Goodness, I should've blogged yesterday, but I was just too tired! I took the twins out to Alabama to visit Nanny, Papa, Gma Delong, Aunt Rachel, and Uncle Wayne! What a big day! I always tell them where we're going when we get in the car! They usually repeat it and I can tell they understand! But they have only been able to say, "Papa", not Nanny, so that was all they said back to me.
Mom started working on that just about as soon as we got there! She had Annabelle saying "Nanny" in no time! Cade is still just saying Papa! I'm sure that will be fixed the next time we see them! :) The twins love dragging all the toys out of Nanny's toy box pretty quickly after we get there! It's great not to have to lug toys around...but of course Annabelle had packed her backpack of books! Grandma got lots of time in holding Abigail! They both enjoy it! Sweet times!
Aunt Rachel and Uncle Wayne grabbed the twins and took them across the street to see Rachel's bus! Cade was a little intimidated but warmed up when Annabelle got involved! They had fun sitting in the driver's seat and "talking on the phones" ha ha! There are pictures on Facebook of this part! Annabelle was intrigued by all the controls and buttons! I can just see it now, she'll be informing her busdriver of a more logical way to do things when she starts kindergarten! :0! Cade checked out the huge tires! (He always has to go touch tires and wheels on all cars he sees)! His hands were black! Uncle Wayne said he did seem a little concerned that the bus tires were bigger than him! He's probably dreaming about them right now! LOL! All boy!
They stuffed themselves on chicken, mac n cheese, mashed potatoes, and of course, ice cream! Papa always has some messy treat that they adore! While they were messy, we decided to take them to the farm which is only 10 minutes away to see Rachel's horses! They were hysterical! They both got so excited! Neither one of them showed any fear and couldn't wait to get close to them. Thank goodness the horses are small! The twins both sat on them and Annabelle held her hand out to let one of them put their mouth and nose on her.
The biggest hit was the horses' water trough! Before I knew it, little hands were in it and splashing everywhere! Oh my, nothing is ever neat and clean! The horses did seem a little confused by it! After a while, we gave them a break and took the twins to see Papa's John Deere in the shed! They sat on it and wanted it to go! We thought it would be easier to leave it parked and not start something that would never end! They wouldn't want to quit until the whole farm was cut!
Wayne decided to plop them up on the hay stack for some play time! They loved it! We got some cute pics, of course! He then took a bale and dropped in over the fence so the babies could see the horses feed! Annabelle thought it was a great idea. After a few minutes, I knew what her little mind was thinking as she watched them eat, turned around, and took off running! Rachel asked her where she was going. I said, "just watch"! She ran back over to the hay pile, a good little run from the fence, and grabbed a handful of hay for the horses to have more! Cade had been trailing her and grabbed some too! He dropped his on the way back, but she delivered her's inside the fence! Of course it was only 3 or 4 little pieces, but she had done her part! She only has to watch something one time and has it all figured out! ( gets that from her Daddy for sure) They share that engineering mind! I find myself thinking that it seems like she's 3 yrs old instead of 20 mths! I probably hold her to that with what I ask her to do, but it doesn't seem to bother her! Cade just enjoys things! He has a little more laid back approach..sometimes! He does have that logic thing going on, but is more randomly curious! He didn't care that his hay didn't make it to the fence, he just had fun running and grabbing it! :) He doesn't let her leave him behind, that's for sure!!
While we were chatting, she had layed down on her belly and was trying to scoot under the wire fence to be with the horses again! Goodness, that child is determined! She looked up at us with red little cheeks! We knew she had been playing hard in the sun and that a bath and naptime were closing in! We piled in the van and headed back to the house in town! We stripped them and giggled with them as they danced and yelled, "Ba, Ba"! They love baths! ( I did remember to give them a sippy cup this time so that they didn't have to drink the bath water after running around outside- see I do learn! :)
After Rachel and I got them out of the tub and wrestled clothes on them, Annabelle decided she wanted to brush everyone's hair! She went around the den to Nanny, Papa, me, Aunt Rachel, Cade, and even Abigail! We all had to lean forward and let her brush away! She got to Uncle Wayne and quickly lowered the brush, spun around, and with huge eyes and furrowed brow, looked at us as if to ask, "what do I do with that?" Since Uncle Wayne has not even one hair on his head, she seemed quite perplexed! But to be creative, she didn't miss a beat, but turned back around and "pretended" to brush it! haha! We were all snickering! Every now and then Gma DeLong will be in a silent laugh that will bring tears to her eyes and take her breath while no one else ever hears a thing. That happened our last trip out over something Annabelle did. She had already left when this happened or Annabelle's face might've gotten her again! LOL! Uncle Wayne is a good sport and played along with the brushing!
We fed the twins an early dinner before getting on the road! Nanny had made a cheesecake and pulled it out for dessert! Annabelle didn't think she wanted any, but I know how much they are like their Daddy-even in what they will eat- and cheesecake is his favorite-so I told Nanny to make sure she at least got some on her mouth. Wow! That's all it took! I was feeding Cade and Nanny was feeding Annabelle as fast as we could! The only time they stopped was for a big sip of sweet tea, which they love too!! We had to get a second piece each to keep going and get a little for ourselves! Guess I'd better get a good recipe!
Oh how I hate it when its time to leave from visiting family! I wish everyone was at least in the same state! James' side is 4 and a half hours away, and mine is an hour and a half! It is so hard to say goodbye!
We made it back in time to see Daddy and Shane for a while before bed time! Whew, the farm can really wear little ones out!
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We had fun today! I had a 7:40 am dentist appointment (to replace an old filling- ick) and while I was gone Annabelle did her part to get her Daddy ready for work! We have double sinks and a really long mirror. She knows where I stand to get ready and where he stands. She stood on my fluffy rug and picked up my hairdryer. Jamie said she pressed all the buttons. Luckily, I had unplugged it, but she held it up and pretended to dry her hair anyway! She's a mess. I'm sure he couldn't have done it without her!
We rocked on the front porch after saying bye bye to him! She loves to climb up in "her" rocker. There are 4 out there, but she likes a certain one. Its time to come in when they start swatting at the flowers and breaking their stems. We read books and did some puzzles. Annabelle has now mastered all 5 of them, and was off to find a new challenge. That's always dangerous! Cade loves to read his Tonka Truck books and make music drumming on whatever he can find. He just bops around checking out what he can get into.
They ate lunch on the deck and then Annabelle used the windex and paper towels on the large glass table. She didn't want me to help her! She does have her own system. I just love it when she chooses to use that system on a cleaning chore! She did a pretty good job, for a toddler. They also helped me water some plants around the pond and in the garden! They are always such a hoot to watch! They found one of the dog's big bones ( to which Annabelle commented, yucky yucky ) although she would hold it and give it to Abby. I just had to explain that they shouldn't give it to her and then want it back! Silly little ones. They weren't sure what was going on when they walked through the large weeping willow that has dropped almost all its small leaves. They didn't really realize that there were a lot of long flexible branches that would be dragging across their shoulders. Annabelle shut her eyes and pulled her arms in and kept making her way through it! Cade just kept stumbling until he came out the other side. He really enjoys being outside. To let me know earlier that he wanted to be in the backyard, he had gone over and pulled on the back door knob and squealed! Wish he would use his words for that! They can be really fussy inside and as soon as we get outside, its a whole different disposition.
Abigail actually sat in one of the baby swings on the playset today! It was initially out of necessity..I had to lift Annabelle into her swing and didn't have anywhere to put the baby. I thought I would just sit her in there for a minute, and it turned out that she was strong enough to hold on and sit up..and swing! I thought I had worn them out well enough, so we headed in to sponge off and take a nap. The twins must not have slept well, because they were dreadful when we got them up. Whew, just so fussy and wanting to be held...which was fine until I had to cook dinner. I had two screaming 28lb growths on my legs! The baby decided to pitch in her two cents for good measure too! It was wierd! I haven't had them all fuss and want to be held at the same time in a while! At least Cade took a brief break and was so sweet! He went and got Annabelle's blanket and stuffed bunny and brought it to her, trying to comfort her. I love it when they do things like that! She seemed to appreciate his gesture but still cried! Shane solved it by giving them each a plastic spatula and large plastic spoon while he was unloading the dishwasher. Thank goodness! The idea was that they could make music with them...but Cade is a boy and a spatula does somewhat resemble a sword. Funny how early that starts. Annabelle was up for the challenge! Their were huge spoons and spatulas flying everywhere with twins both hurling them while shutting their eyes! I don't know how they even thought they could see where they were aiming. We did retrieve them before anyone got hurt...and so resumed the crying! Agh! It's funny what you'll do or allow for 5 minutes of silence or giggling! Its kind of like when I'm folding laundry in the den and they've gone to another room and its really quiet! I know I should be moving fast to see what damage is being done, but there is that moment when I just relish the silence and linger while thinking, "how bad could it be, is it worth 2 minutes by myself"? Then I snap back when the can of comet pops into my mind! ha ha! jk! I KNOW what they're capable of! They need no extra opportunity!
James got home just as I was getting dinner on the table! He stepped in and started feeding the litttle rascals! They were little piggies! It was such a nice evening, we thought we would sit with them on the back deck after they finished! Annabelle never ceases to amaze me with how she emulates her Daddy! James and I were having a conversation, or trying to, and I couldn't figure out why she had crawled up in a chair, stood up, and was putting her hands on the sides of her head! I asked her if she was hurting? I told her to sit down and continued to try to chat! She did it again! James was in the chair a couple of feet from her and I glanced over at him, like "I can't believe she keeps doing this". Then it hit me. He was leaning back with his fingers clasped together behind his head holding it! She was standing up to be as high as he was and was doing what she thought he was doing! She would look at him to make sure it was right, and then look at me as if she was part of the conversation! So funny! He already knew what was happening....which explained the little grin on his face that clearly didn't have anything to do with what we were talking about. Those two!
We tucked them in 30 minutes early with very little protest! They must've been really tired! Whew! Gave Miss Abigail her bath and last bottle! It's finally all quiet! Going to try to rest before taking Shane to school early!
Love to all!
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