Tuesday, February 26, 2013

February

Our very long and cold winter continues!  With lots of indoor time, the boys are getting more creative in their ways to entertain themselves.  

Declan loves putting on shoes.  He is quite amazing.  
He can even put on socks...my 6 year old still struggles doing that sometimes!


Although he is getting better at taking pictures, I still have to chase him around the house to get one!


In addition to shoes and socks, he loves to accessorize with neclaces and bracelets.  His superhero name today is Rubber band Boy.  He even went to the bus stop to pick up Easton like this because he screams when I try to take them off.  I do draw the line when I see his legs or arms are losing circulation!


Here is Xander, just being Xander.  I pull out a camera, he stops everything, smiles, and says cheese.  
So well-trained! 



The twins love to play at the sink.  Pictures like these still amaze me that I have twins.  



There's something about twins.  Here they are doing the exact same thing, with the same hands.  


I discovered the twins love to paint!  
It's a lot of work, but with smiles like these, we will be doing more painting now!  







Easton loves Cheez-its and he's especially proud of this double.


I move the chairs out of the kitchen to clean the floor.  For some reason, a chair in the wrong place is super fun.  Today they created a new movie watching station.


The twins still love cuddling.


Cache made us a present at preschool for Valentines Day.  
He was so proud of it that he insisted on opening our present too!



I couldn't quite capture the chaos, but I truly believe a bigger mess could not be made with this playdough!  


Here is Cache.  The angry bird, fighting ninja.  


A new game.  It involves throwing a ball up and down the stairs and entertains kids for hours. 


The twins love to build towers with our cans (although I think cans are a very unsafe thing to build with!)
  I am sure that one of these days I won't catch the tower in time and they will lose a foot.  
 Until then, they are all smiles!


Even putting on shoes can be a party.


Why eat Dairy Queen blizzards with one hand when you can use two?



From the moment he wakes to the moment he sleeps, Xander asks for the ipad.


I found this under the kitchen table compliments of Declan.  
It is an upside down booster seat filled with cereal.


I love that Xander drinks the milk out of his bowl after eating his cereal.


The human leash.


We have two cute girls come to our house and help play with the kids. 
 For $3 an hour (combined), this is the best use of money I can think of!



After coming inside, everyone gathers around the heater to warm up.



Cache's version of 'row row row your boat'.




Xander showing off his coloring skills...



Once in a while you get one of those 'brotherly' moments...



Declan is very proud of his stack of dominoes!


Need I explain?


Wednesday, January 30, 2013

January

The twins really enjoy 'helping' in the kitchen.  I use the term loosely, because they are anything but helpful!  We made several things this month...and it may take my insanity a month to recover.  Although, with the exception of the banana bread (which in the midst of the craziness I left out 3 ingredients!) everything turned out well.



Playdough


We discovered the garbage can makes a great stool.  Unlike a chair, no one can climb on it by themself and it only fits one kid at a time!



Easton is perfecting the art of being a big brother.


Declan is perfecting the art of holding on!


Aside from cooking, the twins have taken a strong interest in building this month.  By strong interest, I mean they stack everything they can get their hands on.  EVERYTHING.  They stack crackers on the window, cups in the shower, spice containers in the play kitchen.  Not to mention the 4 sets of official blocks we have.  This is a great improvement from the complete destruction of all towers last month.  They have even learned to build a tower together and take turns.  They are finally giving me a small glimpse of hope!




The twins being cute - playing in their diaper box.


One minute later...the twins fighting in their diaper box.


Declan has taken a bag of flashcards from my shelf (which he knows is off limits) and has hidden behind the curtain to enjoy his loot.


Another LONG, COLD afternoon.  I pulled out some presents from Aunt Marcy - really cute stuffed animal dogs.  I love that I pulled out 4 different dogs and everyone picked their favorite...which involved no fighting.  It's funny how kids are all different.  We decided the dogs needed a home, so we pulled out some boxes from recycling and got to work!


Cache just returned from a pirate party...complete with gold earring and attitude!


Easton had a double-header birthday party today.  I loved the cards he drew for the presents.  


Enjoying all the goodie bag gifts from his best friend's robot party.


We enjoyed a local community center, Claude Moore, on a government holiday.  We started with the rock wall.  We promised Easton $20 if he rang the bell.  Lucky for us, he froze after about 15 ft.  He wants to try again soon!  We also enjoyed their indoor water park.  The twins were so exhausted they didn't even make it out of the parking lot awake!  That's my idea of a good activity.








David showed Easton how it was done.


Chocolate lovers...maybe we are related afterall!


Another disappearing act by Declan.  I found him sitting inside a robot box on Cache's bed!








This has been another disappointing winter. A ton of really cold weather and hardly any snow.  This sprinkling was gone by the afternoon, but we enjoyed what we could.



Well, I wouldn't exactly say Xander enjoyed it.