We play hard!

We're soppose to have a dreary, rainy mess on our hands tomorrow, so we decided to take full advantage of the gorgeous sunny 75+ degree weather today.

We were outside, blowing bubbles, throwing bouncy balls, and running around....

We played HARD!

That's not sun on her face, people, that's G breaking a major sweat from playing...she's just like me, I get so flushed and red whenever I get the slightest bit hot!

We even got some sprinkler time in....

while our clothes were still on! The big girl kept saying "I'm soaky wet mommy, and I like it"!!!

The babies liked it too....

What kid doesn't love a sprinkler???? It brought back major memories for me!

Here's to staying DRY tomorrow :)

It ain't summer....

Everyone knows it's not summer until your kids are wearing crocs!!! I was so excited when the twins' crocs arrived in the mail yesterday, and they fit!!!!

The other weekend, we were out and about buying summer shoes and I was horrified when the classic style crocs weren't fitting the girls :(

The big girl wears an 8/9 perfectly but a 4/5 was too small and a 6/7 was way too big for the little ones. Of course they can't make a 5/6, that would have made the whole experience way too easy!

So, I was relieved when I found a different style online that was offered in whole sizes. I ordered a size 5 for both and held by breath....luckily they seem to be working out just fine! The style above is the Shayna style.

Their super cute, and I'm happy they will have a pair of crocs to get them through the warm weather months. If you haven't tried them out for your kids, you should! Their great, virtually indestructable and comfy...I used them as water shoes for the kids also when we use the neighborhood pool :)

Completely different topic....did anyone else get awesome thunderstorms last night???

I'm a sucker for a good thunderstorm, I love them!

I curled up on the couch with 2 of my favorite friends...

Yep, wine and goldfish!

The big girl was kind enough to allow me to watch Caillou with her :)

I'm one lucky mom!

SPRING!!!!

So, once we put St. Patrick's Day on the books, I hauled out my Easter Decorations and went to town...

This is my hutch, the first thing you see when you walk in my house ( cell phone pic, sorry if it's dark)

I love it!!! I got the SPRING banner from Target, and the bunny is left over from last year.

I'm heading to Michael's later today to scoop up some more stuff, my mantle needs some color...pics soon!

In other news, yesterday the twinners had their 18 month checkup!

18 months!?!?!? Where has the time gone! They were good as gold "reading" their books in the waiting room.

Only 2 shots :( but the Dr. said no more shots til their 4, so yay for that!

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

Every girl needs pink shoes....

I know every parent says this, but my kid really is never going to be potty -trained!!!

The big girl will be 3 in May, and we are not even close to using the potty. She just won't do it. She loves big girl underwear, but when she has to "go" she asks for a diaper, and if I don't put one on her she holds "it", it got to the point where she actually backed herself up so bad, we had to give her a laxative. So, the Dr. said don't push the potty-training at that point, so we haven't.

But now, I feel like she's ready. She wakes up dry, goes long periods with out being wet, and she hides when she goes #2, soooo she definitely knows when she's "going".

She just won't sit on the potty. I'm starting to freak, because kids that are way younger than her are potty-trained. I keep telling myself, she'll do it when she's ready, but I'm starting to wonder if her being "ready" is ever going to happen.

So, I thought I'd nudge her along in the process. I went to Target and stocked up on goodies in the dollar section and put together this bad boy....

A potty basket!!!!! I told her if she got pee pee or poo poo in the potty, then she got to pick a present from the potty basket....I mean, this thing is sweet, what kid wouldn't love this!?!?!

I also got her a potty watch...

You can set it to go off every 30, 60, or 90 min. to remind your child it's time to sit on the potty. It's a good idea in theory. She loved the watch, but still refuses to sit on the potty, and she took one look at the basket and said

"That's so pretty mommy, but I'm not using potty"

Well, then.

You can get a potty watch here. I think it will be more useful once she's actually "using" the potty.

In other news, my SIL is in town visiting with her baby! It's so much fun when they come to town. Her daughter is only a week older than the twins, so it's always a good time seeing all the cousins play and interact with each other!

We had a girls day, and the kids had a blast!

We also got matching pink sparkly TOMS for all the girls :) Juliette calls them her "pink sparkly princess shoes"

And really, doesn't every girl need pink shoes ???

YES, yes they do!!!!

Trial and error

We are dealing with serious sickness over here, I'm going to spare everyone the nasty details but just take my word for it...twins with stomach viruses are not pretty.

I'm trying out my new blogger app for iPhone as we speak.. I may be a little slow, but I think it's pretty cool!

Anyways, I wanted to do a post about my pinterest recipes.... I've gotten some great ones!

The picture is of some pumpkin cupcakes I made the other day!

1 box of cake mix and 1 can of pumpkin purée..that's it!

No oil, no eggs! Easy peasy... Just bake at 350 for 20 min!

Enjoy, and I hope your day is running much smoother than mine!

not such a great day...

See this guy???

Yea, well, I love him!

I'm a colts fan, and of courses a Peyton Manning fan, so naturally my heart has literally been aching since I found out last night, Peyton was getting released.

:(

I'm not going to go in to all the circumstances, it's just a sad day around here.

I'm glued to NFL network coverage waiting for the noon press conference where it will be made official, and I will probably officially ball my eyes out.

As if this day wasn't going to be emotional enough, Annabelle decided to add some extreme vomit and diarrhea into the mix.

Oh yea, and she did all this in her crib.

When I strolled into the twins room this morning I had no idea the shit storm (no pun intended) I was about to encounter.

Poor baby threw up, had diarrhea so bad that it shot up the front of her diaper (moms, out there, you know the kind I'm talking about) and was all over her crib.

Her crib, her sheets, her hair, the floor....basically everywhere.

I'm still cringing thinking about it.

It's a straight-up miracle I was able to clean it up with out vomiting.

Things can never run too smoothly around here, then life would just be boring...right?

Happy Wednesday!

p90x

So my little brother is kind of a work-out junkie.

Me, not so much.

I love to run, and try to get a good run, in every few days. I've been doing much better since we recently joined the YMCA, because they have child watch.

The kids LOVE it! I get to take them and drop them off for an hour of fun, and I get a guilt-free workout...winning!

My brother has been hounding me to try P90x, ever heard of it? Check it out here. I'm sure you've seen the informercials. He completed it once and now he is doing it again!

I figured....why not? It's a 90 day program ,hence the "90" in the P"90" x! So, that's kind of a big commitment to find time to workout everyday for 90 days while keeping on top of my VERY active little girls.

I'm on Day 4, and I am SO proud of myself :)

It's definitely a challenge, and really hard, but I knew after Day 1, I was going to try my best to stick with it!

As most of you know I've had 2 c-sections. I also stretched beyond the point of no return with the twins, you can check out a pic of me under the about me tab.

My ultimate goal was to hit the weight I was before I got pregnant with my oldest ,which I've done..yay for me.

However, while I'm happy with the number on the scale, things haven't quite fallen back in to their proper place, if you know what I'm saying.

My stomach is a problem for me. I mean not a problem where I think I need a tummy tuck, but it's a problem as in, I just don't like the way it looks.

When you have a c-section, the Dr. obviously has to cut through all of your stomach muscles to open you up. Basically, you have to completely re-build your stomach muscles and core strength from scratch. Given the fact that I had 2 c-sections 16 months apart from each other, and add in that the little muscle tone I did have, broke open in order for my stomach to stretch enough to accomodate the twins....you can imagine the lack of muscle tone I have now.

Basically, the workouts I've been doing have been great for tightening up my upper abdomen, but my lower abs, that area right around your belt line, is basically a saggy untoned mess.

My lack of muscle tone in lower abs is so bad, I can't even suck in my stomach, my muscles are basically shot.

So, I can honestly say, I have not "felt" my lower abdominal muscles since before I became pregnant with my oldest.

That is, until Sunday!

Sunday, I began P90x. The next morning, I could barely sit up, because (gasp) my lower abdomen was sore!

What does that mean? That means, I actually worked the hell out of those almost non-existant muscles!!!!!

I am beyond ecstatic. For the first time in awhile, I actually have hope, that I might be able to tighten up my once thought beyond-hope tummy :)

I'm one of those weird people that actually enjoy being sore. I know, I know....I like knowing and feeling that I've gotten a good workout. So, I loved that after Day 1, I could "feel" every muscle in my body.

I feel amazing, and even after only 3 days, it's crazy, I feel stronger.

I'll let you know how the rest of my journey goes :)