Opa and Bubby and Sophie and Hannah

They look so grown up!

Inspecting Bubby's jewelry.

Ha!

Wearing Bubby's jewelry and shoes.

Dad and Jan.

Hannah and Bubby.

Daddy.

I love the look on Hannah's face in this picture!

Sophie smile.

Opa being a good sport:)

Heartbeat

Craig bought me this beautiful necklace for Mother's Day from The Vintage Pearl!

Of course Sophie and Hannah love playing with it. The other day I was telling Hannah "This one says 'Hannah' and this one says 'Sophie'. Mommy likes to wear your names so she can keep you close to her heart." Hannah looked at me and said "Bum bum. Bum bum." She was imitating a heartbeat:)

Things I Don't Want to Forget

Sophie Bear is starting to speak in complete sentences and Hannah is not far behind. Even though I think this is wonderful, I'm going to miss some of their Sophie and Hannah speak. Here are some of my faves:

Chey ye ye=Cheerios

Yo Yo=Yogurt or Yo Gabba Gabba or Both

Canpakes=Pancakes (I absolutely love this)

Ba Lays=Pajamas (Another favorite)

Zu=Music

Right now Hannah is really into putting on pants. Sometimes when I (accidentally) leave a pair in the playroom, Hannah will put them on. Only she can't figure out how to get them over her tush so she walks around with the front part of her pants up to her waist but the back part hangs below the tush.

Z is for ZOO

E is for...

Elephant.

B is for...

Bear.

P is for picture to prove that mommy was there!

C is for Carousel

R is for ride.

N is for nose and for playing outside.

M is for monkey.

S is for shoe. (So cute!)

Z is for zebra and fun at the zoo!

Everything Old is New Again

I decided to sell the girls bouncy seat on Craigslist. I took it out of storage to take some pictures and let Sophie and Hannah have some fun. They had a great time getting reacquainted with it.

I guess it was much easier to share back in the day...

POOP...in the tub...

The evening started with this:

I gave Hannah a little bowl of sauce to use as dip for her ravioli. She tossed her ravioli aside and ate the sauce with a spoon. Then she moved onto the peas. She dropped her peas in the sauce and ate them out of the bowl with her hands. Then she dumped everything onto her tray.

Next stop-bath! Bubble bath. Both girls had a great time splashing and giggling. Good times. Just as I was getting ready to take them out I saw the poop. Who knows how long it had been in there hiding under the bubbles. I promptly screamed. There was a lot of it, everywhere. Craig came running into the bathroom. I yelled "POOP!" Sophie and Hannah freaked out saying "Poop. Poop!" over and over again. I'm sure my screaming didn't help matters. Sophie also said "Ew!" a few times* They wanted to get out but I made them wait until the bath had drained and I could clean them again. Kind of cruel but the fact that they got to play in tub a little while longer I'm sure made up for it.

*Now when I change Sophie's diaper she says "Poop. Ew." I'm thinking maybe she picked that up from me. Oops.

Picture of the Week

Watching a little YGG in their bath towels.

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day!

This is what I woke up to:

For those of you who don't speak toddler, they're saying "Happy Mother's Day"!

More Potty Talk

And because the potty post wasn't TMI enough, I thought I'd add some pictures to go with it!

On this particular day she wanted to do anything but sit on the potty.

She was fine the next day....as long as she got to wear a fleece jacket and winter hat while she sat there.

Potty Party Time

You know you're a mom when you hear yourself say things like "Don't touch your pee. Pee pee is dirty." It never occurred to me that this is not a given. Hannah will finish with the potty, clap and show me that she peed by touching the pee in the potty.

I have also said "If you don't stop touching your poop, I won't let you sit on the potty." That's right, this is also something that has to be taught. And I find it fascinating that I need to bribe my daughter not to touch her poop by telling her she can sit on the potty if she stops. Because she loves to sit on the potty every chance she gets.

Both girls love the potty. But they each have their own way of doing things. Sophie takes forever. Forever. Hannah is the opposite. She goes on the potty right away. Then she claps and says "Yay" and puts the contents into the toilet. She repeats this process 4 or 5 times until she's completely done. Oy.

Potty training is one of those things that's so much harder with twins. Because they don't just sit and go at the same time. One goes and while I help her, the other one gets up and moves around. I get the second one back on the potty and realize the first one is precariously tipping the potty (with contents) towards the toilet. I go help her and then the other one gets up and wanders around (without a diaper on). Sometimes she squats and I panic. I grab her and sit her back on the toilet with a book. Meanwhile the first one has used the potty again (because she can't do it all at once!) and is walking around with the freshly used potty. Or maybe putting her hands in the contents. Whatever.

And they both always have to have the door shut. But that's an entirely different post.

Hannah Update II

Hannah with her ever present shmata.

Hannah is doing great. She is eating constantly. She is finally taking the same amount as Sophie in her nighttime bottle. Tonight she sucked down her bottle (before Sophie!), burped, ripped off her bib, shouted "teeth!", then ran up the stairs to brush her teeth. Earlier today she had a huge dinner. She ate more than Sophie. In fact, she finished Sophie's leftovers. Good grief.

It kind of makes me forgive her for doing this:

Kind of.