Scrapbooking

This is my first attempt at scrapbooking for the girls.  I am now discovering the world of digital scrapbooking and here is my first completed page.  It's not so fancy, because the only time I can learn about photoshop is either late at night or during a short break from housework.  It's funny how "your" time totally becomes "their" time.  I wouldn't trade it for the world though. 

Old McD's playdate

LaLa and Honey were in town this weekend to help me with post op Claire.  By the way, she had ear tubes placed and an adenoidectomy last Wednesday. We are excited and hopeful that Claire will no longer be a regular in the pediatricians office.  We decided to visit Old McDonald's Farm before the Houston heat would make it miserable.  Our friends, the Marchand twins, joined us as we rode horses, petted sheep (lambs?), fed goats, and rode a choo choo train.

 

Bunny my honey

I need to start blogging right after big events.  It's been almost a month since Easter, and I'm having the hardest time recalling the funny and sweet things that happened.  Heck, I can't remember what happened this morning.  What I do remember is that the girls loved hunting eggs, soaked up attention from family and friends, chased bubbles, were ever curious (my girls were the only kids that tried to run into the Tchefuncte River at an egg hunt).  Due to an illness, we had to return to Texas early and didn't get to have our Baton Rouge Easter egg hunt.  Maybe next year.

Looking for eggs at Granny's

Policewoman Claire at a Covington park

It took Natalie 0.15 seconds to dye her fingers blue.

The Baton Rouge & Shreveport gang

KAMOM Easter Egg Hunt

David and I are still worn out from chasing our wild flowers all over.  So, I'm going to make this a very brief entry.  Here's a few pics from the KAMOM (Kingwood Area Moms of Multiples) Easter egg hunt. Had a blast.

Sween, Sween, Sween

I must stay clear of the neighborhood park if I want to take the girls for a ride in the stroller.  If we get near the park, the girls start jumping up and down in the stroller and scream "sween, sween, sween" (swing, swing, swing).  The problem is one of the baby swings is broken.  I've gotten away with putting them both in one swing, but the time has come that they now want their own  (can you tell in the pic of Natalie below).  The shoving and pushing has begun.  I was lucky to find another neighborhood park with two baby swings.  Looks like the girls have a new hangout.  Here's a few pics from today:

My favorite thing is her belly button peeking at you

I want my space!!!

It's so much easier now that they will say cheese for the camera.

Mommy loves getting out of the house

Twins are a blessing.  No doubt about it.  I feel blessed everyday I see those two happy girls.  There is one thing about twins that does make mommy have to get creative.  I am having a hard time entertaining these 19 month olds by myself.  I can't take them to the park and let them run, because they run in two totally different directions. Next thing you know, Natalie will be rolling in a mud puddle and Claire will be half way down the street.   I am just not ready to put harnesses on the girls :)  I found this church by our house that has a great indoor playground and a gated off toddler section.  As a mom of twins, I love gates.  Here are some pics at the church when Aunt LaLa met up with us.

Whirlwind....

This picture says it all.  The girls have had a whirlwind of a week.  Thanks to mine and David's mom for rescuing the girls from their virus-stricken parents.  We don't know what we would have done without y'all.  Here's a few pics of the girls in their swimsuits, that they would have worn to bed if they had the choice.