Sometimes We Share

Sometimes the kids are really good about sharing, othertimes, not so much. The one time they do like to share is during meals when they give away whatever they don't like on their plates. This day Casey was giving Maggie all of his carrots and beans. It was so funny, everytime he would pick one up he would quietly say, "Here you go Maggie, welcome Maggie".



Mitchell was left out of the carrot and bean sharing, but he was content to give Buzz and dinosaur on his placemat all of the things he didn't want.

The kids were having fun with each other tonight. It started with Maggie wanting to give the boys hugs, then it turned into her tacking the them down to the ground and laying on them. They thought it was hilarious and soon it became one big group hug and then one big doggie pile.





Then like everything else it all came to an end when we had a casualty. Casey had quite the goose egg on his head.

I took Maggie to see the ear, nose, throat doctor earlier this week. After looking in her ears he didn't see any sign of where the blood could have come from but he did see a lot of fluid. He wants to see her again in a few months and if the fluid is still there, he will probably put tubes in her ears. Hopefully it clears up on it's own!

The Good Part of Winter

I love winter when it's -10 or warmer and there is lots of snow and that's what this week has been like. A few days ago the kids were outside helping daddy shovel the driveway. They had SO much fun! They love any excuse to use their shovels.



Then it was break time.

Maggie was doing her sprints back and forth on the driveway.

Daniel dug out a path and a fort in the huge pile of snow in the front yard. I'm pretty sure he was having just as much fun as the kids were.




Maggie was all about posing for the camera.


HUUUUUGE!!


Time for another break.

Potty Practice & the Museum

We've been taking this potty thing pretty easy, just putting the kids on when we think of it, nothing regular yet. Maggie and Mitchell have both gone #1 in the potty once or twice and were darn proud of themselves (as they should be!). I saw a friend the other day who's twins are 3 months older than our kids and she was telling me about her battles with them. So I'm sticking to my same approach for now, waiting until they seem a little more ready. And I would like to do it when I can take some time off work to be at home with them the whole time.

We've been getting a good laugh out some things so far. A week or two ago I pulled Casey's pants up without putting a diaper on and he started to giggle and said, "Mommy, my wee-wee's in in my pants!" Then later on him and Maggie were running around diaper-less as I was getting Mitchell dressed. I could hear Casey chasing Maggie around the house saying "Maggie touch my wee-wee, touch my wee-wee!" She was running from him but thought it was hilarious! It was so funny! What a true boy!

I took the kids to the Children's Museum a few days ago and they had a blast. There were life size puppies that they laid dibs on as soon as we got there. There's a wall where they can put different sized blocks in and out which they did for at least 20 min.


Then there was the canoe and paddles...



...which soon became weapons and axes to chop wood.

They also liked all of the dress up clothes and musical instruments.





After the museum we watched the fish for quite a while and then of course rode the puppy.

The best part about all of this was that we parked underground at the mall so we didn't even feel the minus a million temperature!

Brrrrr

It's been so cold here lately (- 40 with the wind today - yuck!)that we haven't taken to kids outside much so we wanted to get them out of the house last weekend. We had my nephew Brett with us on Saturday so we went to Ruckers. The kids had a great time! I'm actually surprised that we got out of there without any meltdowns. Some of the highlights were the race cars for Maggie...


...the guitar for Casey...

...and the rifle for Mitchell.


And it's so funny because each thing they really liked totally suited their personality.




Before we left home the kids were having some fun with Brett. They love playing with their cousins!





The end of a good day.


We also went to our little friend Elena's 2nd birthday party on Sunday which the kids had a great time at. Hopefully this weekend it will warm up!