Mischievous Emma

If only my life were a YouTube video sometimes I’d laugh a little harder.  I usually take my baby monitor with me when we travel but for some reason this time I didn’t.  This past weekend we traveled back to Michigan to surprise Matt’s Uncle for a retirement party.  Boy was that fun but that is not why I’m blogging.  

Little Miss Emma did it again.  She seemed to get herself into the biggest pickle and quite frankly all I could do was laugh.  Matt’s Mom and Dad have been working very hard on a timeline banner thing for an upcoming event that their church is putting on.  It’s about to turn 100 years old.  They had these awesome banners made and previously were in their living room.  I told Bob “why don’t you put them in your bedroom .. that way they won’t get ruined”. FAMOUS LAST WORDS RIGHT...

Well Saturday afternoon rolled around and it was nap time.  Matt so nicely set up the girls pac n play beds in grandma and grandpas bedroom.  I fed them lunch and then put them down for a nap.  All sounded quiet or so I thought until Matt’s sister came downstairs and said “Jenn could one of the girls be poopy?”  Perhaps ... they don’t usually poop before a nap but I will go check.  And then holy shot of all shit I walk into total toddler chaos.  Thankfully no poop was spread but Emma had sneakily gotten out of bed, made a complete disaster out of EVERY POSTER BANNER, threw them into her bed, threw the clothes that were on the bed into her bed, and hightailed her little Heiny back into bed like nothing had happened.  

When momma bear walked in the girls were jumping up and down screaming having the grandest time with these dang posters.  And all I could think and say was oh I’m so sorry.  How could I not laugh... but really I kind of wanted to cry.  I quickly yelled for some help. The aunties came to save me, help me quickly get everything pulled out so we could assess the damage.  Thankfully only a few were really ruined and needed to be replaced.  

Matt did the honor of telling his mom and Dad and when grandma came home she asked Emma what she did all she did was grin the biggest grin from ear to ear and laugh to herself.  She knew she was naughty ... funny naughty but so innocently got away with it.  Oh Emma girl... you keep me on my toea

Oh What A day!

I’ve decided I need to start blogging my days more often.  I don’t know if I can truly capture how crazy my days are but I’ll do my best.  Being a mom to two toddler twin girls just keeps getting better, busier, and funnier by the day.  Emma especially keeps me on my toes.  I’m just waiting for the moment I call Matt and say “we’re headed to the ER because of...”

So anyways.. it’s Thursday no big deal, your typical day.  It starts out like this 

Monkey Maddie and Monkey Emma enjoying their new prizes from Dad... a free back scratcher he got from a golf event yesterday.  Oh and did I mention they know how to climb on the furniture now!  And why wouldn’t the window sill be the perfect place to play

On Thursdays I go to a little church moms group so I decided to shower and get ready.  Heaven for bid I let these little girls out of my site while I shower so during the 5 minutes I was in there they completely demolished the bathroom.  TP everywhere, every dental floss pick on the ground, anything in my drawer emptied.  While they may not be tall enough to see anything they’ve discovered that tip toes and creeping hands can do magical things.  

Once I finished my shower I opened the bathroom door so they could roam free.  During the 2 minutes I was getting dressed Emma found a candle, broke it, and put the glass in her mouth.  I only discovered this when I laid her down to change her diaper that she had pieces of glass in her mouth.  My heart skipped twenty four beats but thankfully she didn’t swallow any.

We then proceeded downstairs.  Maddie girl discovered that if she pulled the pirate booty snack bag down it made a perfect step so she could reach more things to pull off the kitchen pantry shelves.  Fast forward to after lunch Emma insisted on getting into her high chair by herself.. which is a relatively new discovery and talent of hers. One that I don’t like one bit because she’s yet to figure out how to SAFELY get down.  

The next big adventure of the day was the park.  Just while I think things are going great Emma wanders over to a park bench while Maddie is on top of the play place.  No big deal right... WRONG.  Some dumb Mom left her child’s soppy cup with god only knows what in it and I can’t leave Maddie or else I risk her falling about 6 feet.  These are the every day challenges a twin Mom faces.  Do you let your child drink what appears to be probably spoiled milk because your other child is on the play place.  Or do you leave your child who is on the play place hoping and praying she’ll just go safely down the slide by herself and not toward the open part and fall 6 feet to run over and pull god only knows what away from the other. Well I chose Maddie over Emma and who knows if and what she drank 🤢.  

And to my one last and final touch of the day I was in my bedroom putting some clothes away and the girls were roaming the other rooms upstairs ... crash .. tumble of course Emma.  Laying on the bathroom floor crying.  Who knows if she was on top of the toilet or on top of the edge of the bathtub but again the poor child took a tumble.  

And there you have it folks... just a typical Thursday in the life adventure of Emma and Maddie.  Now excuse me while I go pour myself a glass of wine 

Twins are hard... like really hard

I thought that the newborn stage was pretty easy with twins.  Yes there were many sleepless nights, tears, and more tears but all in all it wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought.  5 month old twins were hard, all of a sudden baby A and B didn’t know how to sleep so we went through again many sleepless nights.  But now oh my oh my.  Toddler twins = a lot of work.  

Work in the aspect that you literally cannot take your eyes off of them.  Work in the sense that when one is having a good day the other is not so you technically never really get a break.  

Activities out have to be strategically planned so that I know it’s a “safe place” and that no one is going to get hurt ... well I mean really hurt.  

Take today for example.  Twins.... library story time... toddlers.  Yes I know I’m crazy for even going, but hey you can’t sit at home by yourself all day long.  So I’m there at story time and it’s about 8 minutes in and of course they, meaning Emma and Maddie start to get wiggly .. like normal toddlers so I let them out of my hands.  And two seconds later Emma is running full force into a chair in front of the room.  Tears start flowing.. meanwhile Maddie is already in my left arm ... so I scoop Emma up in my right and make a mad dash for the bathroom.  Her lip is bleeding so I have to set Maddie down.  While trying to tend to Emma I turn around and see Maddie out of the corner of my eye heading to swish and swirl in the toilet.  Get it folks... it’s never a dull moment.  So I finally get Emma’s lip to stop bleeding and head back into story time to put them in the stroller and take off.  

So yes we picked up, got ready, went to story time for 8 minutes, to get a bloody lip, pack up, and head home.... can I just say twins are fun, amazing, but oh so hard at the same time.  The next 6 months are going to be interesting. 

Twin Life = Busy Life

I’ve taken a little hiatus from my blog updates because quite frankly I just have not had the time.  But my oh my have these little ladies changed so much.  They keep me on my toes and it is never a dull moment ... stay tuned I’ll be updating more about the girls, their personalities, and anything and everything else I’ve missed over the last few months.