Awwww

Look, its Lily's first drawing! Our first toddler scribble. In a matter of minutes, my sweet Lily managed to climb into the book-basket and reached up on the high table. She knocked over a "glass" glass, grabbed a pencil and started drawing. Thankfully, nobody was injured. But, nerdly mother that I am, I was just convinced that the girls were ready for art projects. (everyone knows how much I love art projects!) So, I ran to my stash of goodies and handed the girls both a crayon and a piece of paper.

Well, they started to eat the crayons! Oh, well.


I think that the girls are really becoming toddlers. More often than not, they are standing. Plus, they've been crusing along the furniture. Lily stood all by herself earlier this week. Mark saw her standing in her crib and clapping. She was able to hold the pose for at least 10 seconds, so I think it counts.

They also have a few words, Mama, Dada and Kitty. They know their family.

They also have a few "tricks" that we've practiced. They can clap, wave, put their hands on their head, stick out their tongues and show how old they are by holding up "one" finger. I'm working on a little video of these for the website. Its pretty cool because they recognize the words.



Doesn't Elsa look like a grownup. She's had a major case of the giggles this week. She keeps laughing and laughing for no apparent reason. It is really cute.


Here are the girls hanging out before bedtime. (Now, you can see what our livingroom looks like at the end of the day). Lily's the one standing in the trademark yellow pjs. Yellow is Lily's special color. Elsa's is blue. That's Elsa's "concentrating" face. She's busy reprogramming the tape recorder in her toy. Somehow, she's figured out how to work the recorder. Genius. I can't even figure it out.


Mommy and Elsa take a silly self-portrait.


My girls having a good time. They've been playing with each other a lot the last couple weeks. Every morning they are standing up at the ends of their cribs "talking." The biting situation is improving. Thank goodness!

They've started sharing toys and even pass toys to each other. They like to wrestle and go on exploring expeditions around the house. This week, they've been into going "under" things. They figured out how to hide under their cribs. They've also figured out how doors work. They'll sit on either side of the door opening and closing. One will push the door open, the other will pull it closed. It is so interesting to see them invent new games to play. Having a twin must be so fun!