Food & Bonding...

So, I took these pictures as an example of how my kids are such weird toddlers!  This is their ideal meal!  This was dinner one night this week and they devoured every bite.  The LOVE brown rice, they LOVE veggies, and they always get so excited when we are having fish (definitely got this from their Daddy!).  There are times when I feel really guilty when I give them a lollipop to pacify them at my soccer games or we take them out for ice cream for the second time in a week...but then they get so excited when I serve them green peas or salad (Isabella could seriously eat nothing but lettuce and be SO happy...she BEGS for "leaves" when we have it in the fridge!) or hummus and I realize that they are doing pretty well for 2 year olds!!  I am so grateful that they haven't become picky eaters yet...I am going to try to drag this out as long as I can :)

This picture just makes me smile because I LOVE family dinners!  Cesar has fixed his schedule so that we get to eat family dinners at least 4-5 times a week and the girls just absolutely LOVE it!  They talk non-stop, eat more, and just seem so at ease when we all sit down and eat together!  I  L-O-V-E it!!

Generally, I am making dinner during "TV time", but on nights when I have dinner in the crockpot, I sit down on the couch to read while they watch TV.  They have recently been coming up and curling up next to me as they watch and I read.  It is so cozy!  It makes me excited for the day when we let them watch an entire movie and we can all cuddle up on the couch, under a blanket with a bowl of popcorn to watch together!



First day of middle school

Last Friday, the girls experienced their first day of Middle School when they came to work with Mommy!  Heidi was going away for the weekend and we only had a half day at school, so I decided that instead of taking the day off, I would just take the girls with me.  We had SOOOO much fun (thanks mostly to my amazing co-workers who kept them busy all morning!).  They were spoiled to death!  They were read to by many different people, got candy, ice cream and cookies, got to play in the gym and on the blacktop all day, and were each even given money to play with in the vending machines.  They could not stop talking about the day and all my coworkers all weekend!  I am excited for take your child to work day when they can play with all the other twins of my coworkers!
I didn't get too many pictures, and I used my phone instead of the camera so they weren't too clear, but here are a few that I did get!

reading with Tricia

Watching Dora with Ashley and eating popsicles

Isabella giving Tricia some love

Ashley taking on both girls!

Putting their money in the machine!

Speaking of school...I finally made a decision about pre-schools next year.  We are going to be sending the girls to the United Methodist Church in Damascus two days a week next year!  Yay! I had a chance to go and visit yesterday before I took the girls to school and I really liked it!  It just felt right :)  So, tomorrow I will put the deposit down and we will be all set for the fall.  Are my babies really ready to go to school?  Ok, I know it isn't really "school" but close enough!  Agggh!

Boinga Boinga Boinga

So, one of the shows the girls watch during "TV" time is called "The Backyardigans."  This is by far my favorite cartoon.  They are such cute little characters and the sing and dance a lot!  Bella has decided that she LOVES to dance along with them!  I tried to tape one of the songs here.  This is what she does anytime they sing a song and/or dance.  It is super cute (although I am still not trading in my dream of having twin soccer players for twin dancers quite yet!)

First trip to the dentist!

Yesterday, the girls had their very first dentist appointment!! We have been trying to get them ready for it for the last week.  Every time we talked about going, Leah would say "No Dentist!" And Isabella would respond by telling her "It will be fun Leah."  This was all the way up to the car ride up there.  Once we got there, they were both champs though!  They played in the waiting room and read books with Heidi for 10 minutes while I filled out paperwork and we waited for them to come and get us (after we checked out the potty of course). 

When we were walking into the room, Leah was still saying "No Dentist" but she was happy and didn't really seem to mind walking into the room.  The girls were very excited to see that the dentist chair could be used as a slide and she soon forgot about her fear.  We decided that she would go first so that she wouldn't get upset after seeing Bella.  And...she did awesome. She didn't cry at all...she let them clean her teeth, floss the two teeth that are a little close, and scrape a little plaque off of one.  She was a champ!

not the most flattering picture, but the only one I could get!

Very happy that it was all over :)

After Leah, it was Bella's turn.  As excited as she was about coming to the dentist...she sure didn't show that same excitement about laying back and having her teeth cleaned.  She cried a little and seemed pretty uncomfortable, but she still did a great job and got all of her teeth cleaned and counted!

Both girls have 20 teeth and they are all spaced perfectly!  This is a great thing for Mommy because I don't have to floss them yet!  Yay! 



Sliding down the chair as we wait for the dentist

Each girl got to pick two prizes out of the prize tower when we were done!

Overall, a very successful day!  I'm grateful that their dentist visit was nothing like Mommy's typical visit :)

"Mommy Play Soccer"

Recently, my soccer games have been early enough in the day that the girls have been able to come and watch.  The first couple times were not a lot of fun for Cesar because the girls would just cry a lot of the time because they wanted to be on the field with me, but they have gotten better each week.  I guess it doesn't hurt that they discovered the "cars" and the "elebator"...although Cesar isn't too thrilled with those things because he can't watch much of the game :)

Cheering for Mommy

The highlight of their time...pushing buttons!

Clearly they were having fun...you can tell by the fact that their hair is a MESS!  Mess=Fun in our house :)

Isabella had had it!

Cesar's attempt at getting some soccer shots...not so easy through the mesh that surrounds the field!

Me and Naomi!

Too bad this isn't clearer...I have almost the exact same picture from HS.  Let's all just pretend I still play like I did in HS, shall we?

Half-time

Donuts!

Donut date with Kai and Demi!

Kai got a green one.  Yummy!!

Demi just lookin' pretty because she doesn't like donuts.  That's right...she doesn't like donuts.  Who's child is SHE??

Leah eats her donuts so weird...