P-touch Crazy!

In an effort to get things organized in our kitchen I use labels on our Tupperware containers, today we were being silly and put labels on each of the girls. It was pretty fun, and just an example of how to get a little out of control when it comes to organization.

The Buzz Cut Kid

The craziest part about this video is when I ask her if she will do it again and she has to think about it and almost says yes! Do you see what I am dealing with here? True confession time, when I was her age, I thought that it would be very pretty if I trimmed my eyebrows, it probably would have been except I trimmed them completely off. I look funny enough with eyebrows, I will just let you imagine me without them!

What was the last thing the man said before the turtle bit him?

Everybody loves a parade!

Are you ready? Mommy is ready on the float!
Here is part of our line-up of double strollers.
The whole parade crew.

It is county fair time and the Mothers of Multiples club that I belong to had a float in the Sherburne County Fair Parade. It was the girls first parade and they loved it, except for the big semi-trucks air horn. Everyone kept asking if they were dolls...I don't get it either. Hannah walked along and gave out double bubble gum! It was a blast.

Papa & Great Uncle Tom come to our rescue!

Thanks to my Dad and my Uncle Tom our mailbox has been repaired. It was cool to see those two old guys, who mean so much to me, holding the girls. THANK YOU!!
Emma with my dad's brother, Uncle Tom.
Sara with Papa!

What has Melissa been up to?

Besides doing the impossible everyday, sometimes more than once I manage to get a few other things done around here. I may not be a body builder, and there may be clothes that need to be folded but I manage to get a few things done.
Here is a day in the life of Melissa:

• Wake at 3am--Emma doesn't like to sleep in yet. Feed Emma, put her back to sleep. Try to fall back to sleep or just give in, wake up and start the day.
• 6am both girls are up. Nurse. Change 2 diapers, go for a quick walk around the neighborhood, change 2 diapers again.
• 8am Feed them homemade baby food, yes, I actually find time to do that, keep reading. Change 2 diapers again.
• 9am girls lay down for morning nap--I get to work, I have to make labels for my Mothers of Multiples Club and I have a theatre program that I am working on for Elk River Community Theatre's production of Oliver! Take 6 phones calls either from parents of children in the show, other board members, or artistic staff. Read an email from the stroller company explaining that it is not their fault that they were misrepresented on the walmart website and that I should contact Walmart again. I do, I send off a very carefully worded email expressing my disapointment.
• 10:30am Hannah finally wakes up, she has been really enjoying the relaxed summer schedule. Sit down with Hannah while she eats breakfast to talk and read scriptures.
• About 10:50am the girls wake up, feed baby cereal, green beans, and bananas. Wipe girls down, and give them some toys to play with while Hannah and I make baby food. Take the vegetables and fruits out of the fridge that I had cooked yesterday during nap time. Puree peas, green beans, sweet potatoes, peaches, pears, carrots, and bananas in the Smoothie maker blender and pour each into ice cube trays to freeze. Girls are ready to nurse, so I sit down for a little bit to do that.
• After eating, playing while I made baby food, the girls are ready for a nap at about 1:30pm. I get to work again. Hannah goes out to play with some neighbor kids and run through the sprinkler. The Oliver! program is still very pressing, it is 20 pages long. I answer a few email about ads and biographies in the program, then type like crazy! Hannah wants to work on her blog so I stop for a little bit and pop the frozen baby food cubes out of the trays and into bags that I label & date. The phone rings and the tickets are ready for the show and I need to get them picked up and delivered to the bank, and also the Lions representative.
• 3:15 The girls wake up, nurse and we hit the road at about 4pm. It takes a while to load the diaper bag. The babies are carried to the car one at a time, buckled in, and away we go. We make it to the printers. I call to drop off the tickets and I also stop to pick up some names from the director of the show to be included in the program.
• 5:00 Hannah wants to learn how to make fajitas so she helps me get things going and we set the table. Where is Daddy??!!!
• 5:45 The girls get hungry so I nurse them. They get to eat their babyfood with us at dinner.
• 6:15 Nathan gets home late, so dinner is getting over cooked. I ask him to stir it, he comes in after deadheading his roses and a bunch of other things outside. It is the girls' 7th month birthday so I get them all dressed up in cute outfits, make the sign on the computer, and take pictures.
• 6:30 Dinner finally can be eaten now, urgh!
• 6:45 I leave for Mothers of Multiples meeting. Lots of crazy drama there. Us moms put so much pressure on ourselves.
• 10:00 arrive home to feed the girls and help Nathan get them put to sleep.
• 11:30 Finally done, now I check my email to see if there are any messages related to work, volunteering, etc. Check my friends' blogs to see how they are doing.
• 12:00 Read my scriptures, say prayers, then try to go to sleep, lots of stuff rolling around in my head--tomorrow is going to be a busy day, I need sleep.
• 3:00am start all over again!

Happy Birthday Babies!

7 months already!! I cannot believe it! This month you have both mastered eating lots of new foods, and drinking from a cup with help. You both roll and scoot all over the place and sit up without any supports for a few minutes. Sara sleeps through the night almost every night and Emma still likes to wake up at 3am to eat. We love you and cherish having you in our lives!