January 25, 2014

The Golden State

Here is a glimpse of our stay in California.

 I refuse to go through and edit these - ya wanna know why? Because I have twins.




 The beach of course.



 Getting to see some best friends I haven't seen in a long time.







 Birthdays.



 Mornings...







 My sister blonde-ing my hair a little.




 New Year's Eve.

New Year's Day.



Dave finally getting there.



 LA Farmer's Market.

 Oranges from our garden.


It's hard to leave such a place.


Separate post on the Farmer's Market coming soon.



January 16, 2014

DIY: Numbers

Every time I sing the ABCs or count on my fingers to my babies I think, I need some flashcards or something so they can see the letters and numbers! 
So this is my extremely low budget way of teaching my kids how to count. My kids are 6 months old, yes, but it doesn't hurt to show them numbers and letters! If only I did things like this more often...

 Obviously I had to keep VERY close watch while they played with the pencils.








Just to five for now...

P.S. David says ba-ba-ba all the time now. Probably in preparation to sing "Barbara Ann" with his daddy.





January 13, 2014

Six Months

Our Christmas and New Year was spent in California. They also turned six months old on the 2nd. I'm just really bad at posting on my blog when I'm having loads of fun. Go figure.

Here are some pictures and words:





  


This is David the babbler playing in their new jumper. They can't stand being on the floor anymore and David can't wait to talk and sing. 



Snapped this gem of David eating green beans for the first time. Soooo delicious. 
They actually love green beans now and pretty much everything so far.

No, we are not starting with rice cereal because it is empty carbs and the pediatrician said it's mainly just a filler. My kids don't need fillers. They sleep just fine. We started with green veggies and now they're trying meats and orange veggies. Then they'll get the yummy fruits. Although they do suck on dried apple slices that we got from the Farmer's Market in LA (I will be posting about that soon), and orange slices occasionally.


Here are two rare pictures of my Harrison smiling. He's the introvert. He smiles a lot but he hides it. He's in the process of learning how to get up onto his knees when he's on his belly.


They are getting stronger every day and are learning to sit up unassisted. It will be a blessing for all of us when that happens. Going to the store will be so much easier! And they'll be so happy they can do it.

More posts to come I promise.