Quote of the day

Maddie: "Mommy, you are prettier than a cake!"

Umm...thanks!

It's a love/hate thing

The twins are so funny. They have discovered they can be friends and play together the last several months. However, a problem arises when they both want to play with the same toy or sit on my lap or one wants to watch Diego and the other wants to watch Dora. Brie is most often the culprit of any disagreement, she likes to provoke Cami. We're working on this and consequently Brie spends several minutes a day in her highchair for timeout. If they can't work it out and stop fighting over something I take it away. Then they're both mad at me. I can deal with that, I'm trying to teach them to be nice to each other and learn how to share.

The other day Aaron and I were in the front yard and the twins were playing on some toys. Cami pulled Maddie's old tricycle out of the garage and Brie HAD to have it. She pulled Cami off. I ran inside and brought out a ride-on toy hoping Cami would be happy with that. It worked for a minute. At one point Brie stopped and leaned over to Cami with a kissy face and they kissed and hugged each other. I think that was Brie's way of apologizing.

Tonight they had fought over another toy in the playroom upstairs while I was making dinner. Maddie had intervened (she is so great with them) and straightened it out as best she could. Cami came downstairs crying and Brie was almost right behind her. Brie leaned in to give Cami a hug and they embraced and kissed each other. They are increasingly aware of others' emotions and will comment when one of the their sisters is upset: "Cami sad" or "Bee sad" or "Manni sad."

I think they're learning!

Hello again

We are back online! After several attempts at getting our laptop in working order (without paying someone to do it) we decided to go looking for a cheap replacement until we could get what we really wanted - the iMac with a 24" HD monitor. While we were looking at Best Buy we saw the Apple display and I was checking the iMac out again. The sales guy said that it was a floor model on clearance because they have upgraded the processor and they were discounting the existing stock with the old processor. Long story short, it was a good enough deal that we decided not to pass it up and we have the computer we really wanted. Now to make the transition from PC world to Mac world. So far it's been simple enough. It's nice to be back!

The twins will be two next Saturday! I can't believe it. They are no longer babies, but I have neglected to stop calling them such. I'm working on it. They talk n.o.n.s.t.o.p. and are always happy to entertain. I had them in the store with me the other day and I was looking at something when I heard Cami start counting: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8....YAY!" They are in love with Diego and Dora is a close second. Our DVR is filled with a million episodes simply because *I* get tired of the same episode. They don't actually sit and watch the TV very often but it seems to be on a lot while they are distracted with the more exciting parts of being a toddler.

Maddie is almost done with Kindergarten. The 30th is her last day. She is reading so well! She's been reading some of the easy-reader type books for several months. The other night she brought The Cat in the Hat to me to read her for bedtime. She decided to try to start it herself and ended up reading the whole thing to me with only a few prompts. We made a huge deal out of that. She's very proud of herself.

Nothing terribly exciting going on right now. Once I find the cord for my camera I'll upload some recent pics of the girls.

Mother's Day 2008

the best Mom's day to date, I think. Kindergarten is a fun place for 5 year-olds to make gifts. I got a cute little book Maddie made about me and a shrinky-dink heart keychain. Aaron took Maddie shopping for my present and she picked out a cute necklace and bracelet and a matching dress (in that order). I got to stay in bed until 9:30 while theyade bread pudding and a breakfast scramble. The girls were good most of the day. Church was nice, the twins needed a nap so Aaron took them home after Sacrament meeting and I got to stay for Sunday School and Relief Society. I enjoyed it. We ended the day at my parents' house with yummy steaks, twice-baked potatoes, salad, orange rolls and better than sex cake. After my mom opened her gifts Maddie took a bow and put it on my head. She said "Mom, you know who you are a present to?" I asked her who and she said "Me and Cami and Brie." she gave me a big hug and kiss and I know that came from her heart. I am always grateful for my sweet girls bit wanted to say it again today. They bring me so much joy and happiness and I am so blessed to be their mom.

Coming up for air

It's over! My first semester of nursing school is done. I took my last final yesterday. I am off for almost 4 months before the insanity starts again.

About 2 months ago our computer crashed just as I was going to print up a careplan. It was 8:00 on a Sunday night, it had taken me about 2 1/2 hours to do it on Saturday. It was due at 6:00 Monday morning when I started clinicals. After tears and trying to get the computer to do anything to just give me my careplan, I started writing a new careplan by hand. Of course my patient had 26 drugs. I finished it about midnight and had fun getting up at 4:15. Oh well. Our computer is still dead. Not sure when we'll get it fixed or buy a new one. I am writing this on my iPod touch. It is pretty cool but i am unable to post on my n54 boards (sorry girls!) and it takes a while to type stuff up.

Maddie is looking forward to having me home and available more, I am happy to be here with my girls this summer. I might be picking up a parttime graveyard shift as an aide to help save up for tuition and possibly a computer. Oh yeah, and to put gas in our cars. Ugh!

I will try to post updates a more frequently this summer, check back! :)