This past Tuesday the boys had their three year check ups. In the elevator I said to Matt how unbelievable it was that our little men were already three! These past few years have seem go by in a hurry and incredibly slow at the same time. I guess the perception of the speed comes with each given day, whether it has been great or not so great! Upon entering the doctor office, both boys immediately drop the toys they "had to have" and head directly for the office loot! Mom is then given two packets, both five pages front and back to fill out letting them know all about our guys. I quickly decided only to fill out one. If there were some significant differences between our boys other than personality wise, I would most definitely fill out both. Turns out, both boys are 36 1/2" in height and weigh 33 lbs....hence why I chose to only go with one packet. The battery of tests that ensued during their visits were mostly routine, blood pressure, heart rate, hearing and vision screening. Let's take a moment to talk about the vision and hearing screenings, while I do find them necessary and very important, it was very fun to watch the young nurse try and get them to cooperate. She was probably very fresh out of school and they immediately threw her to the wolves, i.e. our twin boys! I am imagining one of her senior co-workers saying, "why don't you go and give these three year old boys a vision and hearing screening?". Then laughing as she happily walked toward our room! She started with the eye test. Garhett was liking the attention he was getting from her, but not too interested in telling what shapes he could see. She then decided to try the letter side of the chart, which should be fine since he does know his letters, but he only gave her one answer--H, the rest came from Addy which the nurse thought was Garhett! Matt and I exchanged glances and smiled! With that test done we moved on to the hearing portion of the event! Brenden was given cart blanche to hit his dad every time he heard a beep. This rapidly turned into a game of let's smack the hell out of daddy, who cares if I hear a beep or not!! Also, I think it is helpful if the other people in the room are QUIET!! Garhett had by this time moved a chair under the window and was shouting out every single thing he saw outside! This of course was more attention grabbing for Brenden than the hearing test and the now annoying nurse! She really tried very hard, but they may want to rethink the age at which they try to administer certain tests, or at least take them to separate rooms during said tests! In the end, Matt and I did the eye tests ourselves for the boys and both had no trouble seeing the chart. As far as their hearing is concerned, like our other children, I am still not sure they could ever hear that well and their hearing seems to be getting worse with each passing day!
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Checking Up
This past Tuesday the boys had their three year check ups. In the elevator I said to Matt how unbelievable it was that our little men were already three! These past few years have seem go by in a hurry and incredibly slow at the same time. I guess the perception of the speed comes with each given day, whether it has been great or not so great! Upon entering the doctor office, both boys immediately drop the toys they "had to have" and head directly for the office loot! Mom is then given two packets, both five pages front and back to fill out letting them know all about our guys. I quickly decided only to fill out one. If there were some significant differences between our boys other than personality wise, I would most definitely fill out both. Turns out, both boys are 36 1/2" in height and weigh 33 lbs....hence why I chose to only go with one packet. The battery of tests that ensued during their visits were mostly routine, blood pressure, heart rate, hearing and vision screening. Let's take a moment to talk about the vision and hearing screenings, while I do find them necessary and very important, it was very fun to watch the young nurse try and get them to cooperate. She was probably very fresh out of school and they immediately threw her to the wolves, i.e. our twin boys! I am imagining one of her senior co-workers saying, "why don't you go and give these three year old boys a vision and hearing screening?". Then laughing as she happily walked toward our room! She started with the eye test. Garhett was liking the attention he was getting from her, but not too interested in telling what shapes he could see. She then decided to try the letter side of the chart, which should be fine since he does know his letters, but he only gave her one answer--H, the rest came from Addy which the nurse thought was Garhett! Matt and I exchanged glances and smiled! With that test done we moved on to the hearing portion of the event! Brenden was given cart blanche to hit his dad every time he heard a beep. This rapidly turned into a game of let's smack the hell out of daddy, who cares if I hear a beep or not!! Also, I think it is helpful if the other people in the room are QUIET!! Garhett had by this time moved a chair under the window and was shouting out every single thing he saw outside! This of course was more attention grabbing for Brenden than the hearing test and the now annoying nurse! She really tried very hard, but they may want to rethink the age at which they try to administer certain tests, or at least take them to separate rooms during said tests! In the end, Matt and I did the eye tests ourselves for the boys and both had no trouble seeing the chart. As far as their hearing is concerned, like our other children, I am still not sure they could ever hear that well and their hearing seems to be getting worse with each passing day!
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Perfection...
I will start this off with a warning to you, the reader, I am going to complain off and on throughout this blog. I have come to the end of my rope with the boys' whining!! I am thinking that it seems so much more because there are two of them whining about twice as much. While I am very thankful they are potty trained and can entertain themselves quite a lot, the times when they are in a "mood" I either need earplugs or a screwdriver to shove in my ears! I am quite certain our girls went through this same stage, but my GOSH, the boys are sure dragging this out!!! They can whine about anything and everything! When they get started whining, sometimes there is nothing that can make them stop. I sometimes think about dog owners who have clipped the vocal cords of their dogs
and I begin to understand why! (Please don't do that to your pet, just an analogy!!) Whoever coined the term "Terrible Twos" was totally wrong, it should be "Terrible Twos and Threes"!! These boys have mastered the art of whining, if you can call it an art. They both can whine about every little thing that is a part of their days. From who is playing with which toy, to what snack they are going to have, they even whine about which bathroom they are using. I have been trying to encourage them to speak like big boys, and telling them that whining is for babies...most of the time to no avail. I am not sure what they gain from all this whining because I do not give in to it! Because I stand my ground, they torture me with MORE whining! I can not parent effectively when I am covering my ears! I know that in reality they do not JUST whine, but it sure feels like it some days. They are especially good from 8:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.---um, yeah, they are sleeping! We have those days when neither of them seem to remember how to talk, and they spend the entire day following me around while whining. This whining thing has become one of my biggest pet peeves very quickly. It can drive me nuts. They seem to know when I am busiest (dinner time) and choose that time to intensify the whining. I could just scream!! Thankfully, things calm down when everyone starts eating, that is if they are not whining about what I made for dinner. There are days when bedtime couldn't come soon enough! Again, bedtime is their last opportunity of the day to whine their requests. "Water, I need my guys, turn the light on..." Ughh, I said to Matt, "when did we start running a hotel??" These little men think that they have nightly room service. They are in for a surprise because that is stopping TO-NIGHT!! I love my guys very much, I just want this stage of their growing up to be done with real soon!!
and I begin to understand why! (Please don't do that to your pet, just an analogy!!) Whoever coined the term "Terrible Twos" was totally wrong, it should be "Terrible Twos and Threes"!! These boys have mastered the art of whining, if you can call it an art. They both can whine about every little thing that is a part of their days. From who is playing with which toy, to what snack they are going to have, they even whine about which bathroom they are using. I have been trying to encourage them to speak like big boys, and telling them that whining is for babies...most of the time to no avail. I am not sure what they gain from all this whining because I do not give in to it! Because I stand my ground, they torture me with MORE whining! I can not parent effectively when I am covering my ears! I know that in reality they do not JUST whine, but it sure feels like it some days. They are especially good from 8:00 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.---um, yeah, they are sleeping! We have those days when neither of them seem to remember how to talk, and they spend the entire day following me around while whining. This whining thing has become one of my biggest pet peeves very quickly. It can drive me nuts. They seem to know when I am busiest (dinner time) and choose that time to intensify the whining. I could just scream!! Thankfully, things calm down when everyone starts eating, that is if they are not whining about what I made for dinner. There are days when bedtime couldn't come soon enough! Again, bedtime is their last opportunity of the day to whine their requests. "Water, I need my guys, turn the light on..." Ughh, I said to Matt, "when did we start running a hotel??" These little men think that they have nightly room service. They are in for a surprise because that is stopping TO-NIGHT!! I love my guys very much, I just want this stage of their growing up to be done with real soon!!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The Perfect Cheer!
Yeah, yeah, it kinda looks like my hubby may be a traitor to his favorite football team, but who cares! He is wearing my jersey, #47 John Lynch, the best safety...EVER. He wasn't too bad to look at either! Matt is just supporting the family members in his home who are Bronco fanatics, I would do the same if the Dolphins ever make it to the playoffs! I am super excited to send Tom Brady and the rest of his cheating team home crying this coming Saturday! Do I even have to mention the idiot they signed to "coach" once again?? We all know where us Bronco fans think he can go! Someplace fairly warm! Last Sunday, when we gave the rest of the season off to the Steelers, woohoo, was one of my most favorite days ever! I knew either way I was going to cry, I just couldn't believe they were tears of joy!! I think it was even sweeter for those of us who have had that last playoff loss to the Steelers burned in their memory for the past six years! My hubby and I were at that game, and I had never been more thrilled to be at a Bronco game! We had good people to watch the game with and were happily seated in our South Stand seats..the buzz in that stadium was unparalleled!! All of this was more than I could have imagined, and a win would have sent me over the edge! By the middle of the second quarter, there was a shift in the atmosphere, and I asked my hubby if we still had a chance. His answer was a very sad "no". I then spent halftime along with the third and fourth quarters crying in my beer!! That right there is exactly why I was happy to see all those yellow towels being used to wipe the tears of Steelers fans this year! This week it is time to focus on taking care of business in New England! I think we can win this one too! Ben Roethlisberger can show Tom Brady how to use a yellow towel to wipe away tears!!
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The Joy of Toys!
It is true that toys make kiddos happy. It is even true that toys help them play together nicely for 
a period of time. I have however begun to see toys in a new light this past holiday season. I am appreciating the laugh factor that comes with watching my oldest girls play Just Dance 3. When they dance together, let's just say they really go all out! Twirling, sliding on the floor, jumping around the room...and then the dancing! I'm fairly certain they get the same satisfaction when watching their mother bust a move! But, I am really good! Then we have our little people cutting loose on the living room floor...too cute! Our boys only want to dance to one song, which they have nicknamed the "robot" song. As far as Addy is concerned, the "Jack" song is the only one she will dance to. So, for most of the time the kiddos are playing we hear two songs with a few others sprinkled in! My other favorite toys this Christmas has to be the Toy Story toys. Our guys have not put them down. Trust me when I say I have looked for more Woodys in the past week than I ever knew I would! I have had Woodys thrown at me, and been handed wet Woodys! Every time the boys say, "I can't find my Woody." or "I have a big Woody." I can't help but laugh! Their Woodys have been all over my house, including on my kitchen table, on my shelves, I even found a Woody in my dishwasher!! It's madness! One day this will make for some very funny stories!
a period of time. I have however begun to see toys in a new light this past holiday season. I am appreciating the laugh factor that comes with watching my oldest girls play Just Dance 3. When they dance together, let's just say they really go all out! Twirling, sliding on the floor, jumping around the room...and then the dancing! I'm fairly certain they get the same satisfaction when watching their mother bust a move! But, I am really good! Then we have our little people cutting loose on the living room floor...too cute! Our boys only want to dance to one song, which they have nicknamed the "robot" song. As far as Addy is concerned, the "Jack" song is the only one she will dance to. So, for most of the time the kiddos are playing we hear two songs with a few others sprinkled in! My other favorite toys this Christmas has to be the Toy Story toys. Our guys have not put them down. Trust me when I say I have looked for more Woodys in the past week than I ever knew I would! I have had Woodys thrown at me, and been handed wet Woodys! Every time the boys say, "I can't find my Woody." or "I have a big Woody." I can't help but laugh! Their Woodys have been all over my house, including on my kitchen table, on my shelves, I even found a Woody in my dishwasher!! It's madness! One day this will make for some very funny stories!
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