New House and Halloween pics

We kind of have a view of the ocean!

Astronaut and Hello Kitty

Closer to 4 is so much better, wait, maybe not!

I've been telling people how, now that the twins are closer to four, they are so much fun and much easier. They are potty trained, tell me when they are hungry and what they want to eat, pick out their clothes (well, Amelia, of course), and stay close to me out in public. I should never, ever say these things, because that day is usually filled with fighting, tantrums, or mocking (again, Amelia).

Evan and Amelia have taken to telling inside jokes at the dinner table and laughing hysterically when they should be eating. I don't care how many times I tell them to stop, they completely ignore me. No threat can stop the giggles. I remember being like that as a kid, so I can't get too mad. I wish I was in on the joke!

A funny story for you to picture from today: the kids played with their big playground balls in the driveway and I taught them not to go after the balls if they went into the street. So Evan's goes into the street and he yells for me. As I go into the street, Amelia runs as fast as she can to the edge of the street and whips her ball as hard as she can into the street. I am pregnant and running after these balls like an idiot and of course a car comes. I am two houses down now and Amelia starts to go into the street and I'm yelling at her to get back like a crazy redneck for our new neighbors to hear. I thought these times were over!! So now I have to block the driveway with the van, or get one of those driveway nets.

I guess it's not that bad. At least I'm not changing diapers. Until February.

New Baby Girl

I feel bad that I have a whole blog devoted to the twins and I haven't talked much about the new baby. I documented everything from the last pregnancy. It is definitely a different experience the second time around. Less stress, less worrying. I haven't had major cravings, I haven't been sick. I'm just waiting out all these weeks for the time to come. Nothing to report, she is very healthy so far as we can see. She likes to play with my bladder with her feet, which I saw for myself happening during yesterday's high level ultrasound. She wouldn't keep her feet still to count her toes. March, march, march, ah, Ah, AH!!

Pre-school!

The kids finally started pre-school and so far they love it. They are used to me leaving them because I have used hourly daycare at the pre-school in WA and they had a little class when they were 2. So it is no surprise that I have to walk after them and beg them to say goodbye. Today when I picked them up, they were not in the storytime room like they should have been. They were in another reading room reading books because they told the teacher they didn't feel like listening to that story. They told me they were bored! Pre-school is mostly about socialization and think they aren't being challenged enough. I know everyone thinks their kids are smart, but when we walk into the room and the kids "sign their name", which most of the kids just scribble something, my kids actually write their dang name! We've been practicing, but I wasn't expecting them to just do it and say, "now what?". Maybe there is a more challenging school out there for next year, but I can't imagine the cost of that for twins!

Amelia's drawing of me with a baby inside my belly.