Water Wings

This is what happens with a 2 year old decides to open a box of cereal when you're unpacking groceries.

And this is what happens with the two year olds get bored while you put away groceries.

Papa Stance

I was trying to take a picture of both girls dancing this morning and got this instead. They stopped dancing and stood just like their Papa stands.

We went out to lunch today. Before we left, I pulled the kid menu up on my computer and told the kids their food options. All they heard was french fries. I asked what off the list they wanted and both said french fries. I asked what they wanted with their fries. Arya told me grilled cheese. Eiley on the other hand said ketchup. We kept going back and forth on this. I kept asking what she wanted with her ketchup and fries and she just kept saying ketchup. These kids definitely got their love of ketchup from Cork and not from me. They were pretty true to their word. They got a grilled cheese and fries to eat and ate mainly the fries. I don't blame them though. Despite the place having decent food, the kids' grilled cheese was cheap white bread, slathered in margarine with fake gross american cheese on it. I couldn't blame them for not wanting to eat it. They're used to grainy bread, good cheese and butter for their grilled cheese.

Recently, Arya decided that she wanted to sleep in Eiley's bed. Ever since, both have been sleeping in one bed or the other every night. It's so cute to see the two of them in one twin bed. This isn't a great picture, but I didn't want to wake them up.

Poor Baby 3

Baby #3 is in trouble! LOL.

No Hold Me

I accidentally left the bathroom door open today. Of course the kids were in there as fast as their little legs could go. Arya decided that baby had to use the potty. Then she had it use it. And then Eiley had to use it. None of them actually did anything, not even the baby. The kids quickly scrambled up the stairs as soon as they were each off the potty to go get under.wear. I explained how they had to tell me when they needed to use the potty and weren't allowed to pee on the floor. Within 10 minutes Arya had peed all over the floor. I was just happy she'd gotten off the couch and was looking through her book cabinet when she did it. A few minutes after that, I was washing E's hands and asked if she needed to use the potty. She assured me she didn't. I put her down, she took two steps and peed all over the floor. That time I was just glad the pee was on the floor and not on me. Fun times x2.

The late night a few nights ago is still dragging the kids down. Arya wanted to fall asleep today and I wouldn't let her. Eiley wanted to hold her, so I let her. Arya was beyond angry that Eiley was trying to hold her.

Trikes for Tikes

Yesterday's short nap turned into bedtime two and a half hours after it should have been. I don't know what they did once they feel asleep, but they definitely had crazy hair this morning.

Besides crazy hair, their lack of sleep made for two cranky kids. It was gorgeous out today, so I decided to take them to the zoo. Too bad the zoo closes at 2:15 pm on winter weekdays and we got there at 2:00 to find the gates closed. I had no idea it closed that early. I gave the girls a few options of what to do instead after they started crying and saying "no you (zoo) closed". They both wanted to play outside, so that's what we did. I got their tricycles down from where they were hanging in the garage and both figured out how to pedal for the first time.

Baby Yeh-He and Baby 3

Arya was playing with her doll today. Both kids are really into calling their dolls "baby ham" and "baby yeh-he", as in baby sam and baby lexie. These are  two babies they know and seem to be the two they talk about the most. The doll Arya was playing with will randomly cry. She doesn't always appreciate the crying. I was cleaning up lunch today and heard her yelling at baby yeh-he to stop crying. She was very aggravated and was not afraid to show it.

I was reading to the kids on the couch today and got up to put dinner in the oven. I noticed that it had gotten really quiet in the family room, so checked on them. I found this. I can't remember the last time either of them just crashed like this. I let them sleep almost an hour while I cooked dinner and I have to admit that it was really nice to cook without two angry toddlers yelling at me for attention.

Everyone I know of who reads this blog already knows, but we're expecting baby #3 mid June. It's been a rough couple of months around here, but I'm finally feeling a little human again. Hopefully Arya is a little more patient with this new baby than she is with her baby yeh-he.

My Go ByeBye

The girls decided they needed to go bye bye today. That meant that they put on their winter boots and Arya threw on a backpack. They just ran around the house yelling "my go byebye" and laughing.

After they settled down, we sat to read books. We have this "Dear Zoo" book from the library right now. It talks about writing to the zoo for an animal, all the wrong animals a kid gets and finally getting a puppy from the zoo and how it was perfect. Each page has a flap to open that reveals a new animal the zoo sent that has to be sent back for some reason. Usually when the kids open the flaps they name the animals behind them. Today, Arya started yelling "Yion" (lion) for every animal. Eiley quickly caught on and both were cracking up at their joke.