Jumping in December

I was supposed to work today but was put on call instead and never called in. That is bonus time if you ask me!

We enjoyed the nicer weather and spent a little time on the tramp which is always a blast.

And since we played so hard, the boys napped where they dropped. 

Ian with his tail of course.

It has become a bit of a staple at our house these days. 

And Briggs boy sure snuggled that milk to sleep. 

These boys of ours just say and do the cutest things right now. 

I would be lying if I said two years old was easy. It's not. But oh heavens is it fun and hilarious. 

Loves these boys!

Happy Birthday Jesse

While the love of my life turned 31 in Tulsa, Oklahoma today, my sweet little loves and I had a delightful day together back here at home.

We started the morning with Ian requesting a tail.

Fortunately I remembered these fabulous little handmade scarves we had, which conveniently double as great tails.

They also spent a good portion of the morning in the wagon. Ian preferred to be pushed while Briggs was content to do the pushing. Briggs was even great at tucking in Ian's tail to ensure it would not get ran over. 

Ian was pretty adamant that he was a "fiaken (monkey) in a tree" and wanted to climb everything.

He requested my help even to climb up my bedroom door.  

And then bath time was a hit with these new critters my mom purchased a few weeks ago. The boys have not stopped playing with them since we got them. 

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Their OCD mother helped with this lineup.

Jesse already informed me that if I give our children OCD, I have to deal with their quirks.

And then we snuggled on the bed and watched a show.

Obviously there's no lack of snuggle space. I think I'll postpone buying a King size bed for now.

Then they snuggled some more.

And since it was Jesse's birthday, I had taken the day off just in the off chance we happened to be in the same state together, but since he wasn't, I invited my brother and sister in law over to help decorate for Christmas.

We had to move this tree to the basement to make room for our Christmas tree and Ian really wanted to help. It was adorable.

For some reason we had the hardest time getting all the lights to work on this tree. We could not find two plugs for the life of us, until we finally found an extra cord with those two plugs that didn't seem to exist. I kept wondering how many people it took to get the lights to turn on with a pre-lit tree!

Apparently at least three. And 30 minutes of looking and brain power.

This is how we kept the boys entertained.

Until they discovered the bird ornaments. Then they had to play with those for the longest time.

And voila. Just like that, it looks like Christmas!

This one is still a work in progress. Hopefully I'll actually get it done before Christmas!

And then more snuggling with my boys.

Sorry we didn't get to spend your birthday with you sweetheart, but at least we had a good day.

Bushel and a Peck

My sweet boys love the Bushel and a Peck song, and sometimes I will hear them trying to sing all the words by themselves. It melts me.

We sing this multiple times a day, so I had to document it. 

I apologize for my super loud voice, but just in case I never get around to recording a better version, this will have to work. 

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Life Is Bipolar With Two Year Old Twins

Some days these children are hilarious and make up funny games together.

I love it.

Other days are more like this.

After all we do have 2 year old twins.

And it is HARD.

Halloween 2015

Jesse chose the Halloween costumes this year and we love how our Calvin and Hobbes turned out!

These turkeys refused to take a nap at a decent time, so Briggs fell asleep around 5pm and Tiger Ian was a grump until we started Trick or Treating, and then he was a huge fan. 

We took them around in our wagon and they hopped out at each house, Ian with his bucket, Briggs adamantly refusing his. They would run up to the doors, we would encourage them to say "trick-or-treat" and "thank you" and they were seriously adorable. 

Plus it's always fun to have family come visit, especially the kind you can hang on!

Family Pictures with Toddlers

My whole family was at our house over Fall Break and since the ten of us are not always together, we decided to embrace the moment and take some pictures.

It was a good idea for 10 seconds, until we remembered we have two toddlers who are awful at taking pictures.

 The actual picture taking was rather frustrating, but looking at those pictures has made me laugh hysterically multiple times.

Although this might be super boring for anyone besides my parents, so I totally don't mind if you skip right over all these pictures.

But not you mom or dad! You must look through them all and laugh until your face hurts like me.

It's like two separate family pictures. 

My family with our two crazies...

And the rest of the normal people who know how to stand still and smile.

  

Literally not one good picture. haha! And I only posted about a fourth of what we took!

And finally we decided to just give up on being normal, and start acting like the boys. 

Those were the winners!

 I should probably just blow up one of these and put it on my wall.

Once we let the littles run free, pictures weren't so awful.

My dad always asks for his "funeral picture" to be taken when we do any pictures. 

I always oblige, so we have a few to choose from, although I told him we might just use this one even if he dies at 100.

Maybe that's morbid, but at least he has a good picture. 

And if you don't get a Christmas card from my family... now you know why.

Or maybe just count this and call it good.