Maybe some duct tape?!

I know I should never have cut off the straps, but it was a moment of passion...Passionate about hating taking apart the high chairs to clean them and not getting it back right.  Kate and Addy taunt me daily:)

Maybe I'll just get a soft landing mat for underneath to avoid any head injuries.

Four Minutes Apart

For my children's lit class, I have to write a children's book.  So I decided it would be fun to write a little book for twins.  I still have to put the pictures together and get it down into a book, but this is the story I came up with.  It's called Four Minutes Apart


Addison and Kate
Twins ready to arrive
Their family excited
For a task of this size

Tumbling in just before nine
Ready to start
They were finally born,
Four minutes apart

A little too early
They needed some help
From doctors and nurses
That could get them well.

They grew and they grew
Finally ready to depart
Home from the hospital
Two weeks apart.

These two little girls
Were quite often found
Snuggled close together
Without even a sound

They learned to roll
Even sit happily at the park
And were often found crawling
One pace apart.

They grew bigger and bigger

They walked and they ran

Kate and Addison had adventures

As only twins can.


Then they turned 5
And it was their day
Kindergarten was here
They were ready to play.

But the class looked so big
As they stepped to the side.
They wanted their mommy
Kate was teary and Addison cried.

Then they held hands
As school was about to start
And walked to their class
Ten fingers apart.

Ouch!

Don't bounce on a trampoline with a bunch of people and a broken broom handle....

Happy Birthday, Ben-G!

34 will be your best year so far:)

Spring Break (is over..sniff)

We were lucky to have 2 1/2 weeks of Spring Break, and tomorrow the kids go back. Which means I am on the road again each day (and have to get up and get moving!)  We tried to do a few fun things over the break. We ended up at the park, library, etc... but I had also promised them a bounce trip.

Kate and Addison in the big bounce

Nathan, my little crazy man.  He doesn't let his crazy allergies get in the way of playing.  The poor kid is living on Claritin!

Addison wasn't quite sure she liked it the entire time

Kate sure was

Emma going crazy

And giving a crazy face

Bailey doing tricks

Kate could get in and out on her own 100%

Addison liked hanging with Mommy better than playing

 We also spent some time over spring break at the stores with my new found coupon obsession. Target now has these amazing carts that fit all of my kids!  Now, that's a feat.

When they see me coming in the store, everyone moves out of the way (by choice or not).  We are coming through! Heeley's on the older ones are courtesy of our house, but they can hang on and just roll with me.

Back to school, back to routine.  And only a month left until bar results...in case you missed our big old ticker!

1 Brother, 2 hours and 3 Stores Equals

$123 dollars in grocery savings...woo-hoo!  Didn't take a picture, but the bags filled up my van.  And we have enough Pringles to last us until 2020...

Thanks, Uncle Curtis for holding down the fort while I did the shopping!

Egg Hunt

The Saturday before Easter, we (I, as Ben stayed home with sleeping twins) took the older three to the Ruggles annual Easter egg hunt.  Last year, Bailey was so focused on getting the golden egg (worth some money, I think?) that he didn't pick up any other eggs and then was upset at the end.  This year, we had a talk about how to pick up everything you see first, and THEN look for the golden or silver eggs.

As you can see, he got the idea.

Nathan making a dash for the 3 and under eggs, spread out nicely over the front lawn

Emma made out quite nicely in the 4-7 area.

Emma and Emma

Nathan and Madelyn enjoying their loot

This was before Nathan was allowed to descend on the eggs- he was irritated

It took a while for me to get him to pick them all up.  At first, he only wanted certain colors.  

They had a great time and this was actually the first year I took pictures I think.  The egg hunt is over in about ten minutes, but the candy is lasting quite nicely:)

Worn Out...

A trip to the gym, Burger King(yes defeats the purpose), the library and the park, then home for story time and some good ol' Mickey Mouse Club House and voila!

A sleeping Nathan.  At 3 p.m. when you have lots of homework, this couldn't be nicer:)

15 months, a bit late

I just took the girls to their 15 month check up, a few weeks behind.  I cannot remember exact stats(and I had all five kids with me and it was an um, interesting dr. appt.), but they are slowly growing closer to each other in size.  Their heads are exactly the same, Addison is now only 1/4 inch taller than Kate, and Kate is only 1 pound bigger than Addison (22.5 and 21.5 approx.)

Kate decided at the doctor's office that she wanted to walk around the entire room.  Every time she would fall, she would get right back up and walk again.  She hasn't really done it since, but definitely progress!  Addison has taken about 5 steps and still loves to randomly stand all over the house.  I'm sure in some future post I will eat my words about wishing for walking.  My thought is to have a jump rope with us when we go out with assigned places to hold on.  We can have a little ducky line.  Who knows, maybe I'll just tie a rope around all their waists and herd them like cattle...