Fun with markers

This is what Daddy found after going downstairs to do laundry for a few minutes.....I guess Jayden was tired of coloring on paper!! haha!

Our Little Devils

We have recently found out that 2 year old twin boys are actually little devils!!! They collaborate together and try to see how far they can push mommy or daddy before getting in trouble. It's a lot different than just one 2 year old, because they feed off each other and are in competition with each other on who can push our buttons the most!! Our peaceful, easy bedtime routine (which has ALWAYS been easy) has turned into a NIGHTMARE!! Now, they keep getting out of their beds and taking all their pillows, blankets, bed sheets and stuffed animals down on the floor behind their bedroom door and then lay down there and kick the back of the door - because it makes noise. No matter how many times we go in there and put them back into their beds and tell them to stay in their beds, they keep doing it! They also like to keep turning their bedroom lights on, open the door and come out of their room! This has turned into 2 hours of battling with them and then really, tired boys the following day. We have now put duck tape on their light switch, so they can't turn it on and put a child doorknob lock on the inside of their door, so they can't open the door anymore. We have officially locked them inside their room!! Once we did this, they are now usually asleep within 30 minutes of going to bed - but they still end of sleeping on the floor behind their door! We don't care where they sleep, as long as they GO to sleep at a decent time.

Besides bedtime, these two little devils find many other ways to push our buttons, but that will have to wait until another day. Here are some pictures of our "little devils." :)

Playdate with the Hartman Triplets

Well, we had another playdate with the Hartman triplets (Aliya, Briella, Ciara) during the week after Christmas. This is the first time the boys weren't scared when we got to their house and just took off and started playing! What a nice change! :) I think they are starting to remember the girls and their house, so it's not so scary anymore. The kids were all so good and played together well. This time I brought Jayden with too and she loved playing with all the new toys! She was showing the girls how to play with their new dress-up clothes, which was so cute! One of the girls was a little under the weather (Briella), so she ended up going and taking a nap while we were there (poor girl!) Hopefully everyone is feeling better now! Here is a new picture of the 5 crazy 2 year olds!!

Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas with both of our families. It started with Christmas Eve at my parents house, with Liz, Jesse, Natalie, Addison, Kristen, Andy and my parents. Santa even came to my parents house and brought each of the kids a present! All 3 of our kids actually gave Santa a hug (which is a surprise, considering the last time they saw Santa - see my earlier post). And of course, before Santa left, Jayden, Natalie, and Papa had to do ring-around-the-rosie with Santa (which is a tradition Jayden started when she was 2 years old!)

Then on Christmas Day, we had all of Corey's family over to our house - Luke, Jared, Shawn, Lori, Ashlyn, Derek, Brandon, Shawn Jr., Grandma Riedel, Scott and Lorraine. We had the heat on in our garage, so the kids (and Jared, Luke, Corey) could play Playstation games and Singstar (a singing competition). It was nice, because then the rest of us could watch movies or play with the little kids and didn't have to hear the horrible singing going on outside (haha!) :)

The night ended with Uncle Luke and Uncle Jared spending the night, since Luke was only in town for a few days before flying back home to Virginia. But at about 9:00pm, Jayden woke up puking!! :( Her stomach just couldn't handle all the sweets, etc. from the holiday. Poor girl! This has happened a few times before, so we are now aware that she has a sensitive stomach to junk food.

Here are some pictures from Christmas - Enjoy!!