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!!!!!!!