Bedtime Routine

So after dinner, baths, and sippies we usually head into the girls room for some downtime so that the girls know its getting close to bedtime.

They hug on their dollies,

And let mommy play with their hair,



And then they pick out a book to read.

Then it's lights out!

Silly Girls

Another hair clip moment...

hey, how did those get up there??

gotcha!

yep, tastes like a hair clip, just as I suspected!

And these are from this evening before bedtime.

We've had to take all the rubber ends off the door stoppers around the house. Why, you may ask? Because two little twins who shall remain nameless like to chew them off! Here they are chewing on the stoppers despite the missing ends. Silly girls.

Nice hair, Liners! (notice Liv in background going in for the kill)

A couple videos of this:

Caroline doing her evening yoga stances.

Hi mom!

Olivia following suit.

Another video:

I love Fall Days

It's basically a law in these parts: any fall day in Chicago when the temperature is upwards of 60 degrees - you MUST go outside and enjoy! The girls and I spent the afternoon in our neighborhood boulevard and park to soak up some vitamin D. We had fun people watching, listening to a band practicing in the park, and jumping in all of the leaves.

C in Pink, O in White

What a beautiful day!

Mommy & her girls

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Happy Birthday, to my sweet husband. You are the best daddy in the whole wide world and we love you so very much!

We made daddy a little picture for his office,
and one to hang in our house.

The girls wishing daddy a happy birthday this morning.

C

O

It's a really beautiful day today, very rare for November! So once the girls take a nap we're heading out in the wagon to enjoy some sunshine!

Hair Bow Stealers & My Little Standers

We're averaging about 2.5 to 3.5 seconds for hair bows/clips actually staying in the hair. One of the girls always spots the other's bow and immediately must pull it out.

O in pink, C in purple

hey....

Gimme that!

hmmmmm
yep, right in the mouth for testing


Action sequence:

My little girls are professional standers these days. It's so weird to see them upright all the time! We're still working on the confidence thing in taking more steps.




Video of the girls playing with their Lego House:

And one of Caroline's sound effects while playing:



Caroline's infamous "stinky face"

Another video; apparently sharing a sippy is down right hilarious.

Ball Pit Fun!

The girls really enjoyed their makeshift ball pit this weekend. We're constantly on the lookout for new ideas to keep them entertained when its too cold to go outside!

C

O

Videos:

Happy Halloween!

Hope everyone has a Spook-tacular Halloween!

Love,

Caroline & Olivia

Our little Monsters.

O in purple shirt, C in black shirt.

And do you remember this? Here's the girls on Halloween LAST year in the NICU. Caroline on the left was still only 4lbs, and Olivia was barely over 5lbs. What a difference a year makes!

Nope, I didn't dress the kids up in costumes for Halloween. *GASP* I know, bad mommy. It was too cold to go out, they don't need any candy, and I certainly don't need to be eating their candy.... so we stayed in. We enjoyed some Halloween cartoons and let the girls stay up a little later than usual. We have many many more years to go trick or treating.

Silly Daddy

Cartoons!!!

This is too cute not to share. Here's my Aunt Eva's dog, Winston. Love it! This totally inspired me to dress up Charlie next year, against his will, I'm sure. =)