So the big girls usually are left in there room with the lights out by 7:30 in the evening. More often than not, they talk and talk until after 8pm. This evening, we decided to get them to bed at a "reasonable" time so we left them around 7:15. It is now just after 8:30, and I heard them talking. I went up there to find...
Enjoy the photo below. Updates: Maggie is cruising, Benji's crawling and holding himself up standing, Ellie's jumping off beds, and Gabby's riding a bike.
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| From 2010 05 |
Enjoy these photos from May, including a day in the park, Gabby's pre-K graduation, and the twins turn 11 months!
Hey folks. Yeah, we're still around. It has been a while since we updated y'all with a post. So on the tails of Gabby's Pre-K Graduation, enjoy these photos from April.
I'll try to post May pictures soon.
Enjoying the gorgeous Austin day last Sunday!
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Since Ellie has never had a b-day party, and since Gabby has been asking to invite all her friends from school over (literally for years now), we decided to have one combo b-day party for the girls, and to let Gabby invite school friends, too.
Of course, those of you who know us well know that Joe and I already have a few Austin social circles of our own, and that almost every friend we have in Austin has at least 2 kids ages 5-and-under. And...the rule at daycare is that if you give out invites in class, you need to invite the entire class! So...we knew we had the potential for a large gathering on our hands. We've hosted large parties in the past, but that was in the pre-baby-twins era. We decided to outsource this time around.
We seriously considered the "bounce-house party" route. We've had a great time at those parties and Gabby loves them. The problem was that Ellie's not yet really into the bounce-house scene, and it didn't seem fair to her that her first real party would revolve around something she's still a bit too young for. We looked into lots of other options, but in the end, we ended up going with the fantastic playground in our neighborhood. February in Austin is generally pretty mild, but we weren't crazy, so we rented out the new community center function hall adjacent to our community playground.
Also...Gabby mentioned that she wanted a "Finding Nemo" theme. Not sure where she got the idea, but aqua and orange balloons and paper goods, along with some Nemo character stuff and "deep sea" themed party favors was all easy enough. Ellie didn't seem to care at all about a theme, and honestly, Joe and I were just so excited that they didn't request Disney Princesses, that we just went with it.
Starting 10 days before the party, I repeatedly checked the weather, and the the forecast for party day was fantastic. High 50's in the AM and sunny. A couple days before, the forecast changed to high 50's and partly cloudy, but we were still excited that the kids would get to use the playground.
Unfortunately, we woke on Saturday to rain. Lots of it. So...thank goodness for the hall. We ended up with close to 70 guests (about 35 of them in the baby to preschooler set). We moved all the tables and chairs over to one side of the room and the kids spent a good amount of time just running around. Then they invented a game where they ran across the room and crashed onto the floor, repeatedly. Didn't look like much fun to me, but they thought it was hilarious. See the video for proof!
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| 2010 Birthday Party - VIDEO |
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| 2010 Birthday Party |
Well...I think we can finally say that both babies are now officially sitting. They spent a while sitting together and playing this afternoon. So cute!
In other milestones, Maggie became mobile last week while we were in Massachusetts. She can now roll across a room in less than 30 seconds! At this rate, I'm not sure she'll ever choose to crawl, because she's a master roller. Ben has started to swivel on his tummy and can do a 360, but for the time being we can still find him wherever we left him.
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