Dancing

The Lesser of Two Evils (who spreads poop faster?)

Yes this is another poop story. Don't worry it wasn't as bad as the last time or is it that I'm in some sort of sick way getting used to it? Hmmm... Anyhow...I was doing dishes and I glanced over because Taylor was walking up to the gate to see me. She had a grossed out look on her face...and then so did I...she was holding her hand up in the air and it looked like it had been dipped in melted chocolate...only it wasn't chocolate. It was POOP. Gross. Least this time she didn't eat it...thank the Lord for that. :) So I glance over the scene and see a small amount of poop on the floor which she apparently tried to pick up only it was runny. The I look at Luke and he's got it coming out of the back of his diaper. I'm guessing he was laying down when it happened. So here we go.....choosing the lesser of two evils. Taylor most certainly will touch something soon. Luke will also get that poop on other things. Since Taylor was upset by her hand and she wanted me to pick her up...I grabbed her and took her to the bathroom to rinse and wash off her hand......she thought that was a lot of fun.....giggled. I walk back out to the living room to find Luke had backed up against both couches. Yo...well. Got everything cleaned up and reflected back.......with twins....I don't think there's always a right or wrong answer as far as what to do...they out number you...sometimes you just have to choose the lesser of two evils...when it comes to poop anyhow.

E-I-E-I-O...Airplane

Luke and Taylor love, "Old McDonald has a farm..." They have a book, a little people barn and this see and say. Luke picks up the book and says, E-I-E-I......lol They also get super excited to hear the song as you can see here. They crack me up with their dancing. Taylor squats up and down and swings her arms and Luke sways and bounces. It's hilarious.

On another note. I thought this was neat. A few days ago we were outside with them and we live close to a small airport. 3 planes went by when we were out there. Luke was on my lap and I'd point up to show him the planes and say, "airplane." They have a book that has a picture of an airplane. Taylor repeats the word and points to it and when I say airplane or point to it....Luke points up. I thought at first it was a coincidence but it's not......he's done it ever since. I find it interesting that he's always looked up....up at the ceiling fan, the birds and clouds in the sky. He loves things up above. I wonder if that will carry throughout his childhood.

Devotion Time, Brother, Groceries

Taylor playing with her dolls....making them talk to each other.

Every morning I have devotions with the Lord. It's one of my favorite times of the day. I put both Luke and Taylor in their pack and plays and I sit on the couch, eat breakfast and get into God's word. It's so sweet to watch Luke and Taylor playing on their own. They are sooo boy and sooo girl. Taylor will play with little dolls and make them talk to each other while Luke bangs things together to see what happens. They love to look out the windows and read books. Today Luke was pretending to talk on the phone and then he'd slam the phone down. It's just a precious time for me. I hope I'll be able to keep it up as they grow up. Yes somedays they are more needy then others and my time may be 20 mins instead of 30 but it's something they have learned to get used to. It's mommy's time with God. Taylor heard Luke playing with the phone and she stood up and pointed across the room to him and kept saying "BROTHER, BROTHER." If you ask her where her brother is she puts her finger on him and says, BROTHER. So cute. Luke doesn't appreciate the finger in his face though. I was cutting up fruit for them today and I heard lots of giggling. I look and they had the cushions off the couch and they were playing on them. Luke was on top of Taylor hitting her belly and she was cracking up. I've really had to watch him though. He's been getting in a lot of trouble for hitting and throwing everything. He really doesn't seem to mind sitting in an empty pack and play either. He also immediatly hugs her when being told to stop. Cute but doesn't stop him from doing it again. Today he hit her in the face with a lego and I put him in an empty pack and play....I went back to cutting fruit and heard giggling and BROTHER, BROTHER. Taylor was bringing him toys and poking him through the pack and play and repeating BROTHER, BROTHER like she was sad. Luke was giggling at her and patting the top of her head. I let him out and went back to cutting fruit and I heard AWWW...so I look and Taylor is running her fingers through his hair and he was enjoying it. They can't keep their hands off each other.

Luke and Taylor are loving fresh fruit.

Cracks me up how they come up to the gate waiting for milk or juice. My little livestock. :)

I try really hard to save money at the grocery store. It's a challenge for me. I'd just like to share that I saved almost 60% last night. Paid $70, saved $40. My total bill was $110.00 and this included lots of fresh fruit and cleaning products which aren't the cheapest and I didn't have coupons for any of those. However by combining store sales with my fifty million coupons....lol....I saved $40.00! So I paid $70 for $110 worth of groceries. I get kinda excited, can you tell? I got a $4.99 pizza for 99 cents by combining store sale with coupon. I got 4 jars of Ragu spaghetti sauce for 30 cents each. Store sale plus coupon. :) I got free stuff too. A free box of wheat thins, a free snickers and free Reeses PB cups. I've gotten toothpaste a few times completely free. Good stuff. :)

The Park

We took a few quick pictures with us and Luke and Taylor.......they were ready to go...and by go I mean they wanted to run in the grass.....they screamed and cried when we left the park but we did manage to get two good shots. More swing shots to come.

Aunt Kim's Birthday

Luke with his new friend Lauren. She's about a month older.

Nick playing ball with Lauren and Luke

Love Lauren's hat. Such a cutie.

Taylor LOVES the puppy dog Buster.

I love this shot...

Luke practicing his block out skills.

Lauren

Lauren and Luke...he's not so sure about her...especially when she gets near his ball.

Loves any ball!

You're not gonna take my ball are you?

You'd look great in my hat Luke.

He wasn't thrilled...

Blocking out again. lol

lol....how'd this hat get on again?

Lauren relaxing

peek-a-boo with Taylor

Taylor with Aunt Kim

Uncle Mick letting Luke splash in some water.

Love the rolls in Luke's back. lol...and Miss Taylor with her flower

A blade of grass for YOU mommy.

Luke being a boy.

Luke attracting the ladies with his piano skills.

My favorite shot of the day. Lilly is Lauren's sister. Isn't she precious?

Taylor playing piano. She loved it.

Cracks me up how he puts his thumbs down his pants. He does this a lot.

First Offical Haircut for Luke

Last weekend Luke got his fir official cut. It was cute to watch. He was very serious. Taylor wasn't too sure about Luke being in that chair but she warmed up after awhile. Luke was very serious and didn't crack a smile. I love the cut. It's cute. I didn't get a finished shot. But soon you'll see. He had it in the "powder incident" pictures. :)