Don't get me wrong, you can still definitely use this book at any age. I think it's a great resource. I just think you'll get the MOST out of it, if you start using the tips before age 1.

Check out their web page at: http://www.thetalkingbaby.com. You can order the book directly from there!!

And They Are All Signed Up . . .

to start preschool/daycare!!! We finally found one we liked and bonus - the girls are going to go there too! So for the fleeting year we have, they will all be at the same place. LOL! We decided on Crescent Ave Christian Preschool. We were limited in that I need to drop the kids off around 6:30am. So anyone that opens 7am or later were out. But we were able to view 6 different preschools. Three that were Christian based and three that were not. Being as Surbjit and I are both different religions it was not really my intent to send them to a Christian school. However, it opens up so much more options for us if we looked at them. And in the end, their curriculum was one of the best. Their day is not entirely focused on christian learning but it's there in the background. And we do not have a problem with this. I guess this will just mean we'll have to bring them to Surbjit's place of worship and let them start learning about his religion too.

In any case, they all start on September 8th (day after labor day). I can't believe I have a year and then Connor will be starting Kindergarten! My gosh. It seems like yesterday that we just had him. He is certainly growing up. And the girls are definitely asserting their opinions! They still aren't talking much (especially Emily but it's because she refuses too that stubborn stubborn girl!). Taylor has started repeating most words that I say to her and is coming along a lot easier than her sister. I am worried about the change in daycares. It will be an adjustment for them. I'm not too worried about Connor. I think he'll enjoy the change. I know he likes going to Pratima's but he has outlasted the usefulness there and I think he knows it. He'll be around a group of kids all his age and able to make lots of new friends and have tons of fun. So wish us luck. I have lots of paperwork to fill out and I plan on bringing the kids by the preschool in August sometime so they can check it out and visit and meet their teachers. I hope it goes smoothly!

Weekend Events

Didn't do much this weekend. We went to the Buena Park Farmer's Market at the mall on Saturday morning. It was going to be a hot day so we got there early. Bigi, Uncle Harjinder and Aria joined us. Connor was a little pill in the beginning (gotta love the terrible threes) but we got some good fruits and veggies and the twins and Connor got to go in the Petting Zoo. Ok, it wasn't much of a petting zoo. Just some goats, 2 pigs and a bunch of bunnies. But hey, it entertained the kids. They even have a pony ride but Connor wouldn't ride. I don't know why. He rode the horse when we went to the Petting Zoo in San Juan a couple months ago. So we were there for a little over an hour. Then we went back home and played, napped (or attempted to nap). Then we played and the kids went to bed while Surbjit and I went out.

Sunday, Surbjit wasn't feeling good so he stayed in bed all day. The kids and I and Bigi played in the house all morning. It was gonna be another hot day and I didn't want the kids (or should I say Taylor) to overheat. Plus Emily is just getting over an ear infection. The kids all napped (thankfully unlike Saturday) and I got to run to the grocery store. Got back and continued to play until dinner time inside the house. Everyone went to bed. So it was a long stuck inside the house kind of weekend.

Surbjit went to the Doctor today and apparently he has the flu. Let's hope it doesn't go through the house. He's been pretty good about staying away from the kids so that helps. Bigi has been coming over at night to help while I take Connor to his swim lessons. We were going camping this weekend but have cancelled since Surbjit will still not be 100%. We may go visit our friends for the day but we won't have to load the motorhome and everything so it'll be easier. We'll see. It seems this is the year of cancelled camping trips. Hopefully next year with Surbjit having vacation time and the kids being older, we won't have to cancel and can plan better than we have this year. I know it'll get easier as the kids get older.

Connor

Well, I haven't really dedicated a whole post to just Connor in awhile so let me do that now. =) We started swim lessons on Monday. After BEGGING and BEGGING to go when his sisters were going last week, we get there and all he does is scream and cry because he is scared. So Monday, not so good. Said he didn't even want to go back again. I said fine, I'll take Emily. He said OK. WHAT?!?! Uh uh, no he is NOT quitting. So I got home from work yesterday and he waiting at the front door in his swim suit raring to go to the pool. Cool! Surbjit had already made dinner so I quickly ate (It was delicious and awesome since I didn't have to cook! I could get use to that!) and then we headed out the door. At first he was a little sketchy. But we got in and he was fine! We used the kick board and he kicked all over the place. We sang a couple songs and got use to the water. He went down the steps (he LOVES to play on the steps but I try not to let him stay there since technically people are trying to get in and out there and it's not safe and he can get in the way). He also started talking to the lifeguard in charge of the class too. Sweet! We were kicking around around and he's yelling." Girl, girl". I look up and I say "if you want to talk to her call her by her name Jenna." So he says"Jenna look at me! I'm kicking FAST!".

So yesterday was a good swim day! He even sort of floated on his back. He didn't want to put his head back but I saw most of the kids in the class don't do that. It's probably their age. So after swim he ran some errands with me. We went to Target. I was pulling a shopping cart out and two ended up coming together. I wanted the second one because the first had trash in it. I was getting ready to wheel the second one towards the store and Connor says," Mommy, we have to put this one with its friends." And he's pushing the first cart towards the others that are sitting at the front of the store. Another lady was getting a cart and she started laughing. =) He is just too funny.

So we ran errands. He is my little helper and not much of a pain or a I want that type of child. He got two t-shirts while we were there but they were $2 each on sale. =) Couldn't pass it up. Hopefully tonight at swim is just as fun! He really wants to go down the slide but I think we have to wait until Friday.

Fourth of July

We went to our friends Jeff and Romy's house for the the 4th of July. Their daughter and grandson are the same age as Connor so we knew he would have fun playing all day long! We took the motorhome and camped outside their house since the twins would definitely need a nap and probably go to bed before the fireworks (which they did). So it all worked out great. We rented a jumper for the kids and they had a little baby pool set up so the kids ran back and forth between the baby pool and jumper all day long. The twins played with all Katrina's toys and had fun but were very tired and ended up going to bed before 7pm. We couldn't start fireworks until after 8pm because it was still light out. But Connor had lots of fun. I do have pictures to share. I just need to download them from the camera.

The girls must be either teething or growing. Emily has been crying out at night and last week two night woke up and we had to go in there and comfort. Friday night was horrible! I ended up sleeping on their floor, sleeping with Connor, back to sleeping on the twins floor with Taylor than to waking up. Ugh. Needless to say it was a good thing it was not a work day. I'm hoping they grow out of this phase.

We are in the middle of preschool shopping. We narrowed it down to two yesterday and I called the licensing agency this morning and I think based on that call we have made a decision. We are going to discuss more tonight. With the twins in one daycare and Connor in another it would get GREAT to get them all at one place. Not to mention more convenient but I do understand also it's only for one more year and then Connor starts Kindergarten! GASP!! I can't believe my baby is growing up.

Book Review - Too Too Many Tutus

I read Too Too Many Tutus by Suzanne Davis Marion. This was a VERY cute book. I read it to my 20 month old twins and even to my 3 1/2 year old son. They all enjoyed it and the twins even sat through it the third time I attempted to read to them (both times before they just wanted to flip through the book!). I highly suggest this book if you have a daughter that loves ballet. She will thoroughly enjoy reading this book. Even for those that don't, it basically goes through each color of tutu this little girl has. Very good tool to teach colors and reinforce what the different colors look like while getting an entertaining story about a little girl who can't choose which tutu to wear because she has "too too many tutus". =)