Playground Pics

Okay...I finally downloaded the pictures of our trip to the playground last Saturday. Enjoy!

One week down...

Well, we have completed week one of school and the kids had a BLAST! They came home each day worn out, but excited about their day. Olivia LOVES to say "hi" and wave to you...and TJ LOVES to say "bup", AKA "cup". He also attempt to say "hi" and wave. It is late Saturday morning and they are taking a nap because we tried to say on the same schedule as the school with the intent of wearing them out! We took them to our neighborhood playground after breakfast and Saturday cartoons (Playhouse Disney)...it was our first time to the playground as a family. Take into account, before this week we had each been commuting 3 hours a day and working full time jobs...in addition to taking care of the kids at night. Needless to say, Saturdays and Sundays were used to recuperate from the week so we usually never even THOUGHT about trips to the playground. Anyway, they had a great time. It was their first time on a swing and they LOVED it! They loved the slide as well. As soon as I get the pictures off of my camera I will update this blog with them.

Anyway, that's my story. I guess I should start preparing their lunch so they can eat when they wake up. That's all for now...

I have been tagged...

I was tagged by Star to complete this survey, so I decided to take time (that I probably would have been spending with my kids molding them into respectable citizens…) to go ahead and complete this challenge. I mean, I’m sure there are plenty of parents who are doing important things like this instead of spending quality time with their neglected children. Star, I’m sure the kids (or the country) won’t mind. No, really…I’m sure they won’t. I digress…

1. What were you doing 10 years ago?
Wooo, boy. (As I recline in my chair and look up at the ceiling…much like Heathcliff Huxtable used to do on The Cosby Show.) That was back in June of nineteennnnnn…yes, that was June 1998. I was finishing up my freshman year in college at Auburn. Had probably recently moved out of Teague Hall, Room 111. Was most likely living at home and working at PruCare pharmacy as a cashier. That was the summer where one of our customers gave me the opportunity to interview for a Disney Industrial Engineering co-op because she liked my attitude/personality…and found out that I was studying IE in college…and she just happened to be an IE for Walt Disney World. That was the beginning of one of the BEST experiences of my life where I had so many memorable experiences and met lifelong friends! Anyway, yes…that’s what I was doing 10 years ago


2. What are 5 items on your to-do list?
1. Find a new church.
2. Go to the bank
3. Take out Olivia’s braids tonight
4. Go to the Toyota place to the get the tires rotated on my SUV
5. Return some items to Target


3. Snacks I enjoy
Planters Sweet n’ Crunchy peanuts, Sunsweet Dried Mangos, Yoplait Light Yogurt (peach, strawberry, or vanilla), Bare Naked Granola (Fruit and Nut), Peanut M&Ms

4. What would you do if you were a billionaire?

In no particular order…except the tithing, that is;)

Tithe, buy a new Toyota Sequoia (Limited), buy a Lexus GS, buy another Toyota Solara since mine was taken away from me so soon (b/c we couldn’t fit all of the baby ‘stuff’’ in a 2-door), buy a bigger house that has a bigger garage to fit all of these cars into!, pay off our mortgages (that is unless Star hasn’t already done so -refer to Star’s blog, same question), set up college funds for the children, buy more life insurance so my family will not have to worry about any of the bills that I’ve left behind, buy a new wardrobe (mainly from White House Black Market), give more money to Tonya and Alyssa’s Live Strong campaign to raise money in honor of those who have lost their battles with cancer, donate to Auburn Engineering, donate to the BCC Montessori school so they could build a roof onto the 3-year old playground area to help block some of sun, pay off the mortgages on all of my parents properties, buy my sister a Toyota Tundra so she could haul all of her volleyball ‘stuff’ around, buy a Disney Vacation Club package so my family could go to all of the cool Disney resorts on vacation, buy an annual pass to Disney for my entire family, buy tickets to see The Color Purple on Broadway, hire Candice Olsen (star of HGTV’s Divine Design) to decorate my new house, buy my in-laws plane tickets so they could some see their grandchildren more often, buy Terry some new suits for his season, buy a new wooden floor for the BCC gymnasium, buy Star a new car and a macbook, pay my Delta fine and become active again in an alumnae chapter, give money to Mt. Zion AME church in Orange City, Florida. Ummmm, and save the rest for a rainy day

5. Places I would live
Florida – any city in Florida that is within 3 hours of my parents so they could see still their grandchildren regularly.


6. Bloggers I am passing the challenge on to

Ummmm, let’s go with Tonya and Jane Ash!!!

School Update

Wow, didn't realize it would take me this long to update you on their first few day of school! It is going GREAT so far! The kids are having a BLAST. They shed little or no tears when Terry drops them off in the morning. I have been getting e-mail updates from the "Site Specialist" that goes in their room periodically to give the teachers a break. I have been averaging 3 or 4 updates daily which is pretty nice and definitely unexpected. Terry has also made it a point to go over there since he can just walk over. I am SO excited for TJ and Olivia! Olivia is apparently a talker and LOVES the slide on the playground. TJ loves to play in the big 'ride-in' car that's on the playground. He has really shocked me in that he has not had as much separation anxiety as I thought he would. I KNEW Olivia would be fine. Another shocker has been their willingness to actually nap during naptime. They have apparently had no problems going right to sleep. I'll have to consult the school to see what the secret is! BEST of all, by the time we get home, get dinner and a bath they are WORN OUT! TJ slept through the night last night and Olivia only woke up once for a few minutes…sounded like she was having a nightmare or something. Anyway, so far so good with the BCC Montessori school! I'll keep you updated:)

1st day of…school?

So, I knew that the day would come when I would be nervous about the twins' first day of school…I just never realized that it would come so soon! The kids officially started Brevard Community College Montessori school today at 17 1/2 months. A few years before I had always anticipated that's for sure. With the cost of gas reaching $4+ a gallon, it became obvious that it was not longer cost efficient to commute 200 miles a day (round trip) in order for my mom to keep my babies. I would not have done it any other way…as I was able to come back to work full time at 8 weeks without having to worry about sending my infants to a stranger. Now that they are running/climbing and attempting to babble I feel a little more comfortable with sending them to childcare. We really have a great situation, as the Montessori school shares the parking lot with the BCC gymnasium, where Terry's office is:) He can literally walk across the parking lot to check on them…and he will be!!!! I really feel good about the school. There are not a lot of toddlers in the room, very nice teachers, and overall a great atmosphere. There are actually 3 other sets of twins (1 set of twin boys in the toddler room; a boy/girl set of twins and an identical girl set of twins in the older room). Terry took them for a 'dry run' on Friday to see how they would do and they said TJ was trying to kiss on of the twin boys. He is such a loving little kid. Olivia, as always, was anything but shy. Both apparently had a wonderful time.

Anyway, we got all of their stuff together this weekend. Diapers, wipes, boxes of tissue, sheets and blankets for naptime, 2 changes of clothes in Ziploc bags, 3 snacks for each child in individual Ziploc bags, and lunch. Whew! Mom and Dad came by last night to help get everything together…well, actually to braid Olivia's hair so she wasn't looking like "Donna King" as we like to say. I was able to feed them and get everything together and packed in the car before I left for work. Terry was able to get the kids dressed and loaded up in the car. Terry called when he was leaving the school to say that they did great! They did not shed one tear! (I can't say the same about myself! I prayed the ENTIRE way to work!) I also got an e-mail from the school to say that they were there safely…so that was nice. I'm sure that everything will be fine.

I will continue this blog later to let you know for sure!!