It Doesn't Take Much!

One of the many great things about twins are that they do often entertain each other. This past week, they had fun with the ribbon off one of their stuffed bunnies. Here are two little film clips of where Chloe discovers the ribbon hanging over the banister and takes it down. She knows that it goes on the bunny but then decides it is much more fun to play with it. Claire, of course, sees some fun and wants to be part of it too.

Also giving them fun that same day were their balls. Two regular ones and then the special ball called the "hair ball".

During their play time with the balls, two of the balls end up over the step into the laundry room (one with a little help from Chloe). The girls are not supposed to go down that step. Watch in the 2nd clip below as Claire goes right to the edge of the step but doesn't go down to get them. The 3rd little clip Chloe gets up close and personal with the camera.

I'm looking forward to what this next week will bring as the girls turn 15 months old.

Life IS Good......

...especially when Papa walks in the door and Claire and Chloe are so excited to see him, They both want on his lap immediately. This first picture is a bit blurry but it gives you the idea. The second picture is Chloe and her Papa. When he called one morning this week, she said, "Hi Papa" when I put the phone to her ear. Pretty thrilling.

Below the girls are preparing for their walk for the day. It was a gorgeous day for a stroll for them and some exercise for Grandma.

Enjoy Spring!

Happy Easter!

Last week brought some fun new experiences with the 14 1/2 month old girls. Never a dull moment for sure! Here, above, Chloe is exploring a drawer that she is allowed to open and she takes great delight in what she finds...even if she has seen it many times before. She is trying to "drink" out of the sifter which sure made Grandma laugh. Claire was watching and smiling but didn't get too involved.

New this week, among other things, was the emergence of Chloe acting as the "conscience" for both of the girls. Daddy tells the story that Claire was dripping milk on the carpet and Chloe put up her finger and wagged it and said to Claire, "no, no, no". She also did the same thing to Grandma when I told her to please shut a cupboard door that she is not supposed to be in. It was funny, and today at our house Chloe would point to the electrical cords under an end table and tell us, "no, no, no". Her verbal skills are advancing fast. She knows so many words--- spoon, Grandma, Elmo, balloon, makes several animal sounds when she sees a picture, and of course the words she has been saying for a while, Mommy, Daddy, dog, etc. etc. I had forgotten how amazing it is when babies begin to talk. Claire follows directions incredibly well, but doesn't speak as clearly as Chloe. Claire also dances and takes part in the singing games that we do with great gusto. I am convinced that Claire will do something with music.

Our Easter was great! Our family was together at our house for dinner and playtime with the girls. Aunt Suzie had dyed eggs for a mini-egg hunt and Uncle Jon brought the girls big balloons, one a butterfly and one a dragonfly. We filled the little plastic eggs with fish crackers rather than candy, and the twins were quite happy with the treasures inside. They seemed to get the idea that you pick up an egg and drop it in the Easter basket (bucket). After lunch, we also spent a few minutes with bubbles. The following pictures will give you a glimpse of our day.

Claire stopping for a snack.

Chloe and Mommy, Paula.

If you look closely, you may spot some bubbles.

I hope your Easter was blessed as well!

Pleasures of Spring

The girls had a great week, learning and growing. It really seems that each time I get to visit them they have a new word or skill. Chloe uses sign language, particularly for "milk" and Claire still speaks very expressively and talks with her hands, but we don't always know what she is talking about. When Chloe is signing, she looks you intently in the eye and watches to make sure you "get it". Pretty funny. Her facial expressions also tell the story so many times. I hope to get a picture one of these days when she is staring at me and trying to convey a message.


Above they are ready for a walk and on that walk we stopped to look at some flowers. Apparently I made some comment like, "Wow, those are pretty flowers" and so as we walked, at every flower bed we encountered, Chloe, and sometimes Claire, would exclaim "wow". Chloe uses that word quite often anyway, but now I am thinking she may have decided every flower is called "wow". We will have to work on flower recognition...that would make her Daddy happy.

We had visitors this week, Grandma and Papa's friends Bill & Cheryl. Both of the girls decided to be very, very shy. They hid their faces in my lap and arms until our guests got to the door and were saying their goodbyes. At that moment they looked up and Bill snapped their picture. I think they even gave them a little smile.

Below is two hat Chloe, Chloe in a new spring outfit, and Chloe again with Claire in her tutu.



































They got some new sandals this week and just like before, the shoes brought them lots of pleasure and fun. (It doesn't take much sometimes!) Chloe is wearing the lavender ones and Claire the pink ones. They marched and played with them for a long, long time. At one point they each had one of each color on their feet.

Here is a little film of Claire being silly, she stands on her head this way quite often and many times it is a sign that she is very tired. Chloe does it too, but not as much as Claire. The last little film is Claire, in her tutu again, busying herself with the tippy cups.

The last picture is of Claire giving Papa a kiss. She is very generous and sweet with her kisses.

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