Neglected blog-quick life updates

I'm ashamed to see how long it's been since I've taken the time to write some thoughts about our family! So this is going to be a catch-up bullet list post of SO many things that have changed since the twinjas (new terminology since the last update. Twin Ninjas) were 5 months old. I did have some unfinished posts that I went ahead and published anyway, because, why not?

Life is crazy these days. It's constant chaos, constant mess, and I pretty much feel like I'm drowning 100% of the time! Then you throw in having to take care of 3 crazy strong willed children and you can imagine how I feel on a daily basis! Hah!

However, I can't imagine life any differently! How lonely and sad would my life be if I didn't have my family?! They're my world. They make me crazy but I'm crazy about them. They're a blessing even when they do things like write on my walls, throw food across the room and headbutt me because I told them it's nap time.

It's overwhelming to think about the amount of things I should be doing (rather things I THINK I should be doing) everyday. The truly important things are the things that matter most: spending time with my children, teaching them, watching them play, helping them learn and develop their own personal talents and little personalities and take care of my home.

Most of the time that means my house is a wreck. I had an "ah ha" moment a while back, and it was to take the time at the end of the day to think about things I HAD accomplished. I have had a hard time thinking of all the would-be's or could have dones that I would beat myself up over it. Instead, I decided to take a step back and look at what the positives were from that day. Every day I've done this, I've found that I've fed my children healthy nutritious food, played with them and helped them with their problems. So what that the laundry didn't get put away (again)! So what that my bedroom is a wreck, there is clutter all around and that I haven't organized my guest room? Now I'm not saying it's not important to be neat and orderly, it totally is, but this is the season in my life. I have 3 kids that move faster than I do and they're not going to care or remember if the house is perfectly clean! They're going to remember playing with mom and learning to cook, read and imagine, and that's more important to me.

I've had a hard time learning to let things go (to a point) but I am honestly a happier, nicer person when I do. Along with that as a goal, I am committed to write down memories of my children. Stories of things they did that day that were funny, sad, anything. So hopefully I can keep that goal and focus on what's really important--making memories and recording them!

Big girl Ellie

Here are some updates of Ellie in July of 2013 at 2 1/2 years old. I wished I had written more at the time but here I am publishing it 1 1/2 years later!

Ellie went poop on the potty all by herself for the first time! No prompting on 7/11/13

At her 30 month check up she was 37.25 inches tall and 27.8lbs

Ellie has a huge vocabulary. She talks in full sentences all the time!

Here are some of Ellie's favorite things:

Sparkly shoes
sunglasses
binky
purse
dinosaur
minnie mouse car
dancing
music
watching "shows"
pingu
Curious George
Endless Alphabet

Favorite foods:
banana
strawberries
blueberries
yogurt
watermelon
tomatoes

Least favorite foods:
anything new
pineapple

10 Months

This is all I had written about the boys at 10 months. If I can remember more, I'll add to it and hopefully get around to adding pictures!

The twins are 10 months old. That flew by SO FAST! They are growing up so wonderfully, and they're so much fun, despite all the work!

Today I noticed Kyle has a new tooth poking through next to his other tooth, and Cameron's second tooth is just about to poke through. This explains the awful sleeping habits/whining/crying/fits/etc. etc. etc.

Let's pray the rest of teething isn't as horrible.