Bradley's First words

We have a few toys that work better on the linoleum than on the carpet so on Friday I cleared the dining area floor and put the table in the living room so we could play. We have a toy train that pops balls out and the train rolls and sings when you press a button.
So Bradley grabs one of the balls while I was still getting toys out and he says Ball and put the ball in the train. I drop what I was doing and said Ball? Ball?
And he looked at me and smiled like - yea Mom, I know you want me to say it again but you know I wont!
So this morning the kids were playing with our Duck bag dispenser that you keep in the diaper bag and then Bradley said- duck! And then of course we couldn't get him to say it again... so we had to run an errand before I dropped Adam off at school and when we were putting the kids back into the car Bradley saw the duck again ( he brought it with him into the van) and then said- Duck! Quack! Quack!
We started laughing and playing with the duck and he kept quacking- it was soo cute! Kiersten wanted to join in on the fun and said over and over duh duh- so close to duck! I almost want to count that as her first word because she hasn't said anything yet.

The Mischief Makers!

What do these three things have in common?

Well these are the things my kids have used this week to cause mischief!!

A few weeks ago we lost the remote and went crazy to find it! I searched everywhere I could think of- tore the couch apart almost daily looking for it, moved things around, looked underthings, etc! So yesterday morning I moved my sewing machine, which was sitting on the floor in the living room against the wall, and the remote fell to the floor! I was so amazed and happy I called Adam at school to tell him we don't have to go crazy anymore!!

Well Boy was I wrong... So later that day Bradley sensed somehow that mischief was at a low so he grabbed our Mac mouse which is wireless and he hid it from us! We looked for an hour for that stupid thing! We knew it had to be somewhere low and obvious so we got on our hands and knees to look for it- still no luck. So a couple hours later I decided to look through the blinds and I found it hidden in the corner behind the closed blinds. He must have stood on his tippy toes and stretched to put it there because the desk overlaps the window by over a foot.

Ok, found that- check! What mischief can we get into next??

So there are flip locks on our front door and back door below the door knob and also above it. When we first moved in I thought- hmm this might cause problems in the future but then I never did anything about it. So today I learned my lesson and did something about it!!
The twins woke up from their nap and were playing in the living room. I had done a ton of shredding papers during their naps and I wanted to take the trash out before they got into it and made a huge mess. So lah-dee-dah take the trash out....come back from the dumpster and I can't open the door!! WHAT?? The knob turns but the door wont budge! Bradley starts crying on the otherside so I knew he was there and was the one to flip the lock. I knock on my neighbors door because I started to freak out that I was locked out and Adam was at school so he's no help. I had her get her step ladder so I can jump the patio fence and go through the back door ( thank goodness I live down stairs now!!) I thought, hmm let me try to open the door one more time before I make a fool out of my self jumping the fence and then the door opened! So first thing I did was put the kids in their high chairs and I unscrewed those stupid locks off of both doors so it couldn't happen again!

Next question is- What does tomorrow lay in store for us?? I hope you won't see us on the evening news for our house being burned down!

Double Trouble is an understatement!!

Warning, this post may be gross.
Our fence on our patio had to be fixed so we had our bikes and BBQ in our master bedroom. I kept the kids out of my room the whole weekend so they wouldn't knock the bikes over or something of the like.
Today I got the kids ready and then I was getting ready in the bathroom. I came out and Kiersten had gotten under our BBQ and grabbed the grease can and stuck her hand in it. It was very gross and her hand was all black. I picked her up, put the can on top of the bbq, and took Kiersten in the bathroom to clean her hand. When I came back out this is what I found.
I grabbed my camera because I wanted to cry and thought one day I will have a bad day and I will think back to today and feel better. By the way, He had only wore that outfit once maybe twice.
So their one nap a day is two hours. I was planning on shampooing the carpets because I only had time to quickly scrub the area with a wet cloth and then I wanted to wash his clothes. They only slept 1/2 hour. Luckily, when I shampooed my carpets it came out. Still haven't done the laundry yet.

So when I was cleaning Bradley, his clothes, and the carpet Kiersten was in her bedroom dumping out a bin of clothes. I put that back together and came out to the kitchen. Bradley was trying to go through the trash can and pull things out of it. Thank goodness I had dumped it this morning! All that was in there was an empty milk jug and papers.
They are so mischievous today!!
But I guess to make it up for the hard day Bradley kept hugging Kiersten. It was very cute! This was the best picture I got without it looking like he was choking her. They love to climb into their high chairs and recently they want to climb into the same one together.

Oh and a funny side note- When I play with the babies I'll pat them on the butt sometimes. Not spanking, just taps when they climb on my lap. So when the twins were in the chair like this Bradley reached over and patted Kiersten on the butt twice. I laughed soo hard!!

Piggy tails and Cars

I gave Kiersten her very first piggy tails this week! However, in between the two of them they didn't stay in till Adam got to see them. They are a little crooked in this picture but I readjusted them after this.

Every Sunday evening for dinner we go to the Doughmans. Afterward all the kids play with toys while the adults visit. This week Knox brought out the Chevron cars and we found Bradley's new love!


And by the way, Bradley spilled water all down his overalls when he tried to drink out of one of our cups, he didn't wet himself.

baby chicks!

I went to Northern Star Mills in Chico to pick up some things with my friend for her dog. One of the workers told me there were baby chicks in the back and I could take the kids to go see them. They Looooved them! They kept trying to climb inside the tub or grab them. Thank goodness they were too short!

First Camping Trip!

Adam had Leadership training for Chico State Band so we thought we should make it a family event. We went camping at Bucks Lake and had a ton of fun! The twins were mad that they couldn't crawl on the ground and play with the fire but they loved sliding down our air mattress in the huge tent we borrowed from our neighbors at home. When they did training I took the twins and went on walks or played in the tent with them and Saturday I drove to Quincy.

We got two clip-on high chairs and put them on the picnic table and put place mats down. They worked so well!! I could not get both Bradley and Kiersten to look at me at the same time!

The Climbing Phase!

Kiersten's newest love is climbing- EVERYTHING!

Bradley doesn't quite get it but tries to follow her and do it also. She's also gotten about 6 inches high on the gate behind her in this picture.

Her favorite thing to climb is the toy bucket. She will pull it off the shelf, flip it over, and sit on it. She has even dragged it somewhere and stood on it to reach a toy that was out of her reach.
The living room is so hard to keep clean with these two! They come behind me and drag everything off the shelves again.

Kiersten's greatest climbing accomplishments were pushing the umbrella stroller to the couch, climbing in it, and then onto the couch. I quickly got her down and took the stroller away. Her 2nd was climbing on me and then into her walker.