My sleeping baby girl

Cuddles with Grammy Olga

yoga

Alex's favorite pose!

Facebook Statuses

I have heard people comment about not becoming one of "those Moms" meaning someone who posts updates about their kids all the time on Facebook. Well I am fearful that I have become one of "those Moms". I remember a time when hearing about someone's kids, or seeing the latest pregnancy announcement gave me a twinge of pain. I wanted to be the one posting that news, and wasn't. I am sure that there are people on my friend's list who feel that same twinge when they see some of my updates. I also know that there are many people who want to hear about Anna and Alex, who ask me for information about them, and use my Facebook updates and photos as a way of following along on their development. I guess the only thing to do is to limit the number of status updates I make and to only put up the most important ones.

Here are a few that didn't get posted:

There is nothing better than having your daughter climb up onto the couch, onto your lap and then stand up and give you a great big drooly baby kiss.

Anna learned to throw a ball!

Anna and Alex are addicted to strawberries. They will tell me they are full of what ever they are supposed to be eating, but when I offer them strawberries for dessert they suddenly have all kinds of room.

I have become the Queen of soaking clothes. The twins rip their bibs off almost every time and end up getting their clothes covered in food. After every meal I have to change them and put their clothes on to soak or else everything they own would be covered in strawberry stains.

I am happy the twins are learning to use their sippy cups, but sometimes a little sad, as it is one more thing that proves they are growing up.

I love watching my kids play hide and seek with each other around the corners of the furniture.

I love when my kids grab at my shirt wanting to be picked up and cuddled, even though I know it is a habit that will get annoying when they are older.

As happy as I am to be home with the kids, I miss that feeling of it being the last day of school.

I am so happy to have met some other SAHM in my swimming class.

I wouldn't change being home with my kids for the world, but would really like it if more adults came to visit me during the day. I miss adult conversations.

I sometimes feel I have nothing to talk about other than my kids. As interesting as I find them, I am aware that others might not find them so interesting.

I think Anna is so smart. 3 times now she has pointed at the picture and said "bear" when I am reading her the "Apple, Orange, Pear, Bear " book.

I try really hard not to compare my two kids with other children or with each other because I know people learn/develop at different paces and that the age they start doing something doesn't really mean anything. It is hard not to compare though...

Alex woke us up this morning by singing in his crib. He is so cute.

I am tired of washing off the trays and high chairs and sweeping the floor.

I love my kids so much and couldn't imagine life without them.

rainbows

Yesterday was one of those funny days that had moments of sunshine mixed with showers of rain. This caused the most beautiful double rainbows to happen behind our house. They were similar to the one I have in the picture on the top of the blog right now. It is funny how on a beautiful sunny day, a little bit of greyness and rain can suddenly create something so beautiful. I am sure there is some life lesson to be learned by looking at rainbows...

This day...

June 25th is a day that makes me think what life would be like if I was celebrating my son or daughter's 3rd birthday.

SAHM :)

Found out last week some of the paper work from March (when I applied for leave) had been lost (I kept the originals!) and I hadn't been granted my leave because of that. It got straightened out yesterday, and I got my approval (sigh of relief) so I am officially off until Sept of 2011 when the twins will be 26 months old. I can apply for another years leave too if I decide I want to be off longer. I have also considered staying home with them (and another if we ever get so lucky) until they are all school age. Lots to decide in the future, but no decisions have to be final now.