Tentastic!!!

Today we turned the dining room table into a tent!!! It's amazing how simply tossing a blanket over a table transforms it! I caught Miss 'g2' emerging through the fringe and THIS is my picture of the day! Just look at those catch lights in her eyes and her glistening bottom lip! I spent quite a while underneath MYSELF! The babez were crawling into and out of the tent...squealing and laughing! It was so sweet to watch them, very enjoyable moments indeed! A "Tentastic" time was had by all!

Sox Sale!!!

It was a super sunny day here so the babez & I strolled up to the mall.
A certain store was having a sale and we needed some car seats!
We spotted the stack of boxes and snapped up TWO!
Sauntering down an aisle I also spied some super sweet sox ON SALE so...
I scooped some up!
Gotta LOVE a super sale on sox!
SCORE!!!

Cookie Monster!

Well, not really a cookie... a biscuit!
A favorite post dinner nibble for the babez is an Arrowroot biscuit.
They know the crunch of the packaging so well that I have to make sure they are ALL DONE with dinner BEFORE I even think about reaching for them.
ALL eating comes to a complete halt and BOTH heads snap to 'attention' when the crinkling is heard.
Here's 'g2' enjoying her daily biscuit...mmmmm...

Hangin' & Playin' & Smilin'!!!

What a day!
The sun is shining!
We're hangin' out,
playin' with our toys
and smilin' up a storm!!!
['c' on the left, 'g2' on the right]

Babez LOVE Books!

{'c' in brown polka dot sleeper, 'g2' in pink striped sleeper}
Yes, this is our bookshelf... well ONE of them...
The babez actually have a whole bin FULL of board books...
But lately they can be found over at this bookshelf...perusing the numerous titles...pulling a few off...and occasionally chewing on a corner....
See...

I don't want to discourage them so I make sure to keep an eye/ear out and we often stop and 'read' a few pages out of the 'paper-pages' books.
You're never too young to love books!
Mmmmm... tasty!

Some days...

...this is what it takes for me to make dinner happen.
Today was one of those days.
Believe it or not, the Cheerios actually start out in the bowl...
and...even after several bowls were consumed they still ate a bounteous dinner!
Eating babez = Growing babez!!!

The Wonder of Wonder...

How do people pick the things they pick to wonder about?
What is the wonder of wonder?
I don't know!
Something I have been wondering about lately...
Why is it that any time I turn on one of the ceiling fans in the house...the babez gather and stare in wonderment at it?
They think it is the greatest thing!
They will sit there for several minutes staring....and wondering...
I can see the wee cogs in their brains turning as they try to figure out this great twirling thing!
Hope they don't spend their whole summer staring at the fans...
They're on constantly when it's hot out...
Hmmm...maybe I might just be able to get something done....hmmmmm.... I wonder.....

Wondering who this is???
YOU tell me!

Wonderful Wonderfil!!!

Today I attended the Sewing & Crafts Show in Victoria with my Mom!
My largest purchase was this loverly Wonderfil thread...
This particular line is called Mirage.
There's a sweet lady who owns the company and I enjoyed catching up with her.
Hi Fiona!
This thread makes my heart go thumpa-thumpa, thumpa-thumpa...it's like butta!
It's the finishing touch to my baby blankets, cards and many a scrapbook page.
I'm looking forward to playing with these...SOON!!!

Are you kidding me?!

It's almost mid March for crying out loud!!!!

Do you see this???

Yes...it's true... S-N-O-W!!!
Ridiculous!!!
There IS good news though...
It ALL disappeared within an hour!!!
That made me very happy!

Capture...

LOVE the super shallow DoF on this pic.
Miss 'c'...she's just so scrumptious!

Snot Patrol!!!

Yes, it's terribly gross but so very true...
we have ALL been on "snot patrol" since yesterday...
It started with Miss 'c'...and now Miss 'g2' is spreading the 'love' too.
We have gone from having 2 tissue boxes in the house to at least 5 tissue boxes... ALL within a sneezes reach!
Yes, it's a gooey job but everyone's got to do it!
Especially when there's two babez with the snot taps turned on full blast!!!
And just in case anyone's interested...
Here's a link to info on boogers and snot...with an added bonus of how to make fake snot... who doesn't want to know how to do that??
Enjoy!!!
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112390/Boogers.htm

Maraca Mania!

Guess the babez FAVORITE toy?
That's right... maracas!!!
Whenever they get into the music bin they pull out ALL of the maracas.
I'm glad we have more than one set!
These ones reside at Grandma and Grandpa's house.
They were sooooo happy to find them.
Miss 'g2' is showing off her mad maraca skills!
Shake it baby shake it!!!

Read, read, READ!

Every Spring the school runs their 100 nights of reading program.
The students are asked to read for 100 nights for at least 15 minutes.
Each child who completes the program is invited to a picnic that celebrates their accomplishment.
Both 's' and 'z' were successful last year.
I am certain that they will both be successful again this year as well.
Reading... it's a very, very, very good thing!

Too adorable...

Here you have Miss 'C' laying down and Miss 'g2' crawling over to say 'hi'...
They're just too adorable for words...

Sweet Sunny Smile!

The sun was out today and so was Miss 'C's sweet, sweet smile.
That's enough to make anyone pick up a camera.

Babes In the Sun and the "REAL" potd...

Another super sunny day here on the island!!!
So sunny in fact that I decided that the babes could use a wee bit o' bare footin' time! So glad the weather is cooperating lately!
Both girlz enjoyed their foot-loose and fancy free afternoon!
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'g2'

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'c'

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Here's the "REAL" potd...and a slice of my reality!
Trying to take a picture of one babe while another babe tries to make a grab for my lens cap or camera strap or...climb on me!!!

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So, there you are...two bonus pictures today and the actual potd!
Enjoy the pics and the SUN!

Look what I can do!!!

When I went to get the girlz from their morning nap...
This is who I saw when I opened the door... Miss 'g2' STANDING!!!
You can just tell that she's so proud of herself and so happy about her new discovery.
She's been pulling herself up onto many things for several days...even sitting up in her crib...but today...she discovered that she could actually do this great and wonderful thing IN HER CRIB TOO!!!
She just looks so proud of herself!
It's like she's saying, "Hey Mom! Check me out! I discovered THIS!!! I'm the first baby to EVER do this!!! Everyone's going to want to know HOW I did this! Can we show them? Can we tell them? RIGHT NOW!!!!"
Too cute!

Super Sunny Strolling...

It was so sunny this afternoon and when the babez opted for a shorter than usual nap...
I decided it would be a very good time to go for a walk!
It is definitely t-shirt weather here lately...
Gotta love the island winters!!!
Well...this year anyway...
I'm not telling you who's who today...
Leave me a comment...
...tell me who you think is on the left and who's on the right...

Blocking!

I made these blocks many years ago...
They have spelled and misspelled many words and celebrated many holidays, birthdays and special occasions. I know that technically it's still winter... but we have had such a mild one this year and it's been so sunny and warm lately that I just had to change them and hope that this wonderful weather continues...

Two Too Quiet...

'g2'

So it's Monday...
Mondays are extra full days...swishin' starts again...meals need to happen...and I am the only act around...so I need to prep, feed and clean up... as a solo act I don't always get time to eat....let alone do much else...
So while I tried to get a few dishes done I noticed that it was rather quiet...too quiet...two TOO quiet...
I peeked out of the kitchen and saw the babes delighting in removing tissues from the box that I thought was OUT of reach...
...removing and shredding...
So, doing what any Mommarazzo worth her salt would do, I grabbed my camera!
You can tell that she KNOWS she's sooooooo BUSTED!!!
Miss 'g2' is now pulling herself up and can reach quite a few thingz that she couldn't before...but she's very considerate...
She gave the box to her sister so she could get in on the fun too!!!

'c'
So, those dishes...yeah...I didn't ever get them done...
They had to just stay in the sink and wait for the bigger kiddos to get home and do them...
That works for me...it has to...I really don't have much of a choice...
Everyone knows that the squeaky wheel gets the grease...
And trust me...two babes are waaaaayyyy squeakier than a sink of soaking dirty dishes!