4 Years...

Another year has past so quickly, some how over the last year the little bits of baby left in you guys has disappeared and now I have little people.

 

 Your going to school 2 days a week and flourishing.  Nothing but good reports come home and how well mannered and what good listeners you are(at least it happens at school if not at home)

 The biggest change for you two this year was we moved to a bigger house only 3 blocks away but I didn't realize how much we uprooted everything you were comfortable with.  For the first time in your lives we had you start sleeping in separate rooms.  Lauren you loved this idea, Colin you were terrified.  I started to beg Lauren the 1st night there if you could sleep in her room and you said "Mom I've been waiting my whole life for my own room".  I knew I had to just tough it out and help him learn to not be scared.   3 months later we still have sleep issues since the change from both of you but we will get through this.

 Over the last year the benefits of having twins has become what great playmates you are to each other, this of course usually ends in fighting but for a little while I can get stuff done!

 I was never a girly girl so its funny that I have been blessed with one.  Oh my Lauren you are such a girly girl(that can also stomp in mud puddles and play in dirt of course)  You have a huge passion for the Disney Princesses and I did nothing to encourage this.  You love dress up clothes and those cheap plastic dress up shoes.  You told me just the other day "a girl can never have to many tiaras".  Your bedroom is princess themed and you would like it painted pink and purple but I think we will stick to princess wall decals.  You love animals, especially cats and horses.  Almost every morning you tell me you dreamed of horses, unicorns, dress ups and accessories.  A major event for you(well maybe just mommy) was that you got your tonsils and adenoids removed in August.  Best thing we ever did for you and you were such a trooper.  You no longer snore and have not gotten a sinus infection since!  You have been dancing for a year now and LOVE it!!

 

Facts about Lauren according to Lauren:

 

 











1. What is your favorite color? Pink, purple and blue
2. What is your favorite toy? puzzles
3. What is your favorite fruit? Strawberries
4. What is your favorite TV show? Sophia the 1st
5. What is your favorite lunch? PBJ
6. What is your favorite outfit? pink dress
7. What is your favorite game? blocks
8. What is your favorite snack? Teddy grahams
9. What is your favorite animal? Horse, pony and unicorn
10. What is your favorite song? 22 by Taylor Swift
11. What is your favorite book? Madeline
12. Who is your best friend? Harlow
13. What is Mommy's job? fix teeth
14. What is Daddy's job? watch bad people at jail
15. What is your favorite drink? fizzy
16. What do you like to play outside? On the swingset
17. What do you like to take to bed with you? All my friends
18. What is your favorite thing for breakfast? eggs
19. What do you want for dinner on you Bday? Pizza
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Pediatrician

Colin you are all boy and yet so sensitive.  You love anything with wheels but especially John Deere tractors.  Which is so funny because we have no farm affiliation.  You are asking Santa for a combine harvester this year.  You chose to decorate your new room with a John Deere theme.   You have started playing by yourself and acting out scenes with your action figures will all those boy noises.  You love to help Daddy and chance you get whether is mowing the lawn, shoveling snow and fixing things around the house.   Your are the life of the party/playground. You are so outgoing and outspoken everyone wants to be your friend and you want to be everyone's friend.  I love you Booders, yes I still call you that but you still let me!

 

Facts about Colin according to Colin:

 



 

What is your favorite color? Orange

What is your favorite toy? tablet

What is your favorite fruit? Strawberries

What is your favorite TV show? Max and Ruby(so not true)

What is your favorite lunch? PBJ

What is your favorite outfit? monster truck shirt

What is your favorite game? swords

What is your favorite snack? candy

What is your favorite animal?  a baby cat

What is your favorite song? You say I'm just a friend by Austin Mahone

What is your favorite book? spider book

Who is your best friend? Aiden, Owen and Kayden

What is Mommy's job? fix teeth

What is Daddy's job? puts bad guys in dungeons

What is your favorite drink? fizzy

What do you like to play outside? ride bike

What do you like to take to bed with you? my bear

What is your favorite thing for breakfast? waffles

What do you want for dinner on you Bday? cake

What do you want to be when you grow up? work a Daddy's work

Well until next year blog friends if anyone even reads this. If you do does anyone know a good site to put your blog into a book, this is my baby book and the only reason I still do these yearly updates is so they have a way to look back when they are older?

3 Years...

I realize I'm a crappy blogger, i doubt anyone even reads anymore but this is more for Colin and Lauren to read years from now.  I feel like we just finished their 2nd birthday, I can't believe they are 3.  They are 2 of the most amazing people in my life, i don't even remember what I did before them.  Being a Mom is the hardest job but so rewarding.  I decided to let them tell you all a little about themselves at the age of 3.

 

 

 

1. Whats your favorite color? Orange
2. Whats your favorite toy?  My school bus
3. Whats your favorite fruit? strawberries
4. Whats your favorite TV show? Jake and the Neverland Pirates 
5. Whats your favorite lunch? Mac and cheese and sausage
6. Whats your favorite outfit? Monkey shirt
7. Whats your favorite game? Tag
8. Whats your favorite snack? Cookie bars(special K bars)
9. Whats your favorite animal? Fish
10. Whats your favorite song? Animal Action
11. Whats your favorite book? Tractor book
12. Who's your best friend? Chase
13. Whats Mommy's job? Teeth
14. Whats Daddy's job? Watches police men
15. Whats your favorite drink? Red juice
16. What do you like to play outside? T-ball
17. What do you like to have in bed at night? My animals
18. Whats your favorite breakfast? Pancakes and sausage
19. What do you want for dinner on your Bday? Pizza
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Police man

Colin is a very energetic little boy who puts so much enthusiasm in everything he does, he loves tractors, trucks, bulldozers and dinosaurs.  He loves his sissy and is very dependent on having her around for comfort. He gives the best kisses and loves his back scratched.  He is about 50% potty trained and loves his big boy underwear!

 

 





1. Whats your favorite color? Pink
2. Whats your favorite toy?  My shopping cart
3. Whats your favorite fruit? tropical fruit
4. Whats your favorite TV show? Doc Mcstuffin's 
5. Whats your favorite lunch? Pickles
6. Whats your favorite outfit? Dolly shirt
7. Whats your favorite game? Puzzles
8. Whats your favorite snack? Teddy Grahams
9. Whats your favorite animal? Horsies
10. Whats your favorite song? Animal Action
11. Whats your favorite book? Zoe book
12. Who's your best friend? Ella
13. Whats Mommy's job? Fixes teeth
14. Whats Daddy's job? Sees the bad guys
15. Whats your favorite drink? Fizzy juice
16. What do you like to play outside? T-ball
17. What do you like to have in bed at night? Books
18. Whats your favorite breakfast? Bacon
19. What do you want for dinner on your Bday? Spaghetti
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? Dentist

Lauren you are a very caring little girl and really tune into the emotions involved in different situations.  You love puzzles, babies, animals and princess dress up. You often tell me, daddy and your grandmas how much you love us.  I love how when I hold you, you pat my back.  You love your kitty and she loves you.  Your are completely potty trained, day and night and have been for 6 months!

They celebrated their Birthday yesterday with a big group of 20 of their little friends at a indoor playground.  They had a mickey and minnie themed party and really got the whole birthday concept this year.  Thanks to all our friends who came out to celebrate!

2.5

So I'm about a week late with this but lets face it I suck at blogging.  We are somehow now closer to 3 then we are 2 years old.

 Lauren you are our silly girl, you love to make us laugh with silly words and silly dances!  You love to dance and play your guitar! You like to pretend you are a kitty or a doggy and have us feed you treats.  You love dresses and jewelry, note the above picture, you are always accessorizing!  In the last 3 weeks you have learned to pee on the potty and are wearing big girl undies all day and pull ups at night.  The pooping on the potty has been an issue with you up until yesterday, you finally mastered it!  You are incredible smart and wise beyond your years, we love you more then you love Popsicles!

Colin you are such a boy!!  You have so much enthusiasm for everything you do.  You love bulldozer, trucks and motorcycles.  You know all the proper names of the trucks and you let us know if we called something a bulldozer when its technically is a excavator!  You have a love/hate relationship with bugs, your obsessed with finding them but terrified to have one touch you.  I often find you outside smashing bugs with you bare hands.  You love climbing anything and everything and I find you jumping off of everything you can!  We still aren't potty trained with you yet, but you are trying and get so excited when you get little drop out!  You are my challenging child as everything out of your mouth is a whine(gosh I hope that ends soon).  I wish everyone could have a little bit of your joy out of life, we love you more then you love pancakes and sausage!

Spring...

First off sorry I'm a horrible blogger, having two 2yr olds is very overwhelming at times. Its hard to take pictures of them because they are always on the move and I can't take my eyes off of them to take a picture.

Here are a bunch of pictures from this spring so far...

We went to Chuckie Cheese for the 1st time, they loved it but they did not love Chuckie, who Colin calls Mickey Mouse!

We have been to the local zoo.

We went to see the FreshBeat Band, they did much better then I expected. Colin told the lady in front of us he had diarrhea(thankfully he did not).

I look stunned, I don't think I knew Daddy was taking a picture!

We colored Easter eggs for the 1st time.

Grandma had an egg hunt for us.

Showing off our baskets, the eggs were empty, we figured it was the last year we could get away with empty eggs!

Checking out the baskets the bunny left at Grandma's.

The Easter bunny came to our house also.

And he also came to MiMi's house!

They sat at their own table for dinner!

Hopefully I'll have time to blog more frequently but no promises!

Finally finishing out December...

I'm finally getting around to posting Christmas and Birthday pictures, I'm terrible at blogging but 2 toddlers really wear me out! I don't have many Birthday pictures(never put your husband in charge of pictures mine happened to suck at the job).

They had a pool party since they love swimming and they were very happy that all their friends came to celebrate with them.

Excited to blow out the candles and eat their Elmo cake!

Grandma, Aunt Katie and the cousins!

Maura(sorry if I'm wrong Heather but I"m guessing this is Maura) showing us her balloon collections!




Moving on the Xmas!

Christmas Eve at Mimi and PopPop's! Do you think there are enough presents back there??

Pillow Pets with blankets!

Daddy and Lauren amongst all the presents!




Xmas Day at our house.

We take it easy on the presents, they get enough between both grandparents!

Later that day at Grandma's house!

Grandma's traditional Xmas pictures! Sorry Mom this was the best one out of all of them!

Just some random pics.

They don't really use their new beanbags as a sitting device, they use them as a cushions to land on after jumping off the couch or in this case a cushion to land on after Daddy throws them.




Loving on her kitty Snackers!

Well that's all I got in me tonight, major lack of sleep at this house. The last 3 weeks have been fun filled with snot, horrible coughing and ear infections. Yay for Winter!!!

2 Years Old...

Colin and Lauren, your 2 years old now, i don't know where the time goes. I can't even remember what life was like without you, what did I do with all my extra time! I remember right after you guys came home from the hospital, I ask Daddy, I wonder what you two will be like when your two, and here we are, your two already!

2 years old

1 year old!


6 months old!

A few hours old!

Eating your Bday donut!

Dear Lauren, you are the silliest little girl. You love to make us laugh by doing silly things on purpose. You are so so smart and I'm not just saying that because I'm your Mom, I see a difference in you compared to others your age(even your brother, don't tell him). You love your babies and are really starting to pretend play with them by taking them for walk and feeding them dinner. Just the other week you told your baby to "sit right there and knock it off" I guess I must say that to you a lot. Your are sooo opinionated and stubborn and have really found out that you have a say in how your life goes! Things you love at the age of 2, pancakes and pizza, you love your teddy bear named Bottle and your stuffed Giraffey and ducky. They must be in bed with you for naps and nighttime and both Daddy and I must kiss each one goodnight. My favorite saying that you say right now is "mmm mmm mmm deewishous"! Things that scare you right now is any type of animated doll or stuffed animal and the wind. One night you heard the wind howling outside your window and have been scared ever since! Happy 2nd Birthday Sissy, we love you!

Colin's Birthday donut!

Dear Colin, you are a mama's boy! You are what I like to call a stage 3 clinger, you aren't quite as easy as your sister is. You like to have what you what when you want, you have a very hard time learning how to share! You want anything that someone else has. You love animals, dogs especially. You love trucks, trains, airplanes, tractors, bulldozer's anything with wheels. I often find you sitting at your table in the playroom lining up all your cars and admiring them. You can name all sorts of different types of trucks and diggers. You love dinosaurs and you know them by their real names. You are very outgoing in groups of people, you always find a friend on the playground to play with, a lot of times its older girls and you love how they "mother" you! You love pasta and pizza and juice. Boy do you love juice, to bad Mommy doesn't let you have it all the time! You love the Freshbeat Band(s0 does your sister) you are going to be so excited when you find out your seeing them live in March with your best friends Chase and Ella! Happy 2nd Birthday Booders, we love you!

Since I'm such a crappy blogger, here are a few recent pictures of what we have been up to!

See we do love each other sometimes!

Celebrating Harlows 2nd Birthday!

I swear that not alcohol in Colin's sippy!

Stay tuned for pics from our pool party Birthday!