Happy Halloween!

Wow, so it's been ages since I posted despite being able to post at work, where my computer is not posessed! I have lot's to write about but the best thing is Emma is potty-trained! Woo hoo! Emma is fully (daytime only, we still put her in a diaper at night but it's always dry in the morning) trained and Maddie is almost there but she doesn't do "pine cones" (number 2) in the potty yet. Emma can actually do the whole thing herself. She gets to the bathroom, takes everything off (pants, undies), hoists herself on, wipes, washes her hands etc. I just stand there watching. It's amazing really!

So today is Halloween and the girls are princesses, of course. They wore their costumes yesterday for their daycare party. At dinner, I told Madison she needs to take her costume off or put a bib on as she can be a bit messy and I wanted to keep the costumes somewhat clean for Halloween night. She put the bib on and Emma ran towards the front door. I didn't think anything of it at the time. About a minute or two later I went to call Emma for dinner. No answer. I walked the hallway towards the front door, thinking maybe she had gone to the potty. No Emma. I head upstairs, and I am starting to panic. No Emma. I scream down to John that she isn't upstairs and John joins the search. I am looking upstairs more thoroughly, while yelling her name, and John calls up that he has found her. She was in the closet in the laundry room just sobbing. When she sees me she dives into my arms. I ask her why she ran away and why is she so upset? Her response: "I don't want to off-a my dwess." Sigh. "Emma, you don't have to take off your princess dress. You can just put on a bib, ok?" "Ok." That was that. I thought for sure we would be in for it when it came time to get into jammies, but both girls (now exhausted from all the daytime party activity) complied and were sound asleep as their heads hit the pillow.

I can't wait to take them trick-or-treating tonight. It will be tons of fun and they are really looking forward to it. I will update how things went soon!

Flower girls in the making

Today we had the rehearsal dinner for our friend's wedding on Saturday. John is best man and the girls are flower girls. It was between 6-7 so very close to their bedtime. When we got there they were given bubbles, because the plan is to have them blow bubbles as they walk down the aisle. At first they couldn't quite do it. Emma would blow way too hard and Madison kept putting the wand on her lips (then spitting out the yucky taste of the bubbles). They finally got the hang of it and everytime they blew a bubble they would squeal "I did it, I did it mama. Hi five!" So when it came time for the first of three run throughs, they were both really upset that I wasn't standing with them. I am to sit in the front row, so they can sit with me once they walk down the aisle. Maddie kept running towards me and we couldn't contain her at the back of the church. So after a brief delay and a bribe of a lollipop once they walk down the aisle, they started to walk. Each time they blew the bubble they yelled "I did it! I did it!" Second run-through Maddie had a huge tantrum because I wouldn't let her bring her lolipop down the aisle with her. I explained she could have it when she walked slowly down the aisle, but she didn't like that so she had a tantrum and then eventually walked down the aisle. The third run through Maddie crawled down the aisle, and Emma walked behind her. Sigh. I have zero expectations for Saturday as I don't want to stress over it. My friends are very laid back and said if they crawl or run down the aisle we don't care, we just want them to be a part of it. So sweet.Emma seems to be potty-trained during the day. She no longer wants to wear a diaper so I will be getting her pull-ups for night time. It's still taking some getting used to to see her going on the potty. it's really cute. Everytime she goes she says "you proud of me mama?" because I kept saying that I was so proud of her when she first started using it. So sweet. Maddie goes on more than she used to, but so far nothing happens. She's getting closer though! She is an eating machine these days. It's so cute when she says "I hungry mama, I need snack!" It must be a growth spurt!

Poor Emma

It seems little Emma has her second ear infection. She was not herself from the moment she got up yesterday. She was up early, very clingy, didn't want to go to daycare, took 2 naps, no appetite and kept saying "I want my mummy." Julie called me around 3 and told me that Emma kept saying her ear hurts and that "it feels like there is wada in dere" so I left school right away and took her to a walk-in clinic up in Aurora. While we were in the waiting room Emma went up to the receptionist's desk and said "lady you needa check my ear, it huwts." The receptionist melted of course, and I can't be sure, but we got called in next. The doctor was amazing. She was so good with children. When she was checking her ear she said "is Dora in there?" etc etc and both girls thought this was hilarious. She let Emma listen to her heartbeat (Maddie didn't want to when she was offered) and it was a very pleasant visit all things considered. We got the same response as last year, too much wax to see anything. Since Ems didn't have a fever or anything else she just said to give her meds for the pain and if she gets a fever or is still complaining in 48 hours, we are to go back. This morning she had no fever but she did say her ear still hurts. Hopefully it will clear on its own poor thing. I hardly slept last night as I was so worried she would wake up in pain, but she slept right through (whereas I only slept for 3.5 hours)! Sigh, the trials and tribulations of being a mum!

Halloween Fun

So we are gearing up for Halloween and we have started to talk about it with the girls. We went to the mall about a week ago to have them pick out their own costumes. Old Navy had a ton of cute furry things, like penguins, bears, turtles, butterflies etc. So John and I talked those up and I said "which one do you want?" Emma turned to me and said "no mama, I wanna wear pwidi dwess pretty dress just in case you didn't catch that)." It just so happened that right next to the cute costumes there were princess outfits and Emma said "want dis one" and Maddie followed suit. It's hard to tell if Maddie is as into the princess stuff or if she is just following Emma. Maddie does love her purses, but she doesn't take her princess shoes with her for a nap, and seems to talk about them a little less than her sister. I started talking to the girls about what happens at Halloween. They already know the pumpkins are part of the night, so we started explaining about trick or treating. I said "girls, you will wear your princess dress and you go and knock on people's door and say trick or treat and they give you candy." Maddie said "yay candy, I like candy" and Emma said "yum, dat my favouwit." Then I said "and what do you do after people put candy in your bag?" expecting her to say "I say thank you" but Emma replied "I put it in my mouwf and eat it up." Ok Emma, and then you say thank-you! Everyday they talk about Halloween, so it will be a fun night. They know it happens in a lot of sleeps, and they seem happy enough to talk about it while they wait for the big night.

More cuteness from the twins

I am going to try and do most of my postings from work, since my computer works there. Hopefully ours will be sorted out soon enough. When we leave for work in the morning, John helps me put the girls in the car and then he gives them kisses and then he gives me one. If he ever forgets to give me one Emma gets very upset. She says "dad, what about mama?" and he runs over to give me my kiss. As we reverse out of the driveway, we all say "bye daddy" and then I say "bye daddy, bye John" so now Emma says "bye daddy John." I laugh so hard, so now she does it every morning, but now she says "bye John!" So funny.

Madison is talking up a storm lately. It's truly amazing. I think I've said before that she isn't as clear as Emma at times, but after a while we know what she is trying to say. I bought 3 pumpkins for Halloween, 1 big one and two little ones. Maddie is obsessed with them. I explained the whole Halloween thing and that you say "trick or treat" etc. So all day at home and at daycare she says "I go trick or treat with baby punkin." It's all we can do to tear her away from her pumpkin when we are leaving for daycare, or when it's time for them to go to bed. She carries it around with her everywhere!

They are both still completely obsessed with Princesses. Emma still has us call her Ariel and she designates who the rest of us are. So she will say "I Ariel, Maddie seeping beauty, mama Cinde-lella." I will ask what princess daddy is and she says "Jasmine" or "Belle." I bought them shoes for the upcoming wedding that they will be in (they are the flower girls) and I made the mistake of showing them to the girls. They wore them all night and Maddie had a tantrum at bedtime when I wouldn't let her wear them to bed. I had to hide them (along with their flower girl dresses) or else they would want to wear them all day every day! Julie is getting them ready for the big day. She does their hair everyday and puts flowers in them so they are used to them. She also has them carry baskets and scatter petals. She is so good that way! She is doing their hair on the day and they will look so cute. I will be sure to take lot's of pictures.

Emma is doing amazing on the potty. It looks like she will be fully trained by Christmas. She tells Julie she needs to pee even when she has her diaper on, she holds it (if they are at the park let's say) until she gets to a potty, and she gets very upset when she pees or poos in her diaper. Maddie was going strong at first but has now decided it's not for her at this time. No one is going to push her, she will be ready when she's ready.

We are getting ready to go to Ottawa for Thanksgiving. The girls can't wait because my parents have kitty cats (who run from the girls and hide the entire weekend), a pond, and a park within a few metres from their backyard. Not to mention the doting grandparents!

I should get to work now, but I will be posting regularly!

It's been ages since I have posted and that is due to our crazy computer. It crashes mid-post and that's when I can actually log on. So hopefully this one works. I should give a bit of background for this next story. I had an early dentis app. on Saturday, so I was gone before the girls woke up. John went in to get them, whereas it's usually both of us, or it's just me. So this morning, I got a funny wake-up call. This was the conversation (and they were yelling at, not talking to each other):Maddie: daddy comingEmma: no, mummy. Mummy is coming.Maddie: NO, I said daddy, mummy bwuff teef, daddy coming in now.Emma: NO, daddy seeping, mama coming. MamaMaddie: NOEmma: YESMaddie: NOetc etc I think you get the point. These two argue over everything these days. When I went in to get them Emma said "she angwy wif me." Sigh, too much! We went to the Markham Fair today and although it was very cold, we had a great time. The girls walked around and looked at all the animals. Maddie introduced herself to all the animals. They got to see Dora and Diego and they begged to ride the elephant, but the line-up was too long and it had started to rain.The girls have grown so much and are truly little girls now. They love to watch themselves as babies on video. They start talking in baby talk and they crawl around the floor saying "look mummy, I'm a baby again." Emma has been amazing with the potty training. She goes on the potty all day long during the week, even when she is wearing a diaper. Julie thinks she will be totally trained by Christmas, so we shall see. Maddie was all gung ho at first but now she has decided she wants nothing to do with it. So we will wait until she is ready, it will happen on her own time. Maddie is doing great with her vocabulary. She talks up a storm now. She is not as clear as Emma, but she is saying almost the same things. Today in the bath Emma said "don't touch my coffee cup. It vewy hot and you will burn yousewf." That was quite the sentence! She was also watching tv and she saw big waves crashing on the beach and she said "wada, don't do dat, dat vewy dangewous." Too cute! Maddie will repeat parts of what Emma says. As much as they fight, they play together wonderfully at times. They always need to know where the other one is. If Maddie falls Emma runs over to pick her up and says "I help you Maddie." When they are in a sharing mood and one of them asks to play with a toy the other one has, they will say "yes, of course you can have it." AWWWW! I love this phase (seems like I say that regardless of how old they are) and I can't wait to see what comes next!