Indpendent Babies

Today I deciced to watch the circus. I am not talking about supervising, I mean to observe and record in my mind and heart. Not everthing needs to be captured on the camcorder/camera. Some moments are so precious, recording and pictures would not do them justice anyway.

Caroline-How precious it is to watch this little bebop! She just really cracks me up. I can not believe how brave she is. Today she was going up the ladder and down the slide all by herself. She even went down on her tummy headfirst! It is adorable watching her walk all over the playground trying so hard to keep up with the twins. She really loves them, but she also has fun just being all by herself. She spent a few minutes just hanging out at the bottom of the big slide. Caroline is "sooooo big!"

Lance- My little man shared his toys on the playground today. This has been really hard for him lately. I was so proud that he did this on his own. It was tough, but I decided to just watch to see how things played out in the sandbox ( My first instinct was to go over and remind him that he needed to share). I am sure there will be other moments when he doesn't feel like being so friendly, but today was a step in the right direction! Good job Lance! When it was time to go he even loaded all of his toys into the car ( sandbuckets, dumptruck, Diego). I helped him get into his carseat and gave him a smooch. Of course, he wiped it off. Growing up way to fast.

Lilly Grace- LG= the work of three kids! I love my little busy body!!!! She is so curious about everything. Mama ( a switch from mommy-copying Caroline) where are we going, what is that, what do you have in your mouth (hee-hee a cookie no doubt)???? She watches everything and doesn't forget a thing ( sounds a bit like her Mama)! I got the biggest kick out of listening to her today. She was telling her daddy all about the books that we got at the library. LG makes sure to get everyone a book that they will like. " I got this one for my daddy." Lil is also really good at exercising. I caught her doing crunches on her kickball yesterday! She could teach Stroller Fit!

They are all napping right now and the house is quiet. I enjoy this rare, peaceful, downtime. As nice as it is, I am looking forward to seeing their precious faces as they wake up. Gotta love those nap hugs!

Busy hands, busy legs, sassy mouths!!!

Oh my, the 3's are interesting! I am going to stick with my brother-in-laws
motto,"If you can't beat them, confuse them!" Sometimes that doesn't work either! Seriously,the twins are great! They continue to crack us up on a daily basis. Lance is getting a little bit of a "tude". Lilly continues to be our busy little LG. Caroline is walking, climbing.....ON THE GO!!!! She wants whatever the twins have!!! If they have a juicebox, do not give her a sippy cup kind of thing.

Lance loves television. The other day I found him in our bedroom watching the president on PBS. I think he would watch anything, but his favorite is the Noggin channel. The kids have certain times of day in which they can watch certain shows. He sometimes sneaks into our room and turns on the tube. Lance loves to play in his office (a sofa with the cusions removed). This is where his workjob is. He plays with his shrimp(orange yarn) and oysters (oysers). He does not like for us to clean up his office!!!

Lilly Grace-Lilly is really into being a little mommy. She thinks Caroline(carawhine) is her baby. She likes to teach her new words and show her books. She is also getting a little prissy. She loves to pose for pictures, wear ponytails, sing, and put on my lipstick! Lilly enjoys playing in "the office" with her brother and Caroline. She brings all her babies and her stroller.

Caroline- C-kline took a little while to start walking, but she is on the go now. She has no trouble climbing up in chairs, on sofas, and toy buckets. She loves books and baby dolls. She can say MINE very well! Today she added tiger to her vocabulary.