Saturday

switcheroo

the twins room

Sams room


Today Sarah and Emily came and got the girls in the morning and took them to the zoo. Jon and I stayed home and switched the girls rooms around. Sam is now in the twins room and the twins are in Sams room. Eventually Sam is going to get a trundle bed and with all her furniture we couldnt figure out how it was going to fit in her old room. Sarah and Em said the zoo was fun they only had one moment where they lost Samantha. After the train ride they were putting the little ones in the stroller and Sam ended up getting back onto the train. They train didnt go but it scared them because they couldnt find her for a few minutes. Sarah also said they took the sky tram aver the zoo and Sam wanted to sit on the very edge which was not going to happen. By the time they got home the twins were asleep and Sam was overly exhausted and it took her a long time to finally fell asleep at 330. All and all it was a very productive day!

the Dollar Store

A few days ago my friend Julie reminded me of the dollar store. It puts "the dollar spot" at Target to shame. It has everything and it's only a buck! I packed up all the kids in the stroller and we dared to go in... Sam got to pick out a few treats because she was really good and didnt fuss much about staying in the stroller. She got a snow globe and she picked out a knock off of cheetos. I dont think she's ever had them but she really wanted it. When we got home I gave her a bowl full and she told me that was her favorite part of lunch. I also surprised her with a Dora mylar balloon (only $1-what a deal!) she was so happy. She sat with it the whole drive home but I didnt realize she took the string off of it so when I opened the door out went the balloon. She wanted to chase it, it was so sad. She had these big crocodile tears. If it wasnt lunch time and the twins werent fussy I probably would have gone back right then. Instead I gave her the little speech on how she has to keep balloons tied onto the strings blah blah blah...We decided to meet Jon for dinner at our favorite hawaiian bbq place. So after dinner I had Jon take all the kids home and went back to the dollar store to surprise her--plus I bought 10 more items, such a deal! She was so happy when I walked through the door holding the Dora balloon...she thought it was the same one. When I am in the mood to just shop I definetly will be heading back there...it doenst break the budget like walking through Target or the mall!

trains

Today Sam said she wanted to play with trains so we got out the train set that the Pate's gave us. They gave her this great set with a lot of stuff to go with it. She hasnt played with it in a really long time so she was really excited. This morning she spent a good hour in her bedroom playing with it. We made a huge track but she wanted to bring the train out to the twins. After naps we all ended up just playing in her room. It has these little people that go with it and she had them all in order. She took all the cows and put them in a box all neat and tidy. She loves oto count them too. She was having so much fun with it.

Bath time!

Today I went to Danville and bought a bath ring from a twin club member. When I was over there I called to see what the Pate kids were doing, I thought I could get one to ride with me while I went and ran a few errands. I ended up just leaving the girls there and got to do them by myself! My first stop was the bank...I had a $25 bond that my mom bought for me back in March of 1969. I thought I was only going to get $25 but they gave me $137.27, SCORE! So I treated everybody to taco bell! Back to the bath,



This bath ring is awesome. Sam got to take a bath with her sisters tonight. I need to find one more of these things. My friend in the twin/toddler playgroup has two that she got at a twins club sale for $4 for both...I had to pay $10 for one :( I have been looking around and they are hard to find! The one they sell at babies r us has this thing that attaches to the side of the tub and it's big with that on it. I need to get three kids in the tub so that just wont work! I think the next time we'll try it in the sink unless Samantha really wants to bathe with them again. Looking forward to the day when they can sit all by themselves!

phone home

I picked Sam up from Debbies (daycare) today and Debbie said right after Isabella left Sam picked up the play Phone and said "Hi Mom, Come pick me up!" Ahh so cute!

POOP

Today was our twin/toddler playgroup. We went to Rachels house. Sam is totally into talking her clothes off right now so at one point she was in with Parker and Lincoln playing with them in just her diaper. She did put her dress back on at some point but then she took her diaper off...Rachel came outside where I was feeding the girls and said you better check Sam I think she pooped, I found her diaper with no poop but I found a towel with poop on it. Sure enough Sam wasnt wearing a diaper and I asked her to show me where she pooped. She pointed to the slide and there was a big streak of poop coming down it and then she took me into the house and showed me where she took her poop! Thank God they have hardwood floors or we'd be paying to get there carpet cleaned! Now we just need to work on her going in the potty! Other then that we had a great time visiting with everyone. Two more moms with twins came today. One has a toddler who didnt come with 10 week old twin girls and the other one has 10 month old twin girls and is 6 months pregnant with a boy!

Alameda County Fair

Today we went to the Alameda County Fair. Fun was had by all. Sam told me when I was buckling her into her carseat to go that her favorite part was the teacups that she went on with Julie and Taylor. Sam and Taylor had a blast, they rode a pony, watched pigs race, ate corn on the cob and ice cream! We saw a baby lamb that was only 1 hour old. One sheep had twins yesterday... i felt a bond :)

Twinkle Twinkle little star

Sam got on stage and sang...so cute!

Danville Art Fair

Yesterday morning we went to Danville for the Art Show Street Fair...Samantha loved the bouncey houses and Alyssa and I played "name that tune" a local radio station was putting on. We both were really bad at it but I won... 2 tickets to Great America!

a date!

Jon and I went on a date this afternoon. Alyssa was brave and watched all 3! She did an excellent job. We went on our favorite date, a movie and sushi. We saw Pirates. Long and complicated but entertaining. Our favorite sushi place is in Danville but we didnt have time to go over there so we tried a place in Hayward. It was really good and the atmosphere was great. Don't have a clue of what the name of it was though! It sure was nice to get out with my hubs without kids! Cant wait to do it again...

Alyssa w Syd and Cj

I forgot to take the camera out early today. We had a fun time with some friends. Jon made some good bbq and tasty margaritas! I wish I would have taken pictures of the Zink girls, Taylor and Sam all in the pool! FUN FUN FUN
BBQ
Enjoying the afternoon
Colin likes fruit
Ruth got Sydney to sleep then she got Dom to sleep...she has the touch!

Alyssa is here

Alyssa got in late last night...so Sam woke up to her Alyssa here. We had a fun day...went and go the twins 6 months pictures taken today and they were both hams for the camera. Sam had another 2 moment today and wouldnt put on her dress, she wanted to wear her AB/CD shirt with her "fast pants" and dora sandals. I brought the dress with us to the photo place but she wouldnt put it on. Lys ended up taking her out of the store while we did it. She just didnt want her picture taken at all today...I even tried to bribe her with gummy bears! After that we headed to Costco and all the girls fell asleep so Alyssa stayed in the car with all of them while I raced around the store...it is so weird to shop by myself! When we got hom Alyssa played pretty hard with. Her best friend Taylor came over and played too. She was very happy! Alyssa even took her to ice cream tonight after dinner. Sam just adores her. Our bedtime routine lately has been bath, dora & diego shows, books, & bed. We usually turn the classical music on and shut the door and she falls asleep. Tonight Alyssa did everything with her she even got to read her the books that Jon and I our getting very tired of. She only wants us to read the "dora potty book" a "dora sing along" book and an "elmo colors" book. But when it was all done Sam wouldnt let Lys leave the room and she didnt like her so sad so shes in there snuggling her to sleep...she is so spoiled :)

Alyssa even reads books to me on the floor!

Lunch

Sydney didnt like her meal today but she always smiles for the camera!

Courtney on the other hand loved it--Zuchini and potatoes--they are just so darn cute even with food on there faces! Samantha and I shared a tasty sandwich at the bagel shop, the manhattan club ( turkey, ham coleslaw and 1000island) Yummy!

We've got sitting!

We've got sitting! Today Sydney did an excellent job of sitting, right after this picture was taken though she fell over onto Cj which she didnt like very much~! At the park today Syd sat up all by herself for at least a minute...well I sat her up she didnt pull herself up...she's not that advanced :) We went to a park in Pleasanton and met a bunch of moms with twins. I sure enjoy the twins club that we belong to.
---------------------Cute sisters!
Caught Sam "digging for gold"

Bocce Babes

Sydney had her first taste of a snow cone tonight thanks to Lisa and Boo!

Tonight was my kickoff of the bocce season (I missed the opening night last week) We lost the first game 6-12 and won the second 12-6 I dont know if we won the third game though...I left after that to go to a doubletalk Arbonne party. Everybody loved seeing the twins (& Samantha) They got passed around to everyone. It was fun getting back into the groove of the game. Linda Gray was my partner in crime tonight and the second game we got 4 points back to back Wahoo! Too fun!! Jon was a trooper tonight and ran around with Sam. He got all the kids to bed too...even though he said the twins were hungry and fussy when they got home. I got home at 10 and he was reading books to Sam because he finally just got the twins to bed. Oh what a night!

Happy Birthday

The twins are 6 months old today! The first 3 months was like slow motion but the last 3 have flown by! They are so cute and so dang fun! And Sam LOVES being the big sis...

Sydney
Courtney
Sammy Kay
Mommy & Sam

Nap time

I dont know what is up with Sam and her naps. She keeps fighting them. So I have given up and have beenjust putting her in her room and hopefully she'll go to sleep. Today I was giving her 1 hour by herself in her room. After 20 minutes I had to get her table out of there because she likes to stand on it and lift the shade to look at her books. when there was 10 minutes left of her hour I told her through the door that if she doesnt go to sleep she cant watch Dora tonight. She then say "I'll watch Diego" I said no the tv isnt going to be turned on if you dont go to sleep. So wala within 10 minutes she was asleep! The twins on the other hand are pretty darn good nappers today. I put them in there cribs about 15 minutes apart and they are sleeping like babies! I should go take a nap too...

Happy Father's Day!

We let Jon sleep in the morning. Sam really wanted to wake him up though. He finally rolled out of bed ay 9:45. He spent the morning working in the yard. We went to Kennedy park for a picnic this afternoon. It's a fun park with a carousel, a train that goes around the whole park, a bouncy house and even a petting zoo. Sam had a blast running around and loved jumping in the bounce house. She went on the carousel but she sat on the bench. Silly girl! We made it home for nap time but Sam refused again to go to sleep. I tried the leave her in her bedroom routine which worked yesterday but after an hour - it was 4 by then- I gave in and got her. She played really hard after that, ran around the backyard and went swimming in her little pool with Daddy. Since she didnt nap it made for a very early bed time! We didnt want her to fall asleep like this at 6:45. She didnt even eat dinner tonight! I bet she's is going to wake up early and very hungry!

Emily and Emilie are going to High School!

Today was the Em's middle school grad party. We told Sam she had to take a nap before we went and she fought it. So I just put her in her room and 45 minutes later this is where I found her napping!

The twins went for a swim.
The girls had a lot of fun. Jon and I had a break while the kids were kept entertained! It was great. Sam did run after the boys after this picture and ended up in the hot tub with all her clothes on because that's what the boys did! Silly boys!
Yummy ice cream sunday!
Everybody enjoyed! Congrats Grads! I remember your first day at Noahs Ark preschool. I can't believe you are going to high school!