Pictures from this week

I know I have been slow to update the blog this week, so here are some pictures of my buddies to enjoy :o)

A Wedding and a Farm

Two weekends ago, we went to Huntsville, Alabama for a visit with Jared's family and the wedding of his cousin Josh and his beautiful bride, Anna. We all had a great time and the scenery was just beautiful! I wish I had taken a few pictures at the ceremony to share how gorgeous the overlook was for Josh and Anna's vows, but I was a busy bee keeping our small friends quiet...Here are some pictures from the farm that afternoon:

After playing on the farm all afternoon, we headed to Josh and Anna's wedding. I thought that the boys would last MAYBE an hour since it started at their bedtime and was prepared to leave separate to put them down for bed...and of course they surprised me like they always do! They LOVED dancing. LOVED.LOVED.LOVED. I couldn't get them off of the dance floor except to go to the bathroom (where they kept saying "mo' dance!!". They absolutely loved Jared's cousins, Nathan and Carly too. The next two days were not so fun for my two munchkins who were off schedule and overly tired, but I'd say they had a lot of fun that night! h

And of course you know I had to take more pictures of our little guys with such gorgeous scenery in the background!!

Choo Choo!!

You know I love a good deal, but not half as much as Coleman and Carter love trains!! So, when a deal came along for a family season pass to the railroad museum for $35 there was no question as to whether or not we would get our monies worth! We surprised the boys and took them last weekend because they were having a truck and tractor show in addition to the trains...can you say little boy Heaven?? As soon as I set Coleman down on the ground from the car he started dancing and yelling "choo choo!!". They were smitten. We walked around the trains, went inside the trains, and rode on the caboose of their working train...the boys L-O-V-E-D every.minute.of.it.

After playing on the trains we headed over to the truck and tractor exhibit where Carter squealed "Yellow truck!!". I think he just may work in construction one day...he loves big yellow construction trucks like you wouldn't believe.

This has to be my favorite picture of my truck lovin' boy...check out that serious face!!

What a fun day we had!! We will definitely be going more often...I don't think these boys could ever get tired of their choo choo's!!

Some Pictures to Enjoy

Who needs preschool?

I love that the boys love to learn and are excited to tell you their colors, letters, and shapes. Here is a video of sweet Carter bug that I took yesterday afternoon while his brother was still snoozin'.

Potty Training!!!

You probably read the title and thought I was crazy. Well, two two year old boys will do that to you! I won't lie...I've dreamed about a day of no diapers since those two cute little guys were born, but the thought of them giving them up also meant my babies were growing up...so in a way, I didn't want to even think about potty training for at least another year. EXCEPT, I have a child who is J-U-S-T like his Daddy...he watches anything and everything that you do, wants to imitate it, do it himself, AND...he suddenly began telling me when he was wet, had a "stinky" and wanted to come to the bathroom with me every time I went (fun times, huh?). So I knew I needed to act on the potty training bandwagon while it was still interesting to him or it would take forever once he wasn't into it anymore. Our first day (I had to move the potty into the den bc one would go when I was in the bathroom with the other!) Day 1

Day 2

Day 3...Team Effort!

With the bootcamp, you start out on day 1 throwing away all your diapers...this I found to be a little extreme and I'm frugal, so we threw away one each. Then, we put on our big boy undies, Thomas the Train of course, talked about how we want to keep Thomas dry, here was the potty, etc. etc. And...proceed no less than 2 dozen accidents. After day 1 I was really questioning my intent on starting these boys on the potty, but after a glass of wine and a rereading of the bootcamp (to ensure that this was normal) I decided to give it another day. After all, Carter was starting to really catch on and I'd cleared our schedule so what was there to lose? Day 2 and 3 went AWESOME! They both started to really click about the potty, how they need to sense that they need to go, etc....but they'd forget to take down their undies when they sat on the potty. Fun times, right? You have no idea. I'll spare you all of the dirty (literally) details of how our potty training really went, but I will say that the 3 day potty training bootcamp DOES work if your munchkin is ready...it does and will take more than 3 days, but the concept is engrained in them after 72 hours...pretty amazing stuff. Top 5 things I learned about potty training: 1. Twins are a TOTALLY different ballgame when potty training! Throw all reward systems, M&M's, etc out the window because if one goes potty and the other doesn't they have a complete meltdown that they aren't getting a prize. 2. The potty dance song is addictive and WILL get stuck in your head. 3. Youtube videos of other kids going potty are awesome for your kids to watch...kids teaching kids! 4. If your child is in the corner, he's probably not playing hide and seek... 5. Mass quantities of undies are needed...and they are the cutest things coming out of the dryer. All in all, we've had a successful week and the boys only wear diapers at nighttime...I can't even make it 12 hours without getting up, so I figure it is unfair to expect that of a 2 year old! Carter is pretty much trained and Coleman is very close but still has two or so accidents a day.

Friends Come to Visit!

We were SO excited to have friends from Birmingham and South Carolina come to visit us this past weekend for the race. The boys L-O-V-E-D having three new playmates, and we loved having a game night and catch up time with our buddies.