One crazy "twin" dinner!

As most of you have experienced at our house, dinner with twins can be quite interesting. They tend to show each other new and exciting things to tryout. Sunday night Chris and I found ourselves speechless just staring at the boys in amazement.....most of you know for either Chris or I to not speak, something weird must be going on:)

Below I listed all of the different things the boys did in the matter of 25 minutes (length of dinner):

* We had Indian wars (each boy made his own Indian sounds trying to do better than the other)
* Cooper decided to start sprinting in his highchair. His upper body looked nice and calm but when you looked under the table his little legs were going as fast as possible.....that was a new one.
* Carson proceeded to take pieces of food off of the fork we were using and keep dropping them on the floor so he could say "uh-oh". (at least 40% of his food)
* Cooper thought he would help clean up his tray by wiping everything off of it onto the floor (repeatedly). Granted, this was not even close to the end of dinner.
* Both boys decided to see what it was like to chew up their food and then let it fall out of their mouths (again repeatedly).
* They clapped for each other as these peculiar things were all going on.
* There was a dancing session when both boys spontaneously started dancing in their chairs and giggling.
* They decided to play peek-a-boo with the bibs they had one (they have scoops to catch food on them). They tipped the bibs up to hide their heads, with the bibs full of food (see the 5th point).
* Carson was determined that he could take a bite out of his bib.
* Carson tried to squirt everyone at the table with his water bottle (again repeatedly).....I know, this one is my fault for teaching him:)

This is all I can remember. I caught myself thinking that I should write down everything that was happening at the moment, however I was so taken back and entertained by everything going on that I didn't want to stop watching. I hope you all get to experience a dinner like this at least once in your life.

Our first of how many?

Have you ever stopped to think of how many pieces of pizza you have eaten in your lifetime? The boys got to enjoy their first homemade pizza on Saturday. Of course, they loved it and proceeded to shovel pieces in their mouth. They each ate 2 big pieces and would have eaten more if we would have let them. I'm sure they will go on to eat hundreds, if not thousands of pieces in their lifetime. We thought we would share their "after" pictures with everyone. It wasn't as bad as we had suspected.

Why not a shower?

I just sat down from finishing my "daily chores" after I got the boys to bed. Chris is gone on Tuesday nights, so I get more "reflection time" while doing my chores on Tuesdays. Below is a list of everything that I did within 1 1/2 hours....
* 2 loads of laundry
* made 20 pancakes for breakfasts
* washed all bottles and sippy cups
* cleaned up dinner
* put away load of dishes that were clean
* filled dishwasher with dirty dishes
* got boy's meals ready for tomorrow
* made iced tea
* mopped floor
* checked email

As I was unloading a load of laundry, it dawned on me: If I can multi-task and do all of these things, why is it that I can't find time during the day with the boys to fit in a shower? I woke up late this morning and kept thinking (I'll just take a shower when they go down for a nap), but that didn't happen. The day just seems to go by with so many things to do that time just slips away.

For those of you that are scared about the no shower thing, don't worry, I will fit it in before I go to bed:)

If any of you experienced moms have any tips, I would love to hear them. Hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day and enjoys the rest of your week. Please keep the boys in your prayers. They have been quite sick this week (with nebulizer treatments), however they seem to be on the mend.

Who thought cereal could brighten up your day?

I was thinking that I would blog today during the boy's nap but wasn't sure what to write about.....then when we got home from the gym and I was taking Carson upstairs for his nap, I grabbed a couple pieces of cereal sitting on the kitchen island for him to snack on while going upstairs. I didn't think anything of it, I just thought he might like it. You would have thought I just gave him the world. His eyes lit up and he got the biggest smile on his face. Of course, when taking Cooper upstairs, I had to do the same thing. Cooper just looked at the cereal in his hand and started laughing hysterically. He put all 3 pieces in his mouth and continued his laughing while hugging my neck.

If only we could get that excited about all of the small little surprises that happen in our daily lives. It reminds me that I need to slow down more often and just enjoy what is happening in the moment......maybe I will give Chris a couple pieces of cereal on his way up to bed tonight and see his reaction:)

Have a great Valentine's Day!

Our first sledding adventure!!!

It is official, the boys were made for outside sports. I don't think Carson quit smiling the entire time we were outside. Chris pulled them around on their sled (borrowed from Grandma P.). Then they got to go up a big hill and each of them road down the hill individually with Chris on the "real sled". Carson, again, loved eating the snow. He laid down and put his face directly in the snow and loved it. The boys loved laying back in their sled and chillin' while Chris did all the manual labor. The snow had melted enough that they were even able to run around in the snow. I'm sure we'll have a couple more chances this year to go out, but we will always remember our first sledding experience.