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No Tears!

At least…not that I saw before I left the kids at their FIRST DAY OF PRE-SCHOOL! Not even any from mommy. I’m sure it has nothing to do with me being totally emotion-less, and more to do with me having to leave them with the nanny while going to work. I have to admit, it DID seem different, but it was all good šŸ™‚

Maggie walked in, put her backpack in the spot marked “Maggie,” walked over to the table and started coloring. Burke was a bit more apprehensive and stayed by my side while I was talking with their teacher about their extra clothes and snacks and stuff.Ā  And he wanted to check his backpack to be sure that his snack pack was there. I walked him over to the table, he sat down next to Maggie, saw that it was a school bus they were coloring and perked right up. I kissed ’em both on the head and got the hell outta Dodge before they could realize what happened. šŸ˜‰

We’ll see what happens when I go pick them up in a few hours.

Oh, and when I got home, Logan was happily playing with ALL of the toys.

First Day of Pre-School

First Day of Pre-School

So Exciting

So Exciting

Burke

Burke

Maggie

Maggie

Pre-School: What a Card – she doesn’t stand a chance with the president, VP, and membership chair there. . . we’ll have her signed up in no time! LOL And I can totally see how the director would confuse us *roll eyes here* ♦ Oh, Cheryl, it’s so good to know that I’m not the only one who photographs the magnadoodles too! ♦ Debi – You’re RIGHT! I knew that picture Burke drew reminded me of something…

Way Back When-esday

Cheryl over at Twinfatuation hosts this one.

This was taken just after midnight by one of the nurses in the NICU. The twins were 12 days old.

Holding Hands

Holding Hands

Pre-School

There was an open house for the twin’s pre-school yesterday. The whole fam-damily attended šŸ™‚ Mike hadn’t seen the school before, so it was neat that he was able to go too.

When we got there, the yellow room (the one they’ll be in) was pure pandemonium. The room is used for one class M-W-F and another T-TH, so there were students from both there – along with at least one parent, and quite often a sibling or two. They attempted to split the 2 hour open house into two parts; first half of the alphabet goes the first hour, second half goes the second hour. I’m not sure if that really happened, but I’m sure sort of helped. Needless to say, a wee bit overwhelming. Both Burke and Maggie hung close for a while. Maggie ventured out first (surprise, surprise), and Burke warmed up and played after a bit. The teachers were super nice and it was really good to see that a few former students came in just to say “hi.”

We wandered around the building for a little bit so Mike could see the library, the gym, and the playground. I went up to reception to pay for the month and when I got back to the yellow room the director told me that the rest of my family had gone to visit the blue room. heh okay. She wanted me to meet her daughter-in-law though. She has twins who are in the T-Th session…but the poor woman doesn’t belong to a twin club! I’m not sure if the director knew about my tendencies to “twin stalk” since I’m our membership chair, but I think that may have been what she had in mind. We’ll see if it worked šŸ˜‰

I went over to the blue room and the only ones in there (besides the two teachers trying to clean up) were my family. LOL No wonder they went over there. Nice and calm. All three kids were playing with the kitchen and didn’t want to go. I suppose I take this as a good sign. šŸ™‚

This morning when Burke woke up, this was the first thing he said to me:
Burke: In the car.
Me: Where do you want to go?
Burke: Blue room.

LOL! He settled for going to the yellow room tomorrow.

Oh, and I almost forgot. Mike told me that Penzey’s isn’t really his secret to good food from the grill. His TRUE secret is to take the food OFF when it’s done. Funny man.

Burke Picture

Burke's Face Picture

Maggie Bunny

Maggie's Bunny Picture

I Was Carded: What a Card – do you have three sisters and a brother too? Too funny…wonder what else we have in common šŸ™‚

Good Food: Ooooh Apple Pie Spice! I’m going to have to try that one, Tanya! My mouth watered just reading about it.

Is it REALLY Green: Thank goodness, the twins are this > < close to being potty trained. (Except that Burke pee’d on the floor today.) But Gio, I still have Logan…so the diapers continue for a while. *sigh* MultipleTwinMommy, what do you use instead of a diaper pail? And are all 4 of yours still in diapers? Geez…I just can’t even imagine. You rock šŸ™‚ LOL Jon, you’re probably right! I thought about cloth diapers – for about 2 seconds, Heather, but I just couldn’t wrap my brain around having to deal with poo other than wrapping it up and putting it away. Too funny about the kitty litter though! heh Ya, Laura, someone should do some research and figure out what really IS green and what does the most good vs. just doing lip service.

Yucky Nose

Burke was sitting on my lap in his room this morning. This is the conversation Mike and I had with him:

Burke: Yucky nose!
(meaning his nose is running.)

Mike: Do you want Daddy to get you a Kleenex?

Burke: No. Shirt!
(As he reaches for my shirt to wipe his nose!)

Needless to say, Mike lost it – which made Burke laugh too…as Mom is sitting there wondering where the heck he GETS this stuff. Mike is sure it’s ingrained since he’s a boy. *sigh*

Baby Picture Sundays – Generations

Debi is doing her Baby Picture Sundays again. And, as usual, I’m in!

This is so funny…I’d been holding on to this picture to use for one of the 3 picture posts I do weekly. I’m not sure what made me change my mind and use a different one last week instead…

Four Generations

Four Generations: Dad, Maggie, Grandma, Me, Burke

Friday’s Foto Finish Fiesta

Candid Carrie sponsors this one – head over to her blog and find LOTS of links for bloggers who’ve joined in! (You can join in too!)

The twins are just over a month old here. We seem to have had a helper…

Burke, Gabe, Maggie

Burke, Gabe, Maggie

Gym Class

Yesterday was the last Gym Class session for the twins. They’ve come a long way since that first day! Sure, they still run around like wild Indians (Hmm. Does anyone say that any more? I guess it’s not so PC), but they DO listen to what they’re supposed to do in between all that running.

Rope Climbing

Rope Climbing

Rope Climbing

Rope Climbing

Bear Crawl

Bear Walk

Bear Walk

Bear Walk

Rings

Rings

Way Back When-esday

Cheryl over at Twinfatuation hosts this one.

I, again, have a series of pictures. These are from when the twins were born. They were in the hospital for two and a half weeks – these were taken while they were there.

Burke kept falling to sleep while feeding, so that’s why you see the feeding tube in his nose. (He hated it and yanked it out twice before they decided to not torture him any more.)

Two Days Old

Two Days Old

Also Two Days Old

Also Two Days Old

To give you an idea of how little they were, I give to you the following two pictures:

Eight Days Old

Eight Days Old (Burke and Daddy)

Fifteen Days Old

Fifteen Days Old (Burke and Maggie with Mommy)

Baby Picture Sundays – Here Comes Trouble

Debi is doing her Baby Picture Sundays again. And I’m in!

bookshelf

"What do you mean we're not supposed to sit on the bookshelf?"

bookshelf

"You want us to get DOWN?? HAHAHA! Riiiiiight"

Just Me

A conversation I had with Burke today

Burke: What’s that?

Me: That, my friend, is dinner.

Burke: Friend?

Me: Are you my friend?

Burke: (smiling) nooooo…

Me: Are you my son?

Burke: Nope. Just Burke.