My first piano lesson

Juliette was excited today as it was her first piano lesson! Mr. Paul Laudas arrived at 6:30 to the house and Juliette eagerly went to the door to meet him. He began with an interview to learn all about Juliette. She was excited to let him know all kinds of things about her herself and her brothers. I LOVED watching her at the piano and I have to say it is bittersweet. It brings me right back to the piano in my house growing up. I loved to play and I loved my teacher Ms. Harlan. When Mr. Paul left, I sat down and played the piano for well over an hour. I so ENJOYED it and Juliette just watched and listened. I am making it a priority to sit down for enjoyment and play and possibly get back to where I was when I stopped lessons at 17.

Her little song that she was playing was "Mary had a Little Lamb."

She was thrilled and very proud of herself. 

We'll look forward to another visit from Mr. Paul next week.

Life as an 8 month old twin

Happy 8 months old to two special little guys!

Thomas and Tyler have now started to laugh at each other and try to hold on to each other. They are very curious now and enjoy looking and wondering about the other. 

They enjoy being together in the crib chatting but they have to be watched. Tyler is a biter and enjoys trying to grab Thomas and bite him.

Their new wooden walker came this weekend. They have enjoyed trying to figure out what it is. Juliette and I Stood them up on it so they could figure out what to do with it. They were so excited to realize they were standing up! 

They were laughing and then they would become serious as they tried to analyze it. 

Your sister is the best! Tripp took a good nap this afternoon and she and I hung out with the twins. As they continue to grow, she loves to hold them and play with them! I was able to catch a few shots of her in action with them. You can see Thomas is ripping through her hair as she is playing with Tyler. She is such a great sport!

I tell her all the time I am so thankful that God gave me a little girl! She will be my one and only Little girl!

She will help me navigate this new world of life with twin boys!

The maiden voyage of the Babboe

The kids were so excited when they had their first ride in the new bike! The bike arrived from Amsterdam this week. We are having so much fun with it! The twins, Tripp and me picked Juliette up from school at the bus with it.

I was shocked at what a beautiful ride it is. It is so smooth. The twins loved riding in it as well. It put Tyler right to sleep.

Looking so forward to making many memories around the neighborhood on the bike.

"I am in da 3 grade"

Yes, his comment on the morning of his first day of 3K! He was so excited and so proud. I went in his room and woke him up and while he was still pretty much asleep I asked him what his favorite part of school was. He told me "clean up time." It was then I realized he really was still asleep as that would never be his answer.

An hour later when asked he responded, "snack time!" He guessed that snack on the first day would be cupcakes. 

He was so excited and felt like such a big boy! The day had really come for him... His first day of school!

His sweet Sister gave him an extra big hug before being dropped off in the carpool line. She reminded him how lucky he was that he would get to play all morning at school while Sissy had to work with no play she insisted!

It was like a mini reunion! If it were two of them they'd be called "the gruesome twosome!" Carson, Tripp and Zoey are the best of little friends. They picked up without skipping a beat! 

Tripp was so happy to see Ms. Elizabeth! He ran right to her!

The first thing he wanted to play with besides "mousy" was the dump truck! He asked me to stay and play all morning, but I assured him he could not play with his friends then if mommy stayed all morning. It was just the answer he wanted.

... And a sign of a very successful fun filled first day of school was a super red cheeked sweaty smiley boy!

This piece of work...

Asked me last night...

"What kind of special make up do you use to make under your eyes such a pretty black?"

My response... "when you're naughty they become blacker..."

Little did you know circles under the eyes can be a sign of beauty in the eyes of the beholder!

As they're both starting to crawl...

They are just so proud of themselves!

They now work and play so hard crawling, rolling, pulling on things, sitting up and banging toys...

That sometimes they're just purely exhausted!

Beanie Boos

Over the past few months, Juliette has developed a love of these little Beanie Boos! Her friends love them at school and certain ones you can put on your book bag like little key chains. Juliette loves to take these things everywhere with her in a special tote that Tessa made for her. 

We drove to get donuts downtown and look who shoes up. I thought that she had left them in the car but I turn around and they are decorated around the shop.

Here she is ready for school and the ride. They are loaded into her tote and then even hung on her uniform.

Juliette LOVES Tchotchke! She has become quite the bag lady lately and loves to fill up multiple bags full of stuff and travel either around the house, travel on the horse or travel in the car with her treasures!