Getting bigger!

I went to the Dr. yesterday and we got 2 strong heart beats! It took a while because the baby on my right side is a wiggler and as soon as my Dr. got the heart beat the baby would squirm away. We didn't get an ultrasound but we will get to have the big ultrasound next week so I am trying to be patient. I measured 24 wks (cm?) So at least I am not meausring twice as big as the weeks I am but sometimes I sure feel like I am 38 wks!

A day at the Airplane museum

Sat. was such a fun day for our family. We decided to head to the Airforce Museum. We love it because it is FREE! We also love it because my 3 year old happens to be in love with airplanes and my 31 year old happens to know everything there is to know about airplanes. Well, that last statement might be a stretch but he once wanted to be an airplane mechanic and comes from a big airplane family. His grandfather is somewhat of an airplane expert. Right before we left I was checking my FB and a friend that Josh works with happend to post that he was headed up to the museum too! As soon as we pulled in we spotted them in their car. Carin and Joey (esp. Joey) love to spoil our kids (esp. Turner) he made sure he gave them lots of candy and even bought Turner a diecast airplane at the gift shop. Needless to say Joey is his new best friend. One of the best suprises is that they added a hands on section to the museum where the kids could play with toy airplanes, dress up like astronauts, and learn all sorts of fun things about science. We will be back soon!

St. Patrick's day in pictures!

We had a great St. Patrick's day and hope that you all did too!

Where in the world...

... did he pick that up? We just came downstairs to get ready for preschool and as I turn on the light Turner stuck out his hips, struck a pose and said "I feel sexy!" Heaven knows he hasn't heard that from me in a long long time! This kids makes me laugh everyday!

Loving it!

This is Turner's first self portrait (that you can figure out what it is.) He drew this on Saturday. I couldn't be more thrilled! I think I was more excited about this than the first time he went poop in the potty. I love art- creativity is one thing that I value so much. I am not a very good artist but I married one. We have been waiting and waiting for this day to arrive but didn't really know how to cultivate it. Turner just hasn't seemed interested in art at all until recently. He loved painting... to make a mess, but not really to create anything. He has since drawn a lot of pictures and I can't wait to see how much he grows artistically.

Something Edible

Today in preschool we talked about changing wheat into bread. We took whole wheat- Turned it into flour- it was so cute because the kids thought that when I opened the container it would be flowers not flour. I tried to explain the difference to them but they just had to see it for themselves. Some of my kids you could tell that they had helped their mom in the kitchen a few times- some of them you could tell had no idea!

Then I asked the if they were ready to eat it and explained what else we had to add to the flour to make it bread. We tossed it all into the bread maker while we went onto other things and put it on the dough setting so we could cook it in a regular loaf. I didn't get a picture of the dough but I gave them a little bit to touch after each step so they could feel it and describe how it changed. so it went from smooth and hard to soft and powdery and then sticky and squishy to YUMMY!

(this picture is why flash sucks :) but I didn't have a lot of time to mess around with the camera as the kids were getting very impatient to eat some of their bread!) They were in heaven!

My recipe for one loaf of bread:

4 c. whole wheat flour (I use hard white because that is what my family likes best)
2 t. yeast

1 3/8 C. Hot water

1 1/2 t. Salt

3T. Oil

3T. Honey

Put it in the bread maker and then pull it out and toss it in the oven on 375 for about 25-30 min.

2 hearts that beat as 1

I went to the Dr. yesterday. His nurse has a tendency to ask questions that always scare me. Like the first appointment she asked me if I was really pregnant. I looked at her and said "I think I am" with a worried look on my face. This time when I walked in asked said "So are you still having twins?" Um... well, nothing has come out! What a question to ask! Then the Dr. had a hard time telling if he was getting 2 heartbeats. So he did an quick ultrasound and sure enough there were 2 heartbeats!

It is nice to be this far along and still have 2 good heartbeats! The image below explains why he wasn't sure if there were 2... they were lying right next to each other so their hearts were about a half an inch apart and I guess pretty close to the same rate. It was cute to see their two heads right next to each other!

We go in for the big ultrasound in about 5 weeks- it seems so far away. I mean it will even be spring by then :) We were amazed to see how much they had grown in the 4 wks since w last saw them.... I can only image how much more they will grown in the next 5 weeks. If there was any question at first, I have totally fallen in love with the idea of having twins!

Puddle of wax

I have been wanting to do this for... I don't even know how long! Honestly I don't even know where I heard of this idea, it has been in my head forever- probably somewhere from when I taught preschool before my mission. I was at yard sale before we ever had kids and I saw this warming plate. I remember asking them how much for the warming plate and they said "just take it off our hands!" Josh has tried to throw it away I don't know how many times. So it finally got put on the preschool schedule and it was a HUGE HIT! It is pretty easy- you plug in the warming plate, and put a piece of paper on it and let them draw with crayons.

You have to emphasize not to touch the plate but it really doesn't get too hot unless they put their hand on it for a long time.

The wax melts and it gives the picture a rich color and texture to it. Plus it is a really smooth feeling almost like painting. Yesterday after we did it in preschool Turner and I spent a long time just playing afterwards. In fact I think I loved it more than anyone!

So I am going to keep my eye out for more of these warming plates this summer at yard sales- I really wish I would have had more than one!

Post office and Space Helmets

We went on a field trip to the Post Office this week! It was very cool (at least for me!) I have always wanted to go behind the security door! The kids had a lot of fun and they mailed a picture to their parents. They even got to pick out which stamp they wanted. We got ours from Turner yesterday and I had him open it with his Dad and both of them loved it! Yesterday they also created space helmets. These little boys thought that they were so cool! (so did I!)

Olympic fever

So since I found out I was having twins I have to say that most of my time on the Internet has been researching everything I can about twins pregnancy and raising twins. I have learned a lot and really I feel a lot more confident then I did a couple of weeks ago. I never would have thought about how different having twins is then having one. The coolest part is that my friends that have twins and my friends that are twins have been some of the most supportive people! That gives me a lot of hope and confidence. I can really say that I have gone from "how in the world are we going to do this?" to an overwhelming feeling of excitement and gratitude! So here are several posts of what we have been up to for the last couple of weeks- I know a bunch of posts isn't as fun as frequent posts and if you are like me, you will skip all of the writing and just look at the pictures!

One of my friends posted some art work of her daughters on her blog and it gave me the idea for spreading a little bit of Olympic fever. The kids today replicated the Olympic rings by dipping canning rings in paint and painting the beloved Olympic symbol. After they did the Olympic symbol, they had fun with just random circles and it was even cooler! A great way to teach circles and colors.