Feeding Time At the Zoo

Sarah : I showed Dan Sarah's "new trick". I give her a Mum Mum (like a wafer cookie thingy, for all of you who don't spend every minute of every day with babies). She looks at the Mum Mum, throws it and watches me. When I pick it up, Sarah screams with laughter. I did this a couple of times to amuse both Dan and Sarah. Then I put the Mum Mum on the island and went about getting dinner ready. Dan threw the Mum Mum on the floor. Without thinking, I picked it up and gave it back to him. He screamed with laughter. He threw it on the floor again. Trust me, the screaming that was then heard was not filled with laughter!

Bethie : The dessert tonight was cookies (please see previous post). Katie ate all her chicken and most of her broccoli so I let her have a cookie. Bethie hadn't eaten anything. When she saw that Katie got a cookie-pink, no less, that's her favourite colour!- she put every piece of chicken in her mouth at once. Dan had to pull most of it out, and Bethie was forced to eat the chicken at an agonizingly slow rate while watching Katie have a cookie. She was in a panic that none of the FORTY cookies that I made would be left for her. She got her cookie. Then the girls made me pack some up so we can give them to Uncle Bobby when he comes down this week. Sorry Bob.

Katie : Katie was quite happily eating her cookie. I asked her if I could eat her remaining broccoli. She said I could. I put a piece on my fork and noticed that there was something funny looking on it. I put the piece back on her plate, said "What's this gunk?", and ate the other piece she had left. As I was chewing, Katie said "Oh. I sneezed and forgot to cover my mouth." I spat out the broccoli! I knew that there were gross aspects of being a parent, but COME ON! Later it was determined that the gunk was apple sauce, but I am still grossed out.

The Hard Way

I'm good at a lot of things. Most of the things I am good at are the types of things that no one comments on. For example, no one has ever said to me "You did an excellent job of writing me up!" or "Great job at firing that guy. When it's my turn to go, can you do it just like that?". But I do have my strong suits.

Cooking is my Achilles Heel. I do try, without much success. Things just don't work out as anticipated. For instance, today I made sugar cookies and I used my fancy Wilton Cookie Pro Ultra II press which boasts it's "The Best In The World". Here's where I suspect I may have gone wrong:

1. I didn't have white flour so I used whole wheat flour.
2. To disguise the fact that I used whole wheat flour, I used red food colouring to dye the dough pink.
3. It didn't taste right, so I added more sugar.
4. I forgot to add the egg.
5. I chilled the dough which is apparently a faux pas for the Wonderful Wilton Press.
6. I greased the cookie sheet which totally effected how well the cookies come out of the press (who would've guessed that?)

The result? Crappy cookies with rather pretty shapes, but a weird colour. I'll give them to Dan and the girls. They won't notice a thing.

Fancy Shmancy!

Katie, as per usual, woke up first and was dressed before breakfast. She was very excited because Mum had purchased a new outfit for the twins and today was the first day that she got to wear it. Bethie was still in her PJs. Here is the conversation at breakfast:

Bethie: Katie, you have a bow on your bottom.

Katie: Do you love it?!

Bethie: It's funny.

Katie: No. It's fancy!

Of course, Katie had to do a photo shoot wearing her new fancy outfit. It cracked me up! I didn't pose her at all! Her belly looks a bit big. That's because there are about 500 fluffs in her shirt.

The Poncho and the Hat

This is Katie's new favourite outfit. She won't take it off regardless of how hot she becomes. Last night, I had to go into the girls' bedroom after Dan had put them to bed, to remove the poncho and the hat. Also note, she is holding her "Fluffy Purse" in her hand. Katie is very much into clothes and accessories!

Naughty Rainbow!

The twins were never very good at motor skills, fine or otherwise. I would watch my nephews in amazement as they climbed and jumped and put on their boots. My brother, Sean, comforted Dan and I by saying that his kids mastered the "monkey skills". My kids had mastered the "human skills", like talking and rationalizing and thinking things through. We were really pleased. Our girls can't kick a ball very well but they are super smart!

Today, the window in the front door was acting as a prism and casting a "rainbow" into the living room. The twins realised that when they danced in the rainbow, the light picked up on the "shimmer" in their jeans. They had so much fun dancing in the light. Even little Sarah was in there, putting her sweet little hand in and out of the rainbow.

The good times ended when the light wouldn't follow them around the living room or into the kitchen. To solve this problem, they decided to catch the light and throw it onto each other. But they couldn't catch the light. Nothing but anger followed. It was then that I thought, "They don't have monkey skills or human skills. Good thing they're gorgeous!".

Love Thy Sister

The other night, Dan was putting the twins to bed. As they all lay in the dark and had a cuddle, Katie said "Let's talk about how much I love Bethie". Aw, too sweet. Then the conversation deteriorated to Katie proclaiming that she is growing 4 Beth's and 5 Trystan's (Ms Anonymous's 4 year old boy) in her belly. Great. 9 more kids. We've got Octomom beat!

O Happy Day!

Emilie is feeling much better and daycare will be opened on Monday. Yeah! I'll have a break finally....I mean the kids will get some much need stimulation and socialization.