Swim Time

It rained hard both Saturday and Sunday afternoon with lots of thunder and lightning. Frosty decided she did not like it and came into the living room to sit with me. Sasha took advantage of this to try to be Frosty's buddy.

Frosty tolerated her petting. She is still a little shy around the girls.

As you can see, eventually, they mobbed her and started to squish her so she ran off. She is down there underneath both girls.

Sunday morning, we went out and played in our new pool. IT was very humid and very sunny so the humidity fogged up the camera lens and I did not notice it until later. Water can spray out of the dolphin although we only used the spray for a few minutes.The girls had a good time swimming and splashing in the pool. The pool has one shallow area where you can slide down a whale and then a slightly deeper area for splashing. The girls loved to jump between the 2 pools.

Zoo Picnic

I will try to post some pictures later this weekend.

Tonight was the local zoo members picnic. We went to the zoo after I picked the girls up from daycare. We went and rode the carousel. Think Christmas photo with Santa but on a carousel monkey and hippo. BOth girls were crying LOUDLY the first half of the ride. The second half of the ride, they stopped crying, but did not smile. We went to get something to eat and then went back and no one wanted to ride again. On the way out, we rode it one more time and this time both girls had fun.
We also got to pet 2 snakes. I think both were boas-one was an albino snake about 12 feet long and the other was regular color and a lot smaller. Sasha loved it. Leeza was ok with the snakes. She did point out that one had some dirt on it(that is Leeza for sure). Then we got to feed the camels some leaves and go right up to the fence of the cheetah exhibit. We had to go see the guinea pigs twice as they are still a favorite exhibit(along with the monkeys). Then we got to feed a pelican really smelly fish. We carefully avoided the chance to watch them feed the snakes frozen rats and feed the alligator(not sure what they were feeding it). The girls got to bed late so I HOPE they sleep late tomorrow, but I know that won't happen.

How much does a pound weigh?

Lately, it seems like Leeza weighs about 100 pounds when I try to pick her up. I weighed her tonight and she now weighs 34 pounds which is only one more pound than a few weeks ago, but it seems like so much more. Sasha gained a pound also and is now at 30 pounds, but she feels so much lighter than Leeza when I pick her up. Why????

Catching up

Summer is here as you can tell by the swimsuits. The girls are still growing like weeds. Sasha no longer fits into this Minnie Mouse swimsuit. It barely fit in this picture. I've had a busy few weeks so I haven't posted as often. They also have Dora swimsuits which are both 4t so they fit both girls. I took all the 2t pants out of the drawer last weekend.

Kelsey, Uncle Dan and Aunt Shawnna visited the girls over Memorial Day weekend. The girls had fun playing with their cousin Kelsey. They gave the bounce house a workout. They think it is more fun to climb over the top than through the tunnels.

I got the girls a slip and slide for the backyard. They didn't really get the idea of running and sliding, but they did have a good time playing in the water.

Kelsey tried really hard to get them to slide, but they tended to crawl down the path and play in the water spray at the end.

The bubbles didn't show up in the picture, but we have a bubble machine and went through a lot of bubble this weekend.

Dan drove his RV here. The girls really liked their RV. They called it a bus and thought it was really neat that the bus had a house inside it! The girls also liked Goose, the BIG doggie. He ignored Frosty the whole weekend so she wasn't sure what to make of him.

Sasha still loves her original Sponge Bob PJs. They seem to get smaller every time, but she doesn't care. We got out the blocks to see if they were ready for them. Both girls made several structures with them. Sasha really liked the flowers. Sasha is doing amazingly well on her colors. She knows about 10 colors and gets them right most of the time. Leeza still wants tosay everything is purple, but will say pink, blue green and yellow and get it right about half the time.

We went to the zoo last Saturday. we spent most of the time in the playground outside the zoo. We went to the petting zoo and were the only ones there. One of the goats had just had 3 babies that morning. The caretaker let us pet them. Leeza took advantage of the open area and took off running around. She would not stop until I finally cornered her.

We got some cute sunglasses at the zoo shop. They were colored like tigers. Sasha broke hers before we left the zoo. Leeza wore hers all evening. The next morning Sasha got a hold of Leeza's glasses and broke them also. I got them some old sunglasses of mine. These are Sasha's second pair because - guess what- she broke the first ones! She is rough on stuff sometimes.

Leeza really like the sunglasses. I need to get her some kid ones again. I am trying to find some nicer ones that may stand up to Sasha.

The girls like to wear skirts, but I won't let them wear them to daycare since they tend to fall and scrape up their knees. We have been wearing skirts during the weekend as much as possible. We are also experienced at going to restaurants. We go out about once a week now. Next Friday is the zoo picnic so that should be a fun outing. The zoo is open 5-7 Fridaynight for members only. There will be food and free train and carousel rides.

Leeza and Sasha are now in different daycare classes. Leeza moved up to the older 2's and younger 3's class. They are doing ok with the transition. It is hard for them to be apart, but they need their own space.

My big girls!

My girls are growing faster than mama wants to acknowledge. Somehow, the gates around the TV no longer seem to be working very well.

Could it be that they have become tall enough to simply go over the gate with a little effort?Or just knock the whole thing over. They did this with a big smile and kept looking at me as they knew they were not suppose to be doing this!

They now get into their car seats by themselves. They switched seats now so Leeza sits behind me and kicks my seat constantly. Sasha's legs are finally long enough so that they can bend at the kness at the edge of the car seat rather than have to stick straight out.

When they say they have to go potty, I send them in by themselves sometimes and just go and help them when they are done. They can do most of potty by themselves.

I put a 3t top on Sasha this morning and she said tight mama tight. And the 3t was too small! So I got a similar shirt out in 4t and it fit great! Some of the 3t pants are getting a little tight on Leeza.

Leeza is starting to get a few colors. Sasha is doing great and knows green, pink, purple, blue, red, gray, yellow, and is learning brown.

Leeza finished preschool Monday. She will go back in the fall. I went to the last day which was a play day. It was 94 out and they had the parents play soccer, t ball, potato sack race, and help the kids ride bikes. All in the blazing sun. Leeza had a great time and loved having mama there to show off to. She got her first report card and did very well- no grades- just progess. She didn't have a lot of things on it since she had not been at school very long.

Now that preschool is over, Leeza is moving to the 3 year old class at daycare next week. Sasha will stay with the 2s for a while. They are ready for it. Sibling rivalry is starting. It is not bad, but some time apart will be a good thing. They will still see each other during soem of the play times.
Dan, Shawna and Kelsey will be here this weekend. The girls should have a good time as they see if they can wear Kelsey out.

Quiet weekend

Sasha giving her best "catwalk" impression showing off her new dress

Both girls are in desparate need of a haircut. I should have taken them this weekend, but didn't. Time just seems to fly by. We were getting ready to go out to eat and snapped a few quick pictures. I spent my free time setting up programs on my new computer. It is a pain to have to do this.

Sometimes. it is the little things that surprise you in how much they are changing. When they first came home, their fingernails and toenails were tiny and very thin which made it really difficult to trim them. Today, I was trimming them and realized that they were normal looking nails and were also big enough now that it was easy to trim. They are dressing themselves now except for when one doesn't want to wear any clothes that day and then mom will step in and put some clothes on their naked butt. They can both put on their shoes if they have velcro although neither can tie their shoes yet. Sasha is trying to do that, but isn't ready yet. Sasha also surprised me today when I gave them some jelly beans(leftover from Easter still). She picked each one up and correctly told me their color! Leeza has decided to talk on the phone again and boy can she pout when someone else wants to talk for a few minutes!

I'm back

I am getting my new computer set up. I am still trying to revive my old one, but it had a major electrical failure and is totally dead-no nothing nada. The girls were playing a game on it(ie bashing the keyboard) when it just stopped dead. I got my old laptop out, but it was not working well when I stopped using it secveral years ago. It didn't suddenly start working so I could access a few things, but most things like the blog were out.
Leeza is loving school. She talks about the school bus all the time. I think she is just very proud of herself for riding it and is happy that only she gets to go and not Sasha also.
We went out to Red Lobster as a family for Mother's day. The girls were really well behaved and it was a nice meal. They love watching other people especially babies. This was our first family only-mom and 2 kids meal out. It is good to know that we can do that now.
I'll have to measure the girls this weekend as I think Leeza has gone through another growth spurt. She just keeps getting taller.
The girls had their first dentist appointment this week. They did really good. No cavities. They were really well behaved. The dentist tried to look at Leeza first who started to cry and then I told her to try Sasha first. Sasha just opened her little mouth right up. Leeza then let her check her teeth-although there were a couple of tears. then they got to go to the dentist's treasure chest which is filled with braclets and necklaces. They ended up with a new toothbrush, 2 braclets, and 2 stickers each. Sasha started crying when we left and wanted to go back in.