Sissy NO-NO, Sissy NO-NO

After putting in a whole new box of baby wipes, I leave the girls unattended for a few minutes in their bedroom while I go wash my hands after changing diapers. When I come back in, yes you guess it, they had gotten the box of wipes out of the dresser drawer and pulled every single wipe out of the box! I looked at them and said, "Lexyn and Brittyn that is a NO NO!" Lexyn immediately jumps up and walks a few steps away and says "sissy no no, sissy noooo noooo." I couldn't help but laugh as I informed her that she did a no no too!

I have proof.








This is the dresser drawer WITH a childproof cabinet lock on it. My girls keep seeming to outsmart me and all the childproofing we do.

Where have I been?

It's been a while since I blogged, but not by choice. I have had a crazy week.

1. My computer was in the shop getting fixed from a virus I got from a lovely hacker off of facebook! Finally I got it back yesterday and it is working like new.
2. Friday Brittyn woke up from her nap at 3:00 running a 102.6 fever. The nurse got us in for a 3:30 appointment with the doctor to find out her ear infection from last week is healed up but now she has strep throat. We just can't seem to catch a break at our house. It is one sickness to the other!
3. Sunday evening Lexyn came down with strep throat. Of course Brittyn has to be nice and share because we have really been working on that.

In the meantime, the weather has been awesome here so we have continued to enjoy our new playhouse swing set.

We are leaving Friday morning for a little mini vacation to Branson with Aunt Kelly and Uncle Larry. The girls are going to their first amusement park, Silver Dollar City. I hope the weather stays nice and that the girls feel better to enjoy our time away together.

Happy Birthday (a little early)

Ok, so Lexyn and Brittyn don't actually turn 2 years old until June 2nd, but we knew we were getting them a nice swing set and I wanted it early so we could enjoy it before it gets to hot outside. I had been searching all over the Internet and at local stores for the best one for the amount of money we had to spend. When we came across this deal, we were sold! The girls absolutely LOVE it. Brittyn can't get enough of the spiral tunnel slide. They both hopped on the big swings by themselves, and even climb the ladder. Of course, we aren't far behind them on the ladder but they think they're big stuff doing it by themselves.

It also has a picnic table with bench seats below the covered fort, and Lexyn found it to be a great spot to sit for a few seconds while eating her chicken nugget.

Has to Bring a Smile

A little background behind this video - Lexyn is pulling on a rubber band that is being used to keep the closet doors closed because last week they opened it and climbed on top of the file cabinet inside, after they pulled almost every sheet of paper and file out of it.

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Yes, Lexyn did keep saying "so funny". Then when the rubber band broke she asked "where go" and Brittyn replied "in dere". They are really getting a big vocabulary. Seems crazy to be able to ask them something and usually get an understandable response.

They had the best time pulling on the rubber band, and I had the best time listening to those priceless giggles! Hope everyone has a great day, and if not watch the video again. Hearing those belly laughs has to bring a smile to your face.

Easter 2010

We had a great Easter. After church we enjoyed a good meal at my in-laws with everyone there including my parents. It was nice to all get together at one time. It allowed all the grandparents and Aunt Callie and Uncle Zach to be able to watch their girls first egg hunt. The weather wasn't bad out so we spent a lot of the day outside playing and running in their backyard.

The girls were so fun to watch and hunt eggs with. We have never practiced hunting eggs but somehow they knew what to do and knew that there was candy inside each one. Lexyn would pick up as many eggs as her arms could hold, about 4 or 5, before she would finally empty them into her basket. Brittyn on the other hand, could care less about the egg. She would pick one up and open it, get the candy out, throw the egg down and run off with the candy so that we couldn't take it away from her. It ended up being a game for her to run from us. They were cute and had the best time.

Brittyn with her Easter basket.

Lexyn with her Easter basket.

They both loaded up. Aunt Kelly brought over her Easter basket and gifts for the girls Saturday night. She got them some cookies, candy, huge balls, plate, cups, and matching utensils, Little People horse carriage with castle building blocks, some stuffed bunnies and ducks, a few books and a pop-up tent. Neno and Papaw (Ben's parents) got them an Easter basket with an etchasketch, magnadoodle, plate, stuffed duck and cotton candy. Ben and I got them some chocolate, cotton candy, ring pops, stuffed duck, dried apples, rice krispy treats, bubble gun, and plastic golf club and ball. And their Gamma and Papa (my parents) decided to hold their Easter basket until this week so that they could spread out the gifts since they had already gotten so much.

sweet girls

Miss Lexyn

Neno bought the girls a cupcake covered in icing. After lunch we stripped them down and let them enjoy. Brittyn dug in hands, mouth and all. Lexyn was a little more worried about getting her hands dirty, so she dug in with her mouth. It was so funny to watch them enjoy the cupcake but then they hated having dirty hands.

First Time for Everything

This is how we started out dying Easter Eggs; sitting on the table on the back porch.



We quickly realized that wasn't going to work. The girls wouldn't stay sitting down, and we really didn't want a big goose egg on their heads for Easter. They also had way to much free range to grab everything! So we moved them to their swings, and pushed the table up to it. It worked a lot better.



We ended up letting them just hold the eggs and sticking the egg and their entire hand into the dye. When we mixed up the dye, we just used water with the tablet to make pastel colors. It was the girls first time so they weren't going to care if they were real bright. It actually worked best because a little soap and water washed the dye right off and didn't stain their skin.





They had a good time, but sure wore us out! I am sure next year will be a little more enjoyable.

First Dentist Visit

Last Thursday the girls had their first visit with the dentist. This visit was very laid back, and pretty much just looking at their teeth, and letting them brush with a tooth brush. We have been brushing their teeth every morning and every night since they have had 2 teeth, so we were hoping for good news but knew we would also be getting the do's and don't lecture. The girls don't have any cavities so that is good news, and we were pretty much doing everything right, except that we were brushing their teeth at night during bath time and then letting them have a drink of pediasure from their cups right before bed. The dentist said brushing their teeth needs to be the very last thing we do right before bed and then only water afterwards. He said baby teeth rot so much faster, so we have made that little adjustment to help prevent any future cavities. The dentist also informed me that the Flovent inhaler the girls started 2 weeks ago, is HORRIBLE for teeth. He said to brush their teeth as soon as we use it because the medicine it decays the teeth faster than you can imagine. That was good to know because that isn't something our pediatrician or pharmacy told us.


Our dentist office is decorated so cute with a jungle theme, and there are about 10 beds in this main room and all beds have their own little flat screen TV on the ceiling. I had just laid Brittyn down to see if she would cooperate, and she immediately spotted her TV.



Lexyn was a little more nervous and screamed when Gamma laid her on the bed. The tech then gave her a tooth brush to help calm her down.



She showed the tech how she can brush her teeth. We usually give them the tooth brush to play with/brush with before we take it from them and do a good tooth brushing.


Brittyn wasn't sure she wanted to let her tech brush her teeth. She is too independent to do that, she has to first put up a good fight.

Brittyn did so good when the dentist wanted to look in her mouth.

Lexyn wasn't so sure. She put up a small fuss fight but ended up giving in.

Lexyn didn't want to go far after she was done, and the dentist was talking.

At the end, the did so good they were able to go pick out a toy from the treasure chest. And, because my girls seem to run the show no matter where we go, they left that visit with 3 toys each!

We return in 6 months for our second annual visit, but it will be our first actual cleaning. Hopefully we will have 2 more good reports then.