Welcome September

Adia's been back in preschool for almost 3 weeks now. She's still getting used to it since it's much more strict than the last place. She's still making friends too.




Before school today

The girls got to spend a weekend at DiDi's house. The twins were so excited. They love staying there & I slept 10 hours, straight. That was nice for me too. It's so hard to get a picture of all of them together. You get them next to each other & off they go. You take what you can get.







We've mostly been staying around the house. Adia goes to DiDi's on the weekends and we spend one on one time with the twins.





The twins have just recently become interested in baking with me. Adia doesn't like to share, but she doesn't get a choice. They've got to learn too.



The twins have given up napping & they all the girls go to sleep by 7:30. It sometimes makes for earlier mornings (6:30-7:30), but they all seem more rested. Sometimes they do pass out in the afternoons though. This particular day they were up at 5:45.


Gramma and Papa came up for a couple days and the girls loved havng them here. They were so used to seeing them weekly that it's been tough on them. They ask about them all the time so when they woke up in the morning, went running into the playroom and found gramma & papa still here, they were beyond excited. Papa did a lot of little projects around the house while he was here, including making a cat tree. Adia helped.

I brought out the puzzles for the girls a couple weeks ago. The twins really like them at the library so I thought they might like the few we had. I was right. They're getting much better than they were. Scott has been working with Adia to build Legos too.





Adia loves getting her nails painted and is really interested in patterns. She's been telling me to do different ones each time we paint her nails. Today she wanted a rainbow.




I took the girls to get their flu shots this month too. I took Mira & Leia while Adia was at school. Leia went first. She started screaming and Mira looked very alarmed. When it was Mira's turn, I said, "come here Mira." She looked at me like I was crazy and said, "No way!" Once I grabbed her, she started screaming "Let go of me!" The nurse actually laughed. I took Adia the next day. Gramma & Papa watched the twins while I took Adia back. She had a choice over where to get the shot. She picked her arm. She sat in my lap and didn't even flinch when the needle went in. It was over in seconds and she never complained at all. I can't believe how big she is!

Wordless Wednesday

Babies, Birthdays & Baking

Summer has been flying by. DiDi started back to school yesterday & Adia starts preschool the week after that.

We had a playdate with Carson & his new little sister Chloe. DiDi & Daddy were able to join us too. The girls had a blast playing with Carson's toys, the giant play structure in the back yard & the sprinkler. Sadly, Mira ended UO with a bloody nose when Carson's daddy tried to catch her at the bottom of the slide. Their slide is new & fast, which led to some problems for the twins. Luckily, Mira was perfectly fine after a few minutes & was happily climbing again. Adia particularly liked holding Chloe. Chloe managed to spit up on Adia's shirt and she didn't even flinch. I guess she's a seasoned pro.


We headed back to Gramma & Papa's for Auntie Colie's birthday. The girls were so happy to see her, but it was weird to have her birthday without Eric. He was definitely missed, but the girls took turns blowing out the candles just for him.









I've been introducing the twins to baking lately too. It's been interesting, to say the least. They end up shooting more shortening & sugar around the table than stays in the bowl. Then there's the eating of the cookie dough. The batch we just made only tuned out a couple dozen cookies because the girls ate so much dough.











Daddy came home just in time to have fun too. When we mix the dough by hand, Adia's arms get tired.





We had fun on Daddy's last day off. Adia had an eye recheck & she no longer has to wear the blur patch over her left eye. She was so happy. She goes back in 3 months for another check. Hopefully her right eye continues to improve. I also had an eye doctor appointment. I'll be picking up my new glasses next week. We met up with DiDi at the mall later in the day. The twins were so excited to see her. She treated us to Red Robin afterward & Leia would not sit still.







Meanwhile, the house seems to be out of it's honeymoon phase. The heat pump went out a few days ago, when we were having the hottest temps we've seen all summer. $400 later, it works again & we now have a maintenance plan to keep it in good condition. Then, since the heat pump wasn't working, we attempted to use the built in AC until in the living room. We're planning on removing it, but it's honestly attached to the wall so we haven't done it yet. We were sweltering inside so Daddy plugged it in. It works wonderfully except it overloads the circuit it's on & nearly caused a fire. We won't be making that mistake again. Then, I turned on the garbage disposal & there was a plastic spoon in it. We're not entirely sure what happened, but the disposal is dead along with the bar lights & electrical outlets on that circuit. Not cool. I guess we'll be calling an electrician this week & making do without a garbage disposal & dishwasher. Ugh. All I can think of is what's next?