My Girls

Reagan recently saw a birthday episode of Yo Gabba Gabba and decided that she needed to make a cake, so off to the store we went. We ended up with two yellow cake mixes, pink icing, chocolate fudge icing and some sprinkles.






When I pick up the twins from preschool it is apparent that most of the moms's are spending those precious 2.5 hours at the gym working out. Not me, I spend those 2.5 hours with my adorable baby girls. On Monday we walked the trail with a friend and on Wednesday we had bath time.

Nathan's Candles

I have always wanted to include a blog entry on Nathan's candles. To most people it would seem a bit odd, but if you have spent any time at my house at all you would know that these candles are like my 5th child. They are a part of our day from the minute Nathan wakes up until bed time. They originally came from a play birthday cake set that Reagan received for Christmas. However it is rare that Reagan plays with the set because generally the candles are in Nathan's hands. Anyone who frequents our house also knows that it is major crisis when one of these candles has gone missing and that can happen 3 or 4 times a day. I have no idea how long these candles will be the "it" item for Nathan. I'm sure one day they will fade out of the picture but until then these candles are a daily part of our life and truly deserved their very own blog entry.

Just a pic - I'll update later

First Day of 3yr PreSchool

Wednesday was Nathan and Rae's first day back at school. This year they go for 2.5 hrs twice a week. I must say that I was really nervous about the kids going back to school but from what I heard they both did really well. They played with playdoh, celebrated their teacher's birthday (Nathan said "No Thank you" when offered a cupcake LOL!), colored Clifford the big red dog and stamped it with their very own hand print. We didn't realize that snack time includes drinking out of an open cup so we definitely need to practice that one at home.

Nathan's BSC went to school with him just to observe and help out where needed. She was also going to make a recommendation for him to have a few more wrap hours so that he could have a TSS at school with him. Surprisingly she doesn't think he will actually need a TSS at all!!! She could barely talk when I met up with her after class. She told me she was trying to hold back tears. She said Nathan didn't tantrum, didn't scream much, and he didn't crash. He followed the other kid's lead and just joined right in. He did some puzzles, listened to his teachers and went potty when told. He stimmed off throwing a ball up to the ceiling repeatedly but they had him roll the ball and then they ended up hiding it but still that's not bad at all. It was amazing news.

I was super nervous this year because the kids are required to be potty trained for school and we are still working on this at home. Both kids still have some accidents but Nathan has never gone poop on the potty so I am especially nervous about him. Fortunately he didn't have any accidents yet so we are crossing our fingers.

Speaking of potty training we got a wonderful surprise delivered today.....

FREE Pullups and LUVS Diapers!!!!!

The medical access card that Nathan has allows us to get up to 10 diapers or pullups a day totally free. I had forgotten all about this until just recently. For some reason I thought he needed to be 4 yrs old but the free products were actually available to us the day after his 3rd birthday. No matter, I am still very grateful to not have to pay for diapers and pullups anymore.

Riley insisted that she needed a backpack too so luckily we have a extra purple Dora backpack that she was able to wear. She got a bit upset when Nathan and Rae left for school without her but she was fine a few minutes later. John has already talked to the preschool about getting Riley enrolled in the 2 yr program after the new year. So we shall see what happens.

We went to Chuck E Cheese tonight. I managed to grab one quick photo in the dark building so this was all I got. I guess it's better than nothing.