Autumn at the Arboretum

We had a somewhat fun day at the Arboretum. I think I got the most pictures of the girls together than ever. Now, they all aren't great but I very rarely get them together so when I do I like it.
It was a great day weather wise for a trip to the Arboretum but the girls were not on their best behavior. Brooke just hasn't been listening lately. I have been taking a class on Love and Logic trying to help with the situation. It is helping some but when we are out it hasn't seemed to work. We tell her not to do something and it is the opposite of what we want or she just flat out ignores us and it is obvious she is ignoring us. We try to use some of the Love and Logic and she ignores that also. She is just hard headed. I am thinking it is harder now than when they just turned two. I think our terrible twos will be at the age of three. I feel so frustrated some times and I know she picks up on it but man she is a toot. Feel free to pray for me on this situation because I need all the help I can get.
Presley will listen better but she still throws fits when things don't go her way. They are not as bad as they use to be but they still happen. We were putting her in time out and that wasn't working so I learned from the class to put her in her room and tell her when she can be happy and act like everyone else she can come out. The other day I put her in her room and she didn't like to be where she couldn't see anyone so she calmed down much faster. Let's hope that continues to work. Man, this parenting thing has become much harder I will take the no sleep days over this anyime.
Now for some happier times, Presley is really starting to be so funny. We were writing on her magnadoodle tonight and I was showing her the first letter of all of our names and she said, "wait a minute mommy I need to put on my glasses so I can see." Not to mention they were sun glasses. Daddy has to put on his glasses when he trims their fingernails so I am sure that is where she got it from, it just made me laugh. I probably shouldn't tell this but I am. We are in the middle of potty training and I was in the bathroom with her and she started grunting and I said, Presley are you okay and she smiled her cute smile and said, "that is what daddy does." So needless to say, I informed Gary if he doesn't want anythig repeated he better be careful of what he says or does around our children.
Brooke loves to sing to our music in the car and she has quite a few favorites and will request certain songs often and has to hear them more than once sometimes. Presley on the other hand will chime in and say, "she doesn't want that song." If I leave it on she will throw one of her mini fits. This happens all the time. They are opposite on most things so we have to compromise a lot. Presley loves to sing as well. Today in the car she was singing and clapping and having a fun time and then stopped and said, "her tummy hurt because she was singing and clapping too much."
Brooke is still a mommy's girl and Presley is also but she goes back and forth. Presley is whom ever is home with her at the time. Brooke is still my good helper.
I heard her in the bathroom slamming drawers and asked her what she was doing and she responded with putting the toothpaste and toothbrushes away. They both are very good about picking up their toys. I tell them they have to pick up the toys they are finished with before they can drag anymore out and they are fine with that rule.

We also did the JDRF Walk(Juvenile Diabetes) on Saturday and they had a fun time walking with Clay and Josh. Presley and Brooke both love babies a lot. Presley kind of took over this lady's (Dabney was her name) stroller and was helping her push baby Jackson. I was surprised it wasn't Brooke. It was really cute and thank goodness that Dabney was fine with her helping. She was a NICU nurse at Cooks Childrens and was 9 weeks pregnant and Jackson wasn't hers, she was helping a friend out that was painting and she felt Jackson would have more fun on the walk. She was really a nice lady and I enjoyed talking with her.
This is a long post so I will close with a few more of my favorite pictures from the Arboretum.

Butterfly Flutterby

Gary was out of town so the girls and I decided to go the Butterfly Flutterby in Grapevine. There was a parade and we arrived just in time to see the end of the parade. Our main goal was to see the release of the butterflies. The girls loved watching the release of the Monarch Butterfly. The best part was seeing Mason and Maddox. April put butterflies all over a ball cap for Mason it was so cute. There were a ton o kids dressed up like butterflies. I hadsome small buttrfly wings for the girls but they didn't last long. Brooke took ers off pretty much immediately. I got one picture of her in the wings and that was it. Presley kept hers on for much longer. They all had a great time. They picked out their own pumpkin to decorate. We were going to have their faces painted and waited in line and decided the line was moving way too slow, so we took them to ride a pony. Brooke's pony was named Red and Presley's pony was named Comanche. We had a fun time. On our way home I saw a place that was selling painted pumpkins for kids with cancer and thought the girls would enjoy picking out a pumpkin. Presley picked out a Halloeen cat an Brooke picked out a Blues Clues dog. She has never watched Blues Clues but wanted it because it was a blue dog. I tried to get her to choose something with a Halloween theme but she wanted the dog. While we were in there Presley found a spot in the corner. Guess what she was doing? At one point I walked over to her and she told me to go away and I soon realized she was pooping. Thank God I put a Pull Up on the both of them because we were going to be out and not close to any restrooms. I thought oh Presley, why here. I went over o her several tims and she would say, "Mommy I am not finished yet, go away. Finally we paid for our pumpkins and we were off to the car to change her Pull Up. I wil be so glad when they are fully potty trained. I am tired of buying dang Pull Ups. I know they should be trained but part of it is my fault because we don't stay home long enough for them to be trained. I am such a bad mommy. I have to have them trained by their birhday for sure, I have a month to go.
Wish me luck!

Pumpkin Patch

We went to the Pumpkin Patch on Friday and the weather ended up being beautiful once the sun came out but I was hoping that the sun would stay hidden just a little while longer because we all know a hazy day is better for photos. I think the pictures came out great and as you can see I got some awesome ones of my girls.
They were really fun this year, I think their age had a lot to do with it. They are really coming into their own. Brooke is a ball of fire right now and Presley is starting to become a little shy. They have once again switched roles. They both had to inspect every inch of Pumpkin Patch. I loved watching them run from on thing to the next. We did the corn maze and Brooke started crying because she didn't think we were going to get out. The girls were so excited to see Baby Hunter and Katlynn. It was a great day spent with nature and family.

They were in their room the other day and I heard them saying, "Trust in the Lord and do good." It melted my heart and made me feel so proud that they are speaking of the Lord at such a young age. I want that for my children. I want them to know that trusting the Lord is where you want to be, no matter what age.

Brooke is such the helper at school and home. Mrs. Barbara told me that she helped get the nap mats out one day and was such a big help, she even mentioned how neat and every blanket had to be in its place. So sweet, that is my little Brookie. Brooke absolutely loves everything babies, real and play.
Presley loves anything crafty. Mrs. Barbara told me that Presley doesn't like to stop doing most projects, so sometimes she will let her do two projects. She will be my little scrapbooker right along with mommy. She still throws her little fits when things don't go her way but those little fits have improved. But hoping we can put an end to them forever. Presley enjoys being loved and cuddled. Brooke enjoys it as well but has to be on her terms.

We had professional pictures done today and they both did great. I can't wait to see the proofs. It was a little sad because I realized my little girls are growing up. I love you Brooke and Presley and enjoy every minute I spend with you. Thank you Lord for such a sweet sweet blessing.

Happy Fall

I took these pics of the girls last week and just had to post them. I found the Tutus at Kid to Kid and had to buy them for Halloween.
Brooke didn't like the sun in her eyes and I had to keep telling her to move over so the sun wasn't in her eyes. Presley was just happy that she had her "Ah Ah" and that
she was so darn adorable in her Tutu.
Brooke has really had a growth spurt, look a the height difference between the two. Brooke weighs 39 pounds and Presley is 32 pounds. They are officially in different sizes, I so wanted them to stay the same size so they could share clothes. They are so much fun right now.
I am ready for the rain to stop so we can go to the pumpkin patch and take pictures.
Have a great week.