Silly Lily

Who loves potty training?  I do.  Oh!  Big Poo Poo!

Scrunchy Face

He's so cute.  Here's our buddy making his scruncy face!

Love.

Not a Country Girl?

While celebrating the 24th of July (State holiday in Utah that celebrates the arrival of the Mormon Pioneers in the Salt Lake Valley after crossing the plains to escape persecution in 1847), we spent some time in a cow pasture.  More details in that in an upcoming post. 

For now, just enjoy this bit of fun from our day.

Letter to Harvard

Dear Harvard;

Let's just get this out there once and for all.

I know they're amazingly smart.  I know you want them and all their brilliance to attend your Ivy-Leagueness.  Sorry, though.  The Smiths breed Cougars.



Oh, and you should see them do the alphabet!

Love,
The Smiths

Monkey See, Monkey Do.

A lot of people ask me if it was hard having twins.  Duh.  Can I say it again?  Duh.  But a huge investment in the beginning (time, sleep, tears, stretch marks, etc), and I think it's going to pay off big time.  Meet Lily & Ruby: My live-in babysitters.  Oh, and yes.  I'm going to exploit it as much as I can.

Just a little more training, and I think they'll be ready.






Ok... so I won't be exploiting this particular skill... but it's still pretty funny.

We're not home, please leave a message.

When Aaron took off to Baltimore for a Dental Convention (yeah, how fun does that sound!?), the kiddos and I packed up for a weekend in River Falls!  While we were all out in the yard enjoying the new spring weather, Ruby snuk (sneaked?) inside. 

Sounds important...

The Little Man

Let's be honest, ladies.  What does every woman want?  A man who can do push-ups.

It's worth it.

No matter what happens on the hardest day of any week... it's worth it.  I love these two girls!  



Oh, and yes... they are stealing all of my clean dishtowels from the drawer to use as 'blankets'.  But it's ok.

Elmocize!

Take that, Jillian Michaels!



Play the next two vids together. I think they could totally teach at Bally's or something!

Baby Grey - In stores now!

Kids bored? Don't you wish you had a Baby Grey to play with? Best. Toy. Ever.



What? The top of your head isn't ticklish? Weird.

Elmo taught my girls how to "make a funny face." A talent like that is something that needs to be passed on. Lily, Grey will thank you some day.

Cabin Fever

Have any of you ever been to Nebraksa? I mean REALLY been to Nebraska? I don't want to hear about how you cruised through on I-80; or how you had a layover on your way to Maui or something. We have snow piled half way up our front door... it is bazillions of degrees below zero for weeks at a time. The wind will literally eat your face off. When you live a winter in Omaha... then you can judge me.

Sometimes, all you can do is "run around."

What Sisters Are For...

A sister is...



someone who will take the fish off your finger every time you get it caught.

Then she will line them up in a row.

Then she will put them all back so you can start all over again.


Don't you wish you had a sister like that?

Don't Eat the Yellow Snow

Story Time

Lily and Ruby love their books! Look out, this next video is extremely adorable. Seriously... be prepared to gush.

Chicken Water

That used to be water. Kids are gross.

Halloween 2009 - Labyrinth the Movie

Oooh, scary!

Don't they make adorable Goblins!? I wouldn't mind living with goblins if they were as cute as these two... and if the Goblin king was as handsome as this...


Cutest trick or treaters ever!

If you haven't seen "The Labyrinth" yet... your childhood must not have been very good.

Aren't babies fun?

Here's Lily enjoying some bonding time with Baby Grey. They sure love this kid!

Young Love

I guess "He loves me not"

But really... how could you not love Ruby?

What more does a girl need?

1. Wait till mom has to pee
2. Open the fridge because she forgot the child-proof lock
3. Steal a fancy yogurt
4. I can't open it or reach the spoons, so just poke a hole in the top and scoop out with my finger
5. Climb into Grey's baby swing and turn it on.

I can't leave them alone for two minutes! Don't worry... she was severely punished afterwards... No, not really.

Who am I kidding? They run the joint.

Look, Mom! No hands!

These children must have been raised in a barn.

Here we are at the AMAZING pizza machine. The pizza tastes like a "hot circle of garbage" but Lily doesn't seem to mind.

Oh, and all that racket and noise in the background... that's my friend Stephanie's stinky boys. We love them.