There were 2 funny stories from this morning, but I've already forgotten them, agh! We'll skip to the afternoon!
Another beautiful afternoon to soak in some sunshine in the backyard! I love these days that the babies can all get out and get their Vitamin D and fresh air! Abigail sat in her bumbo chair under the October glory maple and watched the breeze blow a few leaves down beside her. Our sweet golden is getting older and opted to lay next to her instead of chasing the ball with the yorkie and the twins! I do wish I had brought the camera out for that! They were so funny! They would take turns throwing the ball and then stumbling to try to beat Macy to it! Poor things, they didn't stand a chance! Macy is fast..except with her lizard hunting! LOL!
Of course we had to swing as we do everyday! Annabelle will cry when I pull her out of her swing no matter how long she has been in it! Cade doesn't have time for it, he's constantly exploring. So many things in the yard to check out! It always makes for a good afternoon nap too!
It's snack time when they get up, so Annabelle chose honey nut cheerios from the bottom shelf of the pantry. I put some in snack cups (which we never use) and gave them to the twins. She liked the idea of having to reach in and only pull out one or two at a time. Cade didn't do so well. He would try to pull a whole handful out and it would fly everywhere! I just took the lid off of his and called the dogs for clean up on aisle 1. Annabelle cracked me up. She was sitting on the rubber alphabet/number mat we have in the kitchen next to me (snacking) while I was feeding the baby. First, she had to wipe the baby's mouth after every bite of baby food.. I guess she can't stand how many times you have to shovel the same bite in over and over while they're learning. That made it fun for me. Then, out of the blue, she reached over to the number 8 tile, which has little circles, about 2 inches in diameter, in the middle to make the 8. One of the circles was flipped over. Both sides are the same color, just a slightly different texture. Anyway, she knew it was wrong, and not logical, so in between bites, she just fixed it! I guess it had been bothering her. I hadn't even noticed! Oh my, again, just like her father! Then I noticed that if any of her cheerios fell out on her lap, she would pick them up and push them back into her snack cup. There were two stuck together and of course she had to take the time to separate them and then tuck them back in. Sheez, a detail girl for sure!
Cade had been so sweet! He came over and so softly touched the baby's head and talked to her! I love it when he shows his wonderful affection! He has been very affectionate to me lately! Yummy! A girl can use all the hugs she can get! :) Especially with the daily favorite parent quiz from Daddy! LOL! He has a few jay jay the airplane books, and today he really wanted to sit and read them with us! So glad he's enjoying the boy books!
I had to start dinner and the twins wanted to play out on the back deck. I can see most of it from where I work in the kitchen. I kept the french doors open so I could hear them. I keep it babyproofed, with a baby gate at the stairs and all the plants put up (since they love to dig the dirt out of all my potted plants)! Its like a huge playpen! Every now and then, I let them play out there for a little while I watch them through the open den windows and doors.(its a great way to get laundry folded on the couch. If they see me do it, they want to pull all the clean clothes off and play in them)! Anyway, today, Shane was laying on the couch and fell asleep! So, no help entertaining them for me! In between cooking, I would run and check on them every 3 or 4 minutes or so. Of course, after one of those short intervals, I poked my head through the door to find them sitting on the far side of the long outdoor glass table grabbing all the dirt out of a plant I had moved to the center where they normally can't get to it! Those stinkers actually scooted ( most likely together) a heavy iron swivel end chair out enough to climb up in it and get on the table! Yes, I grabbed the camera, and then they were in trouble! There is just nothing they can't think up or figure out! The strength of two baffles me!
I cleaned them and it all up and then made them stay in the kitchen with me and Abigail! I did then have so much help cooking dinner as usual. Annabelle got a kick out of my mini chopper! I put her on the counter and quartered an onion to put in it. I didn't let her see me operate the lid as she knows how things work after one demo! I then showed her which button to push.. She jumped at first, giggled, then pressed it as many times as I continued to ask her to. She was rather sad when it was over. She would've chopped everything in the fridge for me! I quickly washed it and put it away so she couldn't see where I keep it. I'll probably regret furthering their desire to push buttons someday! We got our chili going and put some biscuits in the oven just in time to have it ready for Daddy, Shane and everybody!! Yes, everybody! I had not planned on feeding the twins chili, but of course Annabelle loves spicy food and her Daddy thinks she should get to have things like that! They both gobbled it up and drank a ton of water! I can just imagine the fun diapers I'll be changing tomorrow!
We have been enjoying a nice evening watching the Phillies/Giants game with Shane! He's a wonderful young man and it amazes me how much all the babies love him! Even Abigail knows when he walks in the room! He's quite busy, but makes time for them everyday when he gets home! He's considering playing basketball, who knows, we'll see! We'll have a lot of babies yelling "Sha, Sha" from the stands if he does! LOL!
Time to get some rest, Shane has to be at school early for FCA. It's almost 11:00 and my mind doesn't shut off as easy anymore. Love to all!
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