twins playgroup

Sam adores Parker. They have a lot of fun when they finally start playing. After Parker left Lincoln and Sam got along great too. They seem to play better one on one. They played with these balloon rockets that Rachel brought. It was a fun day.


The night ended at bocce. The girls were great. At one point a bunch a kids were standing around the playpen just staring at the girls. Eric cracked me up because he looked in and and pointed at Courtney and said I like this one best...like they were lobsters or something. It was a great night we one the first two games against bocce babes 2 and then they gave us game three!

fashion

My darling daughter sure knows how to dress herself!

Super Sunday

last night was not a good night for Sydney. She was up all night practically starting at 1130. Jon took care of it until finally at 2 he made so much movement on the bad it woke me up. I wear ear plugs so I dont hear a thing when I am asleep but once I'm awake I can hear everything muffled. Finally at 230 Jon jsut brought her into bed with us. That didnt help. I went and got 4 oz of milk and that calmed her for a half hour then we gave her another 4 oz at 3 and she fell asleep in my arms. I tried to put her in her bed at 5 and she didnt want any of that so Jon brought her back in and we gave her 2 more oz and she slept. At some point he took her back to her bed and we got a couple hours of sleep until Cj woke us up at 830! Then we all laid around on the bed. It was a nice relaxing morning. After breakfast we went to Target. We had a bunch of stuff to get and I saved $23 using coupons! Such a bargin shopper I have become!!

Here's Daddy and his girls!
Sydney is teething so bad right now, a tooth hasnt popped through but we see alot of this tongue and lots of droll...any day now
pretty Courtney
Sammy Kay wasnt into getting her picture taken but she is such a cutie anyways!
We put Sam to bed this afternoon and she wanted to sleep in Sydneys bed. it didnt last long though. I went to check on her and she was playing with the toys so off to her bed she went. She didnt nap very well though. She played quietly in her room for about and hour though.

Lately Sam has really been into writing letters. She writes on envelopes and puts pretty drawings in them and she makes sure she puts a stamp in the corner...it's usually just a "letter" stamp like "a" "b" "c" I dont want her to get into the real stamps since they cost .41c now! So we are constantly going out front and putting her letters in the mail box. Since we dont allow her to go out there by herself it's driving us bonkers so today we went to Home Depot and bought her her own mail box. She was very happy! It's 835 pm and she just ran out the door to check her mail! So cute!!

Night time tonight again was really cute. For some reason they always all end up playing in Syds crib before they go to bed. ************************************************************************************ I just have to give kudos to my wonderful husband. I woke up today and didnt want to do the dishes at all. It seems like that's all I do, well at least 3 times a day and then some...so he did them and cooked breakfast, lunch and dinner! I love him so much!

Boo & Peepers turn 14

This all happened last Friday.

Getting ready for the watermelon races.

Cj wasnt feeling well so she laid around, Sydney wanted to be near her!

Captain Dave looking FINE!!

What a tasty volcano cake...chocolate with raspberries...yummy!

stash she shows

Lazy Saturday

This morning Jon got up early to go play a much needed game of golf. Sydney woke up with a fever, Courtney woke up happy and Sam woke up late! The girls laid around all morning while I messed around in the kitchen. I ran out of all the babies food pretty much all at once so last night and this morning I have been making food, I think they're set for a couple weeks now. Since Sydney wasnt feeling well she took awesome naps both in the morning and in the afternoon. Samantha took a great nap this afternoon while Jon and Cj took a nap together in the rocking chair. Once everybody woke up we spent the rest of the day in the backyard. Cj loved swinging and Samantha really is into kicking the ball around. Syd loves to eat grass! Jon and I were suppose to go to a party tonight but with the kids all being sick this week I cancelled the babysitter. The funny thing is they were pretty much all asleep by 9 and it was really easy so the babysitter would have been just fine. We were bummed we were looking forward to a "date!"

Bedtime

Sam loves to climb on in the cribs. Last night Jon took lots of pictures of the girls. They were being extra cute! They love watching the mobile go round and round!

well there has been a bug going around in our house, first Sam, then Courtney and now Sydney. It's just a fever but they dont feel good. I'm hoping it's all over now. Poor Cj was sick at the Em's b'day party yesterday and she just wanted to be held and then slept alot. I almost left early but Sam was having so much fun. I think I left my camera over there, I'm hoping, so when I get it back I'll post some pictures of the fun day!

cheerios?

Today Samantha was adamant that she wanted Cheerios. We haven't had them for a long time but I just bought them for the twins to try and eat...good for that hand eye coordination. So I got her a bowl and she was really mad. She said "I want Cheerios" so I told her these are Cheerios and she drags me to the fridge and points to the whipping cream and says "I want Cheerios" It was funny. I sprayed some in her mouth and she was happy...I did tell her it was whipping cream!

BIG GIRL!

Today sam didnt have one accident and wore panties all day. She is so proud of herself! I am too! She even told me that she doesnt wear diapers anymore because she is a big girl... Music to my ears!!! We even went to the park and over to San Ramon (she took a 30 minute nap in the car too) No pull up even! I tried to get her to wear a pull up but she didnt want anything to do with it. I did make her wear one for her nap, but it was dry and she went potty after she woke up. I am making her wear one to bed too. We got a big girl now!! Then I realized why did we start this now when we have a rode trip to b'ham coming up...ugh we are going to be stopping at every rest stop between here and Bellingham!! But no more diapers, yipee!!

Sam had a fever.

The day started off great. Sam and Papa went to get the tire fixed. (the FSP guy stripped the bolt so now we have to get a new one--so much for a "free" service!) Papa took Sam to get donuts while they were working on it. When they got back it was time for the twins to go down for the nap so Namy and I went and got manis and Pedis. The ladies talked and talked and talked the whole time and we had no idea what they were saying. We didnt talk to eachother because it felt like it would have been rude even though they were. When we got back the twins were just waking up so we headed to costco. Papa bought a new carseat for Sydney but when I got in the car ans started reading the instructions I realized I bought the wrong kind for her so Sam gets a new carseat and Sydney gets Sams. Courtney still has some growing to do so were keeping her in the bucket seat for now. Sam fell asleep on the way to costco and stayed asleep until we beeped mom in the car and woke her up. She never was "right" the rest of the afternoon. The twins didnt nap either. At one point Sam just went into her bed and fell asleep which is so not like her. During all this I was packing everything up for my weekely bocce night. we were going to get over there a little early and get my parents there favorite burritos from high tec. They were ready to watch the babes roll some balls. But I looked at sam and she had those glossy eyes so I took her temp and sure enough it was 101.4. So no bocce for us tonight! I gave her some tylonel and about an hour later she was crying to see her friends at the park. She was so excited earlier to go and show Boo, Emy and eric her new scooter! So sad...

Here are some fun shots of the proud grandparents with there grandbabies on Sams new bed...Sam really wasnt in the mood to get her picture taken but the twins were all smiles!

Monday

Today is our playgroup day. 2 of our 4 were out today so it was just jaina and sammy. They spent most of the day out side. At one point Sam took off all her clothes and jumped in the pool so Jaina followed suit...their birthday suit! So they ran around naked for awhile until they decided to go on the slide. Sam did that once and got rocks in her bum so no more

I do have to say they are very cute girls!
Sam has been asking for a scooter for awhile now...I have no idea where she got the idea but everyday she has been asking for one. Papa and Namy are here so they took us to Target and got her a Dora the explorer one! She was very happy.
Papa walked her up and down the street!
Cj just woke up from her nap...she was very happy to see her big sis! Check out the blanket marks on her face!
Sydney was happy too! Cheeser!
It was a fun day! We even went out to lunch at Chili's. Always an event taking all the kids out to eat. I've figured it out that it's best to go when the restaurant isnt all that crowded so Sam can at least walk around our little area. She even tried to use the bathroom...the potty training is never ending! The twins were great they ate there baby food and drank a bit of their bottles. And were jsut happy to be sitting there! I sure wish we lived near the parents, it's nice to get out and do stuff like that during the day. I just dont feel brave enough to do it myself.

bath time w papa

We love it when papa comes to visit because he is on bath duty! Today Sam thought it was funny to put a washcloth on Cj's head. Papa kept telling her not to then he put a washcloth on her head. Sydney just sat there splashing!

Blake is Great - Blake is 8

Today was Blakes birthday. On our way there we got a flat tire. Papa was on hold with AAA when all of a sudden a big ol tow truck showed up behind us. It was FSP, Freeway Saftey Patrol, which is a free service, our tax dollars at work. He changed our flat and we were off!

Here is the birthday boy with Sam and Daddy Jon. They had a good game of dodge ball going. Sam was really cute out there with the "big" kids!
Blowing out the candles!
the birthday boy!
Courtney says it all...
Proud Grandparents...

Jack

the twins playing at the park


Jack chasing Sam


Sam is swinging in the baby swings


JACK AND SAM

This morning Jon needed us all to get out of the house so he could get Sam's new bed together. It would have taken 10 hours instead of the 3 it took if Sam was "helping" him so I called Jack up to see if he wanted to go to the park with us. It is really hard to go to a park by myself w Sam and the twins...I can do it but it isnt much fun. He was game so off we went to Alamo. Sam had so much fun playing with him. He was a trooper and took her all over Hap Magee Park. I completely forgot they had a little splash zone there and she really wanted to go in. She did get a little wet in the end though. We went back to his house and jumped on there new trampoline. Way fun!! Perfect timing too jon was just throwing the last of the boxes on the side of the house when we got home.

WAHOO Namy and Papa arrived tonight! Sam had to ride to the airport with me to go get them. She is really excited that they are here and she jabbered the whole way home!

all three bathing

Last night we got all the kids in the tub. They all loved it. Smiles everywhere! Sam sure loves being the big sister. And those little ones are just fasinated by that big girl! Sam shared her bath toys really well too. Jon was on bath duty so he got them all washed up. Way fun!

bug bites

When we were in Houston last week Sam got bit a bunch by fire ants and mosquitos. Two of them have gotten really red and swollen (I was going to post the pics of them but they are a little gross so I wont) I sent the pictures to my good friend Hunter (an ER Doc in Seattle) to see if I should take her to the doctor or was I just being the over protective parent that I can sometime be. After looking at the pictures he said I should. So I packed up the twins and did a switch at the daycare, Debbie watched the little ones while I took Sammy to the doc. After waiting in that little room for at least 20 minutes the doctor finally came in. She isnt our regular doc but I like her. She said that they werent infected but Sam needs to take childrens benedryl and hydrocortizone ointment. She did write up a scrip just in case in got worse of the weekend for antibiotics. They dont seem to "bug" her that much but every once in awhile she says they hurt. Poor little girl!

flower and Tahoe

For some reason this beautiful flower grew in our front yard!

Last month we bought a new Tahoe...well new to us...it's a great ride, check out the fancy smancy rims. We had to get it so we can fit the big stroller in it. I love my mini van but with all these kids and stuff we needed a little more room plus this has a 3rd row so we can fit company in it. Poor Jon has to drive the mini van to Bart since we sold the Jeep. He's definetly a Dad now...if the 3 girls didnt do it, the mini van sure did!

potty time II

I'm a big girl!

I got a sucker!
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I guess being with her cousins really paid off last week. Samantha woke up and wanted to wear her new Dora panties I bought her a couple weeks ago. I told her ok but not to go potty in them. She did great all day. This morning she said she had to go poo poo so she sat on the pot for 15 minutes...no poo though. She did go pee three times though. We went for a walk and she wore a pull up but when we got back she put her panties back on. Still no accidents! She took a nap and woke up with a dry pull up but she wouldnt even try to sit on the potty. Her friend Taylor was here so she was distracted. She ended up having 2 accidents while she was here. We put pull up on and after dinner she said she had to go poop. AND SHE DID! We've been telling her for about 2 months now that if she goes poop on the potty she'll get a sucker so she got her sucker tonight! VERY EXCITING!! She just told Jon that mommy and daddy are so proud...so cute!