Zoo Day!

Scott took the day off so we could all go to the zoo. We left early in the morning so we could be there when it opened at 9:30. We got to Shoreline and Trevor said, "Daddy, the babe doesn't like her milk she spit it out." I reached behind me and touched Allie's hand. It was wet and had milk chunks on it. She threw up in her car seat. Of course the only change of clothes I had was a shirt. She had it everywhere! Thank goodness she took off her shoes and socks prior to this happening.

We got to the zoo, at 9:30, but we had to clean Allie up. Of course the sun was not out this morning like it has been the last few weeks so it was a little chilly. We stripped her of her clothes and put the new shirt and a jacket on her. We then got inside of the zoo and headed for the family restroom. We washed the clothes off and dried them with the hand dryer. She was now good to go :)

The kids had a lot of fun at the zoo. They loved the freedom to walk all over and see the animals. The girls kept pushing each other and giggling. Whenever Allie would stop pushing Kara, Kara would put her hand on her back and say "again, again". They were running and giggling and had everyone smiling at them.

After lunch I gave the girls a cookie while they were still in the stroller. They wanted down but I told them they either gave me the cookie and they could get down, or they could finish it then get down. Kara finished hers right away. Allie on the other hand wanted to save hers but did not want to give it up to me. Finally after seeing her sister have some freedom she shoved the cookie in her mouth. I finally let her out. A few minutes later I noticed her mouth was full. I gave her cheeks a little squeeze and out comes some cookie. She held onto the rest like a little chipmunk. 10 minutes later she spits the whole thing out. So not only is she a little smelly from her earlier episode, but now she is dirty from her cookie sitting in her mouth for 20 minutes!

We enjoyed the rest of the day at the zoo. Once we got home we put the girls right into the bath as Allie really needed it after her excellent adventures today. As soon as they got into the bath Kara pooped in the tub! I got them out right away, then Allie proceeded to go to the kitchen and pee on the tile in there. Finally we got them back in the tub and cleaned. Of course they went outside to play in the dirt... What a day!

Extreme Sports... Toddler Style!

For the first event we have the potty chair standoff. Whoever can get their potty chair on the kitchen chair and stand on top of the potty chair wins.
And the winner is... Kara!

Our second event involves a shelving system in the bedroom closet. Whoever can stand on the shelves and reach the books (almost 4' off the ground) and successfully get one book down without being stuck or falling off wins.
And the winner is... Allie!

We are tied at the moment. Stay tuned for more from Extreme Sports... Toddler Style!

***DISCLAIMER*** No toddlers were injured or encouraged to do these stunts. They thought it out all on their own. Potty chairs and books have since been moved to a different location after discovering our talented twins.

The potty chair event happened while I was cooking dinner. Trevor started laughing, "hurry mommy, you have to see this!" When I got to the living room (Where the chairs had been kept do to the girls climbing the table and into their high chairs...) Kara was proudly standing on top of her potty chair which was placed on the kitchen chair. Allie's potty was also on top of the chair, but she was still climbing when I found her.

After removing the chairs and potties I went to finish dinner. The girls went into their room. There isn't much in there for them to get into. Or so I thought until I heard the screams. I went in and Kara was stuck on the shelves and couldn't get down. I grabbed Kara turned around and was comforting her. In the meantime Allie thought it would be a great idea to try and climb the shelves. By the time I seen this and put Kara down Allie had grabbed two books. I removed her and started to remove the books. She tried climbing again... Never a dull moment around here :)

Max Bye Bye

Allie has finally said her first two (three) word sentence! She is now saying Max Bye Bye! She pauses about two or three seconds after saying Max then says bye bye right after it! Who knew it would take pet sitting for her to start putting words together :)

Bye Bye Max

Max left today. The kids got to hold her one last time before Ryan and Ari took her back home. They spent about 30 minutes holding onto her before we gave her back :) Tonight as I was getting the girls ready for bed they went into Trevor's room chanting, MAX! MAX! But of course she was not in there. They were looking all over the room for her. They are in bed now one of the girls is saying MAX! MAX! while the other one is saying Bye, Bye! They miss her already. Trevor did a great job of feeding and watering her everyday and even helped clean her cage out.

Today I took Trevor bowling for a birthday party. He did so much better than he did last year! He bowled a 116 with no help from me. Of course the bumpers were up :) He got 2 strikes and a spare! He beat most of the older kids too.

We have been busy this summer going to parks, the beach, family night at church, lots of BBQ's. I love this time of year. Soon we'll have to have Trevor start getting to bed a little earlier so he'll be used to it for kindergarten. I hope this next month goes as slow as June did :)

So sweet...

This morning after getting Kara ready for the day I let her down so she could go see Max, a guinea pig we are watching for a friend. I was finishing up with Allie and I didn't hear anything from Trevor's room. I went in and checked up on her. She was snuggled in bed with her big brother. They were so cute. Of course as soon as I got the camera she was sitting up. I asked her to lay back down so I could get a picture. Her response... Nuh uh...

Whenever someone is sad Kara and Allie will go up to them and pat them on the back. They are such sweet little girls. :) Yesterday they took that to a whole new level. Allie was hitting her sister in the back as Kara was giggling. They kept this up for about 10 minutes. It was the funniest thing to watch. Of course we do not have that on video either. I think we need to set up cameras through out the house so we can catch all their sweet and funny moments. Or I can try and remember to blog about it on here...

House Guest

A friend of mine asked if we could keep her guinea pig, Max, while on vacation. I said yes. When I told Trevor he was so excited! I let him know that she will be sleeping in his room. He said, "I don't want her in there, she will poop all over my room". I told him that she will sleep in a cage in his room. He thought that was a great idea!

Last night Max came over to spend 9 nights with us. The girls have been squealing with delight! They love to hold her. When she moves it tickles their legs, and the girls giggle :) Trevor has been holding her all the time. While he plays school, reads, watching TV, etc. Trevor is in charge of watering and feeding her every night. He is excited for his new job! He has been telling everyone that he is taking care of his friend Ryan's "hamster"

Poor Max is going to get a complex when she leaves here. The girls call her a bunny and Trevor calls her a hamster. Unless she already has one as her name is Max and she is a girl :) That is what you get when a 5 year old that likes Max and Ruby names his first pet :)

I hope Max is ready and well rested for tomorrow. I'm sure it will be more of the same as today. At least the weather has been nice so I have been able to convince the kids to play outside and give Max a break.

Trevor's 5!

Trevor was so excited to wake up and be 5 years old! On his birthday I took him to a science lab with 3 friends and they learned all about energy. They had a lot of fun. We cooked his favorite meal, homemade chicken nuggets and fries with broccoli and mac and cheese. Later in the evening he and I went to Baskin Robbins and ate ice cream. Of course we brought some home for Daddy too!

Today we went to a karate stranger danger class and learned what to do if someone tries to take you. It was quiet informative and I hope to be able to go to one again soon, as I was busy chasing my sweet babes, so I didn't get to listen to everything.

Allie and Kara were enjoying some homemade yogurt pops with each other today. It is so cute to watch them feed each other :) Trevor enjoyed his own of course :)

Trevor has started karate and says he enjoys it, but he doesn't want to participate in the 'boring' stuff. We'll see how long it lasts. Soccer starts next month and he is pretty excited for that.

Echos

At night Trevor is "teaching" the girls new words. He will say a word from his bed and the girls will repeat it. It is so cute to listen to them interact this way. When Scott is reading Trevor his bedtime story and it has an animal in it, you can hear the girls saying an animal from there bedroom. Last night the book was about cats, so you heard "Meow" every time the word cat was said. We caught on rather quickly to what they were doing and added a few more animals to the mix :)

Weekly ramblings

This has been such a busy week! Trevor's cardiology appointment was a week ago and since then he has been on the go, and he is still having a hard time falling asleep! We went to Sassy's (Grandma and Grandpa A.) and he bounced on the trampoline and ran all over their back yard. We went back for a BBQ and did it again the next day too! He has been to the park several times walking back home just to walk back again. He constantly is going outside to run around just because he can :) He just started karate this week and seems to be enjoying it. The pool and slip and slide have been getting a lot of use also. You think with all this activity that he would be getting tired.

Allie and Kara are getting very independent wanting to do everything themselves. This is going to be a very long summer! I am going to need to enlist help to do anything. Yesterday we went to the Credit Union where I used to work. Both girls had to walk up and down the stairs themselves! Then Trevor held Kara's hand to the parking lot and he led her across the parking lot because she "wanted to" as he put it. Earlier as I was getting Kara in the car at home Trevor took Allie and started walking her across the street. 4 years are helpful, but not always in a good way :) He does try though and is a great big brother.

The girls enjoyed their first popsicles yesterday as it reached 90 degrees here. (It is about time summer arrived!) We then had them run through the sprinkler to get cleaned up. Today was a repeat of yesterday. I think the girls are going to expect popsicles everyday now.

Allie and Kara love playing in the water. We set up the small pool and all 3 were in there jumping up and down splashing and giggling. It was a tight squeeze with all 3 in there. I think it is time to set up the bigger pool.

Surgery pics!

one month post op appointment

Today was Trev's one month post op appointment. It seemed to take forever to get here, but here we are one month out. He has never been so pink in his life, and I love it!! Even though he has been on restricted activity he has had so much energy. His cardiologist was pleased with the way everything looked. No leaking from the device site, yea!! We go back in December for another follow up. He was lifted from most restrictions, except for contact sports. We still need to be careful for awhile and have him avoid getting hit in the chest.

The first thing he asked after we were done with the appointment was if he could go to the park, jump around, ride his bike and go swimming. Yes Trevor, you can :) He was very excited about that... His cardiologist asked him how he liked the hospital and of course Trev told him he liked it and it was fun :) I guess not too many kids think that way about the hospital. We'll see if he still has that same attitude in a few years when he goes back to have his pulmonary valve replaced.

Thank you everyone for your prayers and support during this time. Now hopefully the sun will come out and stay awhile and we can enjoy the rest of our summer!