Happiness is Having Twins: January 2015

1-4-15 Violet threw her first strike with the bowling set they got from Jack for their birthday. She waved her arms and screamed, then clapped her hands and screamed, and then looked at me and said, “Yeah!” and gave me a huge hug!!

Violet loves chocolate chip pancakes!! Daddy makes them on Sunday mornings. She gets the chocolate all over her face!

Lily has started asking “Why? Why?” and saying “Help!” (Sounds like halp!)

They love “cleaning” the floor with the big flower. It's as tall as they are! They’ll put it upside down and sweep and vacuum. Lily says, “I ceen up.”

Lily gets so concerned if you cry. “You ok mama? You ok?” Serious face and all. Also, she puts ie’s on everything... silly goosie, bibbie, shoesies. Tonight Lily is rolling around on the floor saying, “I funny! I funny, Mama!”

Violet loves her pennies! She counts them and puts them in her little bag or a cup and shakes them up! Somehow one ended up in the bath with her too!

They both love their dollies and strollers!!

1-4-15 I thought I’d try to play hide and seek with the girls. I started counting and covered my eyes and they both stood up and looked at me weird. I thought maybe they’d had played it at Mary’s. I guess not! Soon they started covering their eyes and counting with me. I decided to be the one to hide then. I’d try to sneak away before they noticed, but two year olds peek when they count! I did manage to hide a few times. Once behind the table and once in the kitchen. They laughed so hard when they found me! Then they’d shout, “Again, again!” If I managed to sneak away before they could peek it was quite amusing! Once I hid in the front living room. They couldn’t find me! They started saying, “Mama? Mama?” getting more and more concerned! They were relieved when I popped out from my hiding place!

1-6-15 Lily repeats things until she knows it! Ryan said, “I'll give you a bubble bath tonight!” She then exclaimed, “Bubble bath!" 17 times!!

Mary said that the girls are so good at reading books and so expressive! They are always pointing to things and making animal sounds. They were in the kitchen eating, and Mary was in the other room reading Old MacDonald and asked what animal is that? Lily shouted, “Cow!!"

1-7-15 Violet still sits on the potty almost every day. Today she sat right down and peed! Hooray! We want every potty practice to be a positive experience! I give them mini M&M’s if they sit without their diaper on.

Violet wore her owl sockies today. When she took off her shoes, she pointed to each sock and said, “Owl, owl!"

Lily's been saying “Love it!" If you say, I love you, Lily, she says love it! She'll sing or make something or draw something and ask you, love it?

We've definitely had at least one temper tantrum per day lately, but most don't last long and are getting easier to deal with. She's so independent. If you are in her business, trying to help with anything, she'll often freak out. Other times, much more often than the tantrums, she's kind and sweet and helpful. She loves doing things and getting things for all three of us and is still so lovey. Kisses and hugs, but not too much snuggling! She's too busy for that!!

1-13-15 I say, “Violet, tell daddy thank you!" She says, “Gal-come!" (for you’re welcome!)

1-14-15 Lily wanted to watch a show, but I said that it's not working. She put out her bottom lip and frowned. I did it too. She said, “No Mama, my do that."

Their mylar birthday balloons are still floating. Violet points to them like she's never seen them before, and says, “Elmo! Co-Co!" (for Cookie Monster).

1-16-15 They love seeing buses when we drive home from Mary's house. They're always on the look out! They ask me, “Another one?”

They still love their “lip” (chapstick) and can put it on themselves, but Violet likes putting it on her cheek!!

1-20-14 Lily makes a pile-tower of magformers, takes a step back, throws her hands out to the side, and says, “Ah-da!!" Ta da. Mary said that as soon as she says it's time for yoga, Violet goes into down dog!

1-24-15 Violet loves singing Twinkle Little Star. Her high little voice sounds so sweet!!

1-27-15 Lily saying, “Dolly, juuust right!" in bed tonight before she fell asleep. Violet was hyper after dinner! She was singing and making her dog dance! She was lifting up the lion and bear chairs and “vacuuming" with the big flower. They took turns and Lily said, “I ceenin up!"

I want to get them a little broom set for Valentine's Day, maybe a little vacuum too!

1-28-15 The first thing Lily told me this morning was, “Mama, my sleepy well me!" Violet still says you're welcome when you tell her to say thank you. She says “gal-gome!”

1-29-15 We took them to the doctor today for their two-year-old well visit appointment. They did great!!! They only had to take off their shoes this time for weighing. Violet weighs exactly 20 pounds and Lily weighs 22.4 pounds! We had to undress them down to their diapers and wait for Dr. Cox. They had some pink blanket/sheets that we wrapped them up in and they thought that was so fun! Lily brought a bear and Violet brought a doggy. When the doctor came in, they showed her their dollies. We’ve been practicing doctor stuff with the doctor set Mary gave them for their birthday. Dr. Cox showed them her little light and let them put their finger on it to turn it red. Then she said, “My light has a hat!” She looked in the doggy’s and bear’s ears, and then the girls. They had no problem with that! With the stethoscope, she said, “Here’s some peas, strawberries, I hear some oatmeal and blueberries!” as she listened to their heart and lungs. At the end she said that only about 15% of kids this age let her look in their mouths and usually they have an older sibling show them how to do it. First she looked at Violet and she had her tongue out, but was wiggling her fingers on her tongue. Then she looked at Lily and she had her tongue out ready for Dr. Cox! Then she looked back to Violet and she had her tongue out too! After she looked at their mouths, she said, “Wow, girls! High fives!” She only had good things to say about the girls’ health! And lucky us, no shots this visit! Just a little check for lead. She left and the girls played Peek-a-boo with the blanket/sheets until the nurse came back in for the lead test. They got little Tweety Bird band-aids and are lead-free. Yay! At home all afternoon, they both had one sock on and one sock off so they could look at the birdy on their band-aids. I took the whole day off and we just stayed home and played all day.

1-31-15 Lily’s been saying “sweet dreams!” to us today! The girls and I have had a cold the last few days so I was lying on the couch. She came to me and said, “Sweet dreams, Mama. Close eyes!” Then at bedtime she said it to both of us!