Boys Sledding Adventure

Tyler and Trevor had their first adventure of sledding today.. Trevor had a blast getting pulled around in his sled, but Tyler wasn't happy one bit... I think part of it had to do with the snow suits.. Tyler didn't like his hands being all confined in his attached mittens...Hopefully next time will go much better...

Tyler and Trevor with Santa Clause

Santa came to visit the boys at the house last night. Tyler and Trevor didn't find this to be fun one bit.. They were both terrified of Santa and didn't want to sit on his lap.

Precious Boys

Trevor, you were so precious this morning. We were having a campout in the living room, since you both were having a restless night… When you heard the door open and realized that daddy was leaving for work… You ran to the baby gate, crawled up on the size and reached to turn all the lights on.. Then you started yelling “hi, hi hi,… It was SO adorable.. After a few minutes, you realized that daddy had already left, so you turned off the lights and crawled back under the covers. About an hour later, I heard the softest, most precious voice whispering “hi, hi”.. I looked over and you had your face nose to nose with Tyler. You were whispering so softly to your brother as if you wanted to wake him, but didn’t want to make him upset. It was the most adorable things ever. Tyler opened his eyes and you both started to giggle, which was even more adorable…. This was such a wonderful way to start the morning.

18 MONTHS OLD

My precious boys, you are 18 months old today and Mommy can’t believe it!!!!! Time has flown by so fast and you both have grown so much in these past 18 months. I am so proud of you both and love you both so dearly…I am so lucky to have been able to spend these 18 months with both of you. I am able to see and experience everything with you on this wonderful journey. Every day you both seem to learn so many new things. We are finally past all the digging in the cupboards and you are really starting to use your words that make this so much easier. When you just aren’t able to tell me what you want to say, you both point and have these most precious expressions that sometimes say more than words. Tyler, you have learned that kittens grow up just like little boys grow up. Your kitty Tobby is not longer a kitten. He has grown so much that you can no longer carry him all around like you loved to do. Whenever we go outside to see Tobby, you still try so hard to pick him with frustration, as you try to understand why he has become so large. You find that it is much easier carrying around your stuffed kitty, which meows when you squeeze him. You walk all around the house making meowing noises as you squeeze your kitty so tight. The smile on your face is so innocent and dear.


Tyler you have the most wonderful, caring personality. When it is bedtime, you grab your brother’s blanket and bring it to him, which is so dear. Then you both find places on the couch and we cuddle you until you fall asleep. This is one of the most special moments for us during the day. You love to sing soft songs as you fall asleep. These songs are so soothing, that me and your daddy could almost fall sleep holding you, hearing your songs. It feels so cozy cuddling you little ones and these times are so special to us. You love to sit on the floor and read me and your brother stories. You are so delicate turning each page and every so often you look up to make sure we are paying full attention what you are saying. This always brings a smile to my face, seeing the excitement you get from opening a book. You both love to cuddle up and listen to mommy reading you stories. It is very special having you both squeeze into my lap and no matter how squished together you both are, you never complain. This is truly one of the most special moments together and I am so lucky having two page turners.


You both have such strong determination and dedication when you sit down together working on puzzles. These are the most precious moments watching you both interact and get along so well together. One of your favorite toys is your little people farm set. The barn makes sounds when you put the animals in the correct stalls and you both are learning the names and sounds of animals so well. I am very proud of how wonderful you both are growing and learning. Trevor, your favorite words at the moment are “Ma Ma Up- and you raise your arms up to me as you say this. You also love making animal sounds and you love playing with Bagels. Your favorite thing is being held and cuddled. Just yesterday, you started to give me real kisses that don’t involve any licking. For the longest time when you would try to kiss mommy or daddy, you would stick out your tongue and give us a lick as your way of kissing…. These precious baby kisses you give us know with your soft lips are so precious and can make our hearts melt like never before. Tyler your favorite words right know are Ma Ma, da da, making animal sounds, and you have stared singing “Bob the Builder” all over the house. This is so precious. It is so clear that we know exactly what you are saying and it is so adorable especially when you do a little dance as you are saying it… It is so amazing!!!!

My little Trevor, it is so adorable watching you sit at your little picnic table and color. You taste your crayon a few times to make sure that it isn’t food and then you sit and work on your coloring page with such strong determination. Every so often you hold up your paper for me to see and always saw a few words that sound so sweet. You are always so proud of your coloring and love doing small projects.

Trevor, when you get excited you make the most adorable expressions. You say “ohhhhh”and the face you make is so priceless. Tyler when you are excited, you grin from ear to ear and clap your hands, which is also very priceless. You both are very expressive little guys and I am so glad that you are both such happy little boys.

You love songs and singing. Your favorite song right know is the Choo Choo song and you both move your arms back and forth like a train and do the Choo Choo part at the end of the song.. You boys are so amazing to watch and the things you understand is unbelievable. When I ask one of you to give your brother a pretzel or fruit snack, you both do exactly this. It is so amazing how much you have both grown and changed. I am so proud to be your mommy and you are the most precious little boys a mommy could ever have.

Tonight was the boys First time Trick or Treating and they did AMAZING!!!!!! Tyler was a little puppy and Trevor was an adorable Bumble bee.. His costume had a cute matching treat bag and also the most adorable little stinger… I was a little skeptical on how the kids would do, being that they didn’t seem to like having their costumes when I had tried them on a few weeks back…. But they both were so so so excited the second they got out of the van and saw that we were going to be doing something fun…We waited to put on their costumes until we got into town, since the costumes were a little bulky for them to fit into the car seats….. Both the boys started to take off towards the first house as we quickly tried to get them into their costumes… The Bumble Bee and Little Puppy both ran up to the first house, as if they were pros at trick or treating.. Trevor even carried his own treat bag up to the first house!!!!! When they got to the door, they both had HUGE smiles on their faces and both stuck their hands into their treat bags to check out what the man had put in there…. They thought it was Very neat.. They both were anxious to head out to the next house and took of full steam ahead down the drive way both squealing… I couldn’t believe it!!!! We went around 1 whole block and both kids walked the whole thing… They loved being outside and it was the perfect night to have little ones out.. As I was walking with Trevor up to a house, a little boy pointed at Trevor and said, “you’re a bumble bee”.. Trevor stuck out his pointer finger and said “yeah, hi” ( he said these works in his adorable little voice which just melts hearts)… He made Mommy smile so big… It was so precious!!! It was so special watching out little boys trick or treat and you boys sure made mommy and daddy proud…. After trick or treating, we sat the kids down on a curb to get a few cute pictures… They both immediately stuck their hands into their trick or treat bags and started to check out their candy… Trevor snuck over close to Tyler to check out what he had also.. It was adorable!!!!! This was the best Halloween ever!!!!!

HALLOWEEN

Tyler our little sharer

Tyler has become our little sharer.. I guess he shared toys very good in class yesterday… and at home he always seems to go pick up 2 toys and gives one to Trevor…. When it is time to get ready for bed, Tyler goes and grabbed both his blanket and Trevor’s blanket and brings Trevor’s blanket over to him.. He also grabs both bottles and gives the other one to Trevor.. It is so precious…. Tyler has also just started kissing his brother on the cheek… The other day when my mom was out, I guess Tyler did a little trick on Trevor.. Trevor was laying on the floor playing with a toy, so Tyler went over to him, bent down to give Trevor a kiss, which made Trevor giggle and giggle, and at the same time Tyler snuck the toy out of Trevor’s hand… so I guess the kisses may not always be sincere.. ( ha ha)

A DATE WITH DAD

I am so proud of Paul.. He has been attending an ECFE class called “A date with dad” with the kids each Tuesday… I now it is a lot of work taking the kids to class and watching them every second, so I am happy that he is doing this class…He said is gives him a little insight on what I have to go through everyday, which is nice for him to realize….. I am also so glad that Paul and the kids get this time together.. It is something very special.. and I have to say that I am LOVING this time to myself with no kids on my hips or little ones running all over the house.. The kids do circle time where they sing song… Tyler loves this choo choo song that they do and he has even started to move his arm up and down and say choo choo at the ending of the song.. It is so adorable… He sometimes get so excited about the choo choo part that he does it with both had a few times… It just cracks me up!!!! The kids had a great time last night in class.. They made art projects with daddy.. Trevor made a ghost out of shredded paper… He has TONS of practice working with shredded paper.. When he uses the big boy potty, his favorite part if pulling apart the toilet paper roll…. And Tyler made an adorable Pumpkin face on a paper plate.. These are such special projects that I treasure……

Boys learning new things everyday

Tyler has started making TONS of facial expressions that I used to make when I was little.. I have seen pictures from when I was little and it is hilarious seeing those exact expressions on Tyler’s face… My mom had a great time watching this when she come out and stayed with us for a few days… It was so wonderful having her here… I was able to sneak out and get caught up on tons of stuff…. The boys had a great time with their Grandma also and were sad to see her leave……

The boys have started to say a few words… For snack time I sometimes give the kid’s crackers, which they think are cookies”…. Trevor went over to the counter the other day and clear as a bell he said “cookie” as he pointed up to the cracker box…I was so proud of him…. Tyler has been shaking his head “no” for a while when he doesn’t want something.. But now he has also started to shake his head “no” and says no at the same time.. When he does want something head then says “yeah”… It is so cute…. But I found today that when I ask Tyler more than just a simple question, he looks at me all confused and just then says “ma ma”.. It is hilarious!!!!

Last week I we beside myself with the boys… I tried everything and the kids wouldn’t stop pulling on every kitchen cupboard and yanking at all the child safe locks…. I just didn’t now why their behavior had changed so much and what was going on….. My mom had some great parenting advice that maybe the kids needed something such as building blocks rather than all of these toys that just make sounds when you move or push them…. And was she ever right!!!!! I brought in the mega blocks and the boys were completely different kids!!!!! They both sat down with the blocks and started building towers out of them!! I was so impressed and surprised.. These little guys just needed something more challenging to do.. I kept asking myself “why didn’t I think of that.. How simple of a thing to have brought in for the kid..” I also brought in a few puzzles and the kids are already able to accociate between the farm animals and other pictures on the puzzled… I help up a chicken puzzle piece and asked Tyler where it went.. He immediately took the piece and placed it exactly where it should go.. Once they get it on the spot where it should go, they are so so so excited.. I then tell them to turn the piece and they start working with it until it fits… and then the whole house starts clapping…. When Tyler get a piece to fit, Trevor claps and claps and the same happens when Trevor fits the piece in… It is adorable!!!!!

Tyler climbing into cuboard

Here goes Tyler climbing into the cuboard.. Trevor stands back waiting for the moment when he can shut his brother inside... and Tyler actually fit all the way inside the cabinet and Trevor was able to shut the door all the way.... Both the kids thought this was hilarious!!!!!
We had our First Saturday ECFE class called "Once upon a child".. Grandma Nancy came along with us to this class also.... It was a very challenging day at school with the kids... All of the projects were no where near age appropriate for kids our age.. One project delt with glitter and small beads, so this wasn't even safe for our kids... It was so discouraging having to keep telling the boys "no" about touching these art stations, because in an ecfe classroom, you would think it would be age appropriate... They also had a paint station set up.. Trevor took the whole cup of water and dumped that on the floor.. so there really wan't even anything projects that our little guys could safely do..... The kids did have a great time playing with all the new toys, but they sure gave mommy and Grandma Nancy a work out....

Boys First Haircuts

Daddy gave the boys their first haircuts today (10/9/08).. I really wanted to keep Tyler's curls, so I told Paul we should just trim a little on the front and leave the back... But his exact words were "our boys are not going to have Mullets".."A baby and a mullet are not a cute combination" ( ha ha)... so we decided to give them both their first Big Boy hair cuts... Tyler no longer has those adorable curls, but both of their hair looks so much neater.. It is so much easier to get food out of their hair after those messy meals.... and the boys look just like little boys....

A Date With Dad

Paul and the boys have started a Tuesday ECFE class called "A Date With Dad"...The class is set up for dads and their kids and they even provide supper for them!!! Paul and the boys seemed to have a good time.... The class is seperated into a few different parts.. They have a seperating part of the class, where the dads go into a differnent room and have a discussion, while the kids play in the other room with the teachers. I guess Trevor became very sad when he finally realized that his daddy had left.. It took Paul a while to calm him down..... Paul said the challenging part of the class, was that the room was not Tyler and Trevor proofed.. There were alot of things that the boys could get into!!!! so it was a challenge running after them during class.... The boys ( and daddy) made me a cute picture.. I never realized just how special all of these art projects are.. I now understand why my mom kept all of our school art work.. I always thought that it was weird to have a box full of our old projects.. and now I finally realize the significance of this and just how important all of these little things are!!!!! I am so glad that Paul and the boys are taking this class.. I think it will be a great bonding time for the three of them..... And for me it is wonderul having a few hours to myself while they are in class... It was so wonderful taking a long bath without any interruptions...

Trevor and his Kitty

Tyler and his Kitty

Mommy and Daddy

Grandma Nancy came and watched the boys at the hotel Friday night, so we were able to attend the dance at the hotel.. It was so much fun!!!! We had a few drinks and enjoyed the music.. It was a great evening!!!!

Convention Weekend

We went down to the cities this past week for a covention that Paul signed up for through work.. The union provided the free hotel stay at the Sheraton and also provided free child care....Paul and I were so excited thinking of all the fun things we could do while down in the cities.... Our vacation started with Mommy and Grandma Nancy taking the twins over to see Clifford at the Zajkowski household Wednesday evening... Tyler and Trevor just screamed and didn't have fun at all seeing clifford.. They started to calm down as soon as Grandma Nancy took off the costume.... Then we headed back to the hotel to settle in for the night, which ended up being a VERY VERY long night... Tyler was so restlesss and seemed to wake almost every 1/2 house just crying and crying.. He wasn't showing any real symptoms of illness, so we weren't sure what was wrong... The next morning he started with runny nose and just wanted cuddles.... So mommy spent most of the day in the hotel room with the boys.. I did manage to get the kids out of the hotel for a short trip down to usbank to see my old co-workers.. They were all so excited to see the boys.. This was the first time they met them...My friend Sommer and I took the kids to McDonnalds, but the boys just didn't have any appetites... After this, we headed back to the hotel and spent the rest of the evening just cuddling and reading stories... At this point, Trevor was also coming down with somthing, so we had an even MORE restless night with both boys... I felt so bad for our little guys.. I know this trip got to be very long for them and I was so tempted to take them back home!!! but we stuck it out and they seemed to be getting better by the time we were heading home on Saturday afternoon... But they both still had fevers and were getting more miserable as the night went on... Paul came home early from work on Sunday and we got the kids into our same day clinic on Sunday.. Come to find out Tyler has a double ear infection and Trevor also has an ear infection... Tyler also has a minor case of Pneumonia.. My poor Babies!!!! The infection was serious enough that the doctor decided to inject their first dose of antibiotics into their legs to help get it into their systems faster... The boys also had blood work down and Tyler had a chest x-ray ( which was NO fun for the little guy)!!!! I was so impressed that the boys did great getting their blook drawn... Trevor didn't even cry!!!!! At the end of the visit, the doctor went and got the kids each a stuffed kitten that meows.. This was so sweet of her and Tyler even smiled at her when she gave him the kitty... Tyler has carried the little stuffed kitten around the whole house ever since we got home!!

All 4 kids napping at the same time!!!!

I have started to watch another little boys, so my days are even busier!!!!! I was so excited yesterday when I got all 4 kids down for naps at the exact same time!!!!! and naps lasted almost 2 hours!!!!! Yippee!!!!! The kids had so much fun playing outside yesterday.. Tyler and Trevor are such explorers.. Trevor snuck out of our back gate and started walking in the hay field.. I was watching him closely do he didn't get very far.. and while I am tracking Trevor down, Tyler is trying to figure out how to get out of the other gate!!!! You have no idea how challenging it is watching 4 monkeys outside!!!! I was so beat last night..... I am just so lucky that the 2, 2-year olds are able to do stairs by themselves!!!! I had the kids do some fun art project after their naps.. I cut out shapes in construction paper and had the kids put stickers all over them.. I tried some washable makers also, which worked great for the 2 older kids.. But of course my kids just wanted to eat them....Then I pulled out all of our baking pans and let the kids explore with those.. I put gold fish crackers in each cup cake tin and the kids had fun with those... It has been raining all morning, so I am hoping today doesn't get to be long for the kids being cooped up.. It is already getting to be a LONG day for me and it is just 8:00!!!! Well, see how this goes...

First day of Waddlers and Toddlers

The boys started their next ECFE classes called "Waddlers and Toddlers".. The kids had a blast in class.. I used the back packs to have them both walk into class, so I didn't have to mess with the stroller... Both boys were so excited when we got into the building.... All of the teachers and other students kepts saying "Look at the twins, they are so cute"... When we got to the room, the kids walked in the door and each found a chair to sit at.. It was adorable because the boys each sat at different ends of the table... I thought they would sit together, so that surprised me.... They sure gave mommy a work out, since they were doing an art project and I had to keep going back and forth between kids to help them... That only lasted a few minutes, so I asked Tyler if he would mind moving over by Trevor.. He didn't mind as long as he could take the maker paint with him..... This project was SO messy!!!! I don't think kids this age are ready to use paints!!! Everything went into their mouth and paint was all over....The goal was to put paint dots on the cut out fish, but alot of the dots ended up on the table and in their mouth.. Glad these things were washable and non-toxic.. The boys loved exploring in the class room, but it was VERY challenging keeping up with them... Trevor kept trying to play with the radio cord and loved trying to push the bottons... After a while, we went into another room that had tons of ride on toys.. The kids had a blast in there, since they love anything with wheels.... Next it was snack time, which could have gone better.. They gave the kids napkins with goldfish on them.. As you can imagine, both kids pulled at the napkins and goldfish went everywhere.. Also the cups of water they set out ended up all over the table.. Snack time was very messy!!!! By the end of class, mommy was sure ready for a nap!!!!!

I have started to take an evening class called Zumba.. This is latin dancing, which is an amazing work out!! We do differnt dance moves for the whole hour and it feel so wonderful!! I love this class and it is so nice having this one hour to myself each week to be kid free!!! There are 70 people in this class and everyone seems to have such a fun time...

Paul is going to be starting an ECFE class with the boys this week called "A date with dad"... Tonight will be his first time going with the kids.. In the past, they never seem to get enough dads, so the class is usually canceled. Paul is really looking forward to it, and I am SO looking foward to taking an hour bath tonight.. I haven't had an evening for myself for 16 months!!!!!

Trevor's special gift to mommy

Today was a VERY special day... Trevor went Potty on the big boy chair!!!! This was the Best Birthday present ever!!! Trevor had said "potty" to me the day before while we were outside, so I had rushed him to the potty, but nothing happened... Then, the next day he had pulled down his pants and was tugging at his diapers, so I rushed him into the bathroom and he went potty!!!! And this happened to be on my Birthday!!! I was so excited, that my little 15 month old baby used the potty for the first time... He ended up using the potty twice on my Birthday, which was so special!!!Thinking back to before kids, I NEVER would have thought a kid using the potty would be the best gift ever.. Trevor, your gift was so special and you boys mean the world to me...

All Done at the Fair

Tyler and Grandma Nancy are walking to the gate at the end of the day... It was a very fun day and the boys were amazing. Our boys were such wonderful little guys and were such troopers all day.... The kids were in the stroller for part of the day and the other part they walked around. They loved exploring and trying to grab at things on the ground.. These little guys sure keep use on our toes at all times... These back pack leashes sure work great, and before out trip daddy put a piece of paper into each of your back packs in case you would get lost...It has our contacnt info and a very precious little note!!!!!
Tyler's note has our contact info and then says "I can't talk much but I am loved, please find my Mommy and Daddy"..... And Trevors not has the same contact info and then reads "I like to explore and I guess I lost my dad this time. If you could call him I would like that. His name is daddy, but he goes by Paul... These were to cute!!!!!

Tyler had so much fun walking as we headed towards the gate, and even held onto grandma nancy's had like a big boy... Trevor walked for a little while, but ended up getting a ride up on daddy's shoulders... It was a great day and Mommy and Daddy were so proud of our little boys!!!!

The kids had fun posing as the Simpson’s… I wasn’t sure if they would be tall enough for their heads to fit into the faces, but they were.. It was very cute… In the education building they were taking kids fingerprints and also pictures so that if a child is ever lost you have all the info you would need. This was a very neat idea.. We had both kids done and with this they also did the kids heights and weights.. Our little Tyler is know 25 pounds!! And Trevor is 23 Pounds.. No wonder my arms at sore at the end of each day.. That is a lot of weight to be lugging around all day!!!!

Tyler our little bucket head and first taste of cotton candy

The boys love French fries.. We ordered a large bucket of fried and polished off the whole thing!!! They were delicious… After we finished the fries, Tyler wanted to carry the bucket, so daddy put it on his head like a hat.. We called him our little bucket head for the rest of the day… It was so precious and Tyler was so excited about his new hat!!!!!
The kids also had their very first taste of cotton candy… Grandma Nancy asked the cotton candy man if he would make the kids 2 small sticks for the kids.. He did, which was so fun for the kids.. Tyler wasn’t to sure of it at first, but all it took was one lick for him to realize that this stuff is good… Trevor was content sitting in daddy’s lap chewing on his… The place were we stopped to do this also had some neat Indian dancing.. The boys both loved the sounds the costumes were making. It was very neat to see…

Birthing Center and Trevor's 1st pair of sun glasses

The boys had a lot of fun in the birthing center with all those baby animals. Trevor headed over to the baby chickens, which he just loved. He stuck his finger into the cage and the little chicks came right over to him. He just kept his finger in the cage and let the little chick peck at his finger.. It was so precious!! He was so excited and would giggle as the chick pecked at him… It was so so so neat!!! They boys also saw some adorable baby pigs… Tyler pet one of the little pigs, which he thought was very neat… but we thought we should keep Trevor’s little hands away from the pigs since he loves to pat things on the head.. The boys also saw a baby cow, which had the softest nose ever… and there was also a cute baby colt, that was so cute… The kids also saw a baby lamp that had just been born.. It was a very neat experience for the kids.. It will be so fun taking the boys to the fair next year, since they will be able to do even more things…..

In one of the builings, there handin gout sun glasses. Trevor though this was so neat.. He tried them on for a few seconds, and then tried to put them up on his head like his daddy does.... It was very cute.. Tyler was taking his first nap at this point, so he missed out on trying on his first pair of sun glasses, but we picked him out a green pair, that is also very cute......

STATE FAIR TRIP

The kids had a blast at the state fair this year!!! Just 16 months old and already hooked on those delicious cheese curds… What a great way to start out the fair!!! Tyler and Trevor’s expressions were priceless when daddy handed them each their first cheese curd.. It was almost like you could hear them say yummy just through the expressions they made. After their first snack of the day, we took the kids through a few of the fun buildings, where the kids were able to walk around a little.. Those back pack leashes sure worked out great for keeping track of the kids.. There were so many neat statue carving at the fair.. I had the kids sit in front of one that I thought was the most beautiful. It was a mother bear with her baby cub, and the words “new life” were carved into the base of the statue.. It was very precious.. It was very tricky capturing this picture, since there was way to much for the kids to see, that they didn’t want to sit still very long…

Mommy had some fun early in the day also... We were over at the Marines booth and daddy thought it would be fun for me to do the women's bar hanging.. Which was hanging for 70 seconds and you get a t-shirt.. I wasn't to sure about this, since that seems like a long time to have your chin above the bar... But I finally gave in and decided to give it a whirl... It was so so so hard hanging up there, but I DID IT!!!! I held on for about 73 seconds!!! I was so proud and was so glad that I did this!!!! It was neat having your daddy cheering me on and it was very cool getting that t-shirt!!!!!!!

Boy’s Adventure Stories:

This morning, Trevor Monkey decided he would attempt climbing the baby gate into our bedroom and actually made it over…. Well, he did a head dive over the gate, but he did make it into our bedroom… He was so proud of himself that he laid on the floor and started clapping…

And just last week I ran downstairs quick and came back up to find Trevor giggling and clapping as he sat on the kitchen table!!!!! He first climbed onto the kitchen chair and then onto the table.. In this short amount of time, he also experimented with the salt and peppershakers. He found that if you shake them you could make a HUGE mess…. And he also found that an open box of cereal makes an even bigger mess when you tip it over!!!!!!!! Tyler is also becoming a little monkey…


I went downstairs last night to put in a load of laundry, which I seem to do almost every day!!!! And when I came back up, Tyler was giggling as he rocked in my rocking chair… Yes, the boys are able to get up on almost anything…. Tyler learned the other night that if you hang to far over on the edge of the couch you will end up doing a head dive, which is exactly what happened…I saw the whole thing happen in slow motion, which almost gave me a heart attack!!!! Luckily he didn’t get hurt, just VERY scared…