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Welcome to our blog. I don't have time to post all the time, but do keep things updated here and there. Enjoy some of our crazy stories of life! Labels, followers and Archive are at the bottom of our blog now. Be sure to also check out the different pages too.

Schedule

Christmas Eve: December 24th Christmas Day: December 25th!! Kids go back to school: January 4th

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Infant Swim resource Week 4 - Go Quinn!

Well today was Quinn's Survival Day - Graduation you could say. He did awesome! This is the day were he wears clothes and does all of his skills to make sure he can do them as if he actually had fallen into a pool fully clothed and could survive.

I know if you don't know what this program is about, you might be shocked by what you see, but let me tell you it's truely amazing! With having twins and their personalities completely different and learning styles even a toddler like Quinn who has a huge temper, wants to do things on his own terms, etc. can grasp this.

We are so proud of Quinn and his accomplishments with ISR. Thanks to his instructors Ms. Brandi, and Ms. Katie (teacher in training) he has succeeded. It's truely amazing to see a child go through ISR, now only if they had this for adults...I can't float to save my life!

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Infant Swim Resource Week 3

Well we are onto week three! And everyone is doing great. Bella has offically graduated and Brinlee and Quinn have 1 more week. It's amazing to see them progress so much in just a few weeks, truely amazing.

Here is Brinlee and Quinn with some pictures and video.
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Brinlee Update

I told you I was updating today! So here is Brinlee's updated LifeBook.

Keepaboo baby book

Cake decorating in my future?

Well Aunt Marlene got the twins cake pans as a gift for being potty trained and doing well is swimming lessons, I have a feeling they are more work for me. But I love it! I decided to go ahead and make the princess one for me, well them too.

I got to test out my cake decorating skills with piping and I think I did a pretty damn good job! What do you think? I am so going to never buy a cake for their birthdays again and jsut make them myself and save money. Yes, it will be more work for me but I know they will totally enjoy it.

We cut into it today, it is very very good. I will never buy the cake frosting in the stores again and only buy the Wilton frosting because it's soooo much better! It's not as greasy. Quinn of course wanted some cake, and only ate the frosting, typical. Bella said, "I can't like cake."

Here are some pictures of the cake I made!!



New Bikes!

The twins are getting BIG! Uncle Scott got them BIG boy/girl bikes. No more 3 wheelers and onto the regular bikes with training wheels. THey wanted them together so fast. After jay got them together they got to ride them. Papa bought them their helmets, which we told them they HAVE to wear when riding. Of course there wasn't a problem with that becuase they were McQueen and Princess!

They are having trouble peddling becuase it's different than the 3 wheelers but are doing great! With practice they will have it. Enjoy the pictures.



Getting Back on Track

I know I have slacked, but so much to do and so little time as usual. Though I'm getting things done, maybe not the order I'd like but they are getting done. The kids are doing great and growing too fast.

Just a quick post to tell you, YES I am alive, and will post some pics in a little bit or later tonight so be sure to check back.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Infant Swim Resource Week 2

Well week 1 went really good for the most part. I totally forgot to take pictures. It's different trying to get 3 ready for their lessons, watching, drying them off and then remembering to take pictures :) Quinn had a rough first week trying to get back into it, his skills are there but hates to do it. Bella took awhile to get back into the great floats she was doing, and Brinlee wanted to know 'what the heck was going on!' Anyway the first week was rough but and improvement.

This 2nd week has been great! Brinlee is improving and learning the skills fast, it's so great to see what these kids can learn for survival and ISR is totally worth it!! Bella has done great, and you cans ee in the video. She is loving to swim, Quinn has gotten a lot better, but still needs some brushing up to really streamline his sequences. They loved swimming together and taking turns, I think helped Quinn a lot.

Enjoy the video I put together of pictures and some video. I will have more from week 3 this weekend, then week 4. Ejoy!

If you'd like more info on ISR and what it's about please visit: www.infantswim.com

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Behind the 8 Ball

Well it's been a long time since I've posted. THings have been really crazy around here with schedules, getting things done, well what's new right? I'm going to try to update you on what has been going on, I'm sure I'll miss something.

The twins are FINALLY BOTH potty trained! We have been doing really well with it, and they both finally tell us when they have to go. They have had an occassional accident at night but vary rarely. When we are out in public Quinn now has no problem going since his scare with the 'automatic flushing toilets'. No since we have conquered this battle no we have to conquere the tantrums!

Brinlee is getting big. Yesterday she had her 9mo. check up. She is now 17lbs. 4oz. and 27.5 inches long. She is in the 25th percentile for weight and 75th percentile for length. She is doing really good with sitting up, the army crawl and always eating, babbling something and just plain cute! She is teething her 4 top teeth still. The 2 front ones are almost in and the ones next to those are still trying to come in. She is in pain but she is a trouper.

All 3 kids are back in ISR, Infant Swim Resource www.infantswim.com and we are now in our 2nd week of 4 weeks, maybe more. Brinlee is catching on, and doing good. Bella is a natural fish! Quinn...well that's another story. Brandi, their teacher is having a rough time with him, or he is really giving her a hard time. He screams through the entire lesson and doesn't want to do anything. He is completely stubborn. He knows how to swim and float, does really well at it he just doesn't want to do it! I forgot to take pictures last Friday, bad Mommy, so I will ahve some pictures this weekend afer friday.

Other than that things are pretty much normal around here. I am getting ready for Recital to kick in, we are entering our last month before it's here so it's crunch time. This look out of hand right now with the dances but they always come together, I just think the dancers are getting worn out.

That's it for now.

Saturday, April 4, 2009

Messy Times! call for Good Times!

Brinlee really enjoys her food now, and can eat a ton! I was feeding her the other night and she was ahving a blast. SHe now likes to eat her food and blow raspberries at the same time, so not only does she eat, I get a nice vegetable or fruit bath.

Here is a slideshow of pictures and videos too. Enjoy! You wanna come get a free veggie or fruit bath?

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Review from Wednesday my Dad's Brithday

Well on Wednesday itw as my Dad's Birthday, April 1st. We went to breakfast, then went with Gramps to Epcot and MGM Studios for some fun. The kids had a blast and we wore them out!!! See the fun slideshow, enjoy!

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