A Thought To Share

I plan on going to Disneyland for my birthday in October but I definitely don't want to go alone. I also don't want to bring someone for company and make them pay. But I have the best solution of all! It's events like this that make it FANTASTIC to have a twin sister!

Cake batter is yummy!

Soooo Funny!

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Disneyland

Yesterday I was given the opportunity by my friend to take the four of us as well as my twin sister, Rebecca, to Disneyland. My friend, Jonny, works there so he was able to get us in. We met him in the morning as he first took us into California Adventure. I had never been there before so everything was quite a surprise. That's when Heidi saw Mickey Mouse for the first time. She is a HUGE fan of him so when we approached him she was in utter shock. She couldn't even speak. The mouse was actually a real thing!

The park was pretty empty, which allowed us to ride a few rides. Next we headed over to Disneyland and saw just how long those rides were. Well, Jonny, being so clever as he is, decided he wasn't going to make us wait. He headed over to the "City Hall" to get his free pass for having a disability. What was his disability? Now, get ready to laugh: He said, "Hi, um..when I stand in those long lines I get really anxious. My anxiety gets so bad that it makes me want to leave the park." There wasn't anymore questions for him to be given a pass, which included the number of people he was with.

Afterwards we took the kids on peter pan. Heidi came out crying. I think she thought she was really flying. We took the kids on more rides before we headed to Space Mountain. Jonny stayed with the kids as Rebecca, Gus, and I went to ride it. I hadn't been on it in years. My sister convinced me to ride in the very front. I am not a fan of roller coasters so when the overhead voice did a countdown to take off I really regretted getting on. Once it took off I thought I was literally going to die. I don't recommend riding in the front if you don't like fast rides. I would say that was the only bad experience of the day. We had to ride the river boat to let me recuperate.

The day ended with us going to Mickey's house. The kids were so shocked to see all the furniture their size. When we finally got to meet mickey at the end Heidi couldn't stop smiling. She was soo excited.

I can't wait to go back with just my hubby on Valentine's Day.

Growing Trudi

In the past month Trudi's communication skills have soared as well as her knowledge of things that I tell her to do. I definitely see her being more advanced than Heidi was at her age, simply because she has Heidi to help her along. Here are some things that Trudi can do/understand:

-She signs "more" in sign language when she wants something to be repeated or, obviously, if she wants more of something

-She can sign "thank you"

-She can sign "milk"

-When I tell her to clean up she immediately picks up the mess she's made

-When I tell her to go get her shoes she quickly brings them to me

-She understands when I say to she and Heidi, "Let's go outside." She always heads to the door

-When she is walking ahead of me outside she will turn around at my command. (That one wasn't easy to teach her)

-Her newest achievement is putting things in the trash at my command


It makes me proud to see that she's learning things because I sometimes feel that I'm "neglecting" those lesson from being overwhelmed at times with two small kids .

WARNING: NOT FOR THE FAINT IN HEART AND ONLY FOR THE EYES OF MOTHERS

I have NO IDEA what Trudi ate. Heidi informed me that she pooped. Well, when I began to change her I saw that it went all the way down her pant leg! When I opened her diaper I was so shocked that I just had to share it with all you mothers out there who have had to put their hands near this kind of stuff before. Remember, I warned you so I'm sorry if you feel as ill as I do.

Typical Toddler

Last night I gave the bag of bagels to Heidi, expecting her to pull out the half of a piece that was already in there. Well, she decided to do things her way.

It seems that she decided to be "generous" with Trudi by giving her the half of a piece.

Heidi's face from the fall

Not Good

Just about every day I take the kids on a walk to get us all exercised. Once I have pushed the double stroller to the neighborhood that I like most I let the kids out to walk. Well, today didn't go so well. The kids came across a wooden fence that surrounded the front of a home. It's beams went from left to right, one on the top and one on the bottom. They stopped to see the roses behind it as they laid their hands on the beam. All of a sudden the beam they leaned on gave way and they fell right into the yard. Trudi was fine but Heidi fell into the thorn bush! When I picked her up there was blood EVERYWHERE. It was on her shirt, her hands, and all over her face. I could see that the blood was coming from her mouth, a lot of it infact. Trying not to panic as she screamed and screamed, I looked around to see where I could find help. Just across the street I found a home that was turned into a preschool.

I picked up Trudi and quickly rushed over there with Heidi's hand in mine. I asked one of the ladies if I could get some help. She took one look at Heidi and said, "OH MY GOSH! Here, follow me." I went into the house and was greeted by the owner who showed me the way to the bathroom. Thankfully everything was baby safe, which allowed me to leave Trudi in the room as I rushed Heidi to the bathroom. As she continued to cry I washed the blood off of her hands and face. Now that her face was clean I was able to see where she was hurt. The thorns scratched her top and bottom lip as well as a couple of places in her mouth. The main problem were her cheeks. The thorns really got a hold of her there, forming deep scratches across her skin.

The owner of the home was so kind to me. She gave Heidi a Popsicle and gave me some Tylenol to give to her as well. Heidi is fine at the moment but I feel so bad for her. Most of all, I am really thankful that the preschool was right across the street with women who were so helpful to me.

Well, since I don't really have anything to blog about I'll just leave you with a photo of the girls scarfing down a banana before bed. (Don't worry, the reason you can't see Heidi's face is because I'm growing out the bangs)

A Hobby

Trudi and Heidi LOVE their Magna Doodles. Heidi got one from my sister Julie for Christmas and Trudi was given one by Gus that he got at a thrift store, which was already beaten up and therefore more damage from her wouldn't matter. There is not a day that those things are left in the toy box. It's so funny to watch Trudi go at it. It sounds like she's trying to drill a hole by how hard she draws on it. You can hear her on the video.

Random

Trudi loves to help me sweep the living room




Heidi wearing my mom's glasses