A Couple Weeks in Review

The Girls are starting to gab quite a bit and want to do EVERYTHING themselves, whether it be opening doors or scrambling eggs!  With the warmer weather coming, we've been at the n'hood parks very often and  the Girls haven't become rusty at their playground skills over the winter.  In fact, they've  come out avid climbers.  Here is a brief recap of the past couple weeks.

C helped Papa make some M&M cookies one night and for the next few days, we all enjoyed a special treat at least 1x/day!  C is a magnet for sweets and V is generally unmoved by them.

After V spontaneously crawled into one of our big canvas bags, we decided to take turns being toted around the apartment.  Here is C and mama.  C originally was laying at the bottom of the bag.

You can't find this at Trader Joes!

Papa never knows what he'll find when he opens the Girls' door in the morning.  This time, the Girls were enjoying a diaper change w/ their buddies, Lovey's and animal friends.  Sometimes they actually use each other as their patients.

Here C  is changing Mono.  We love that they take the care to place the changing pad on the floor first.

After a failed train ride at the Zoo (see further down), we were shocked when V and C courageously started climbing up  a 2 story climbing maze in the air.  They absolutely loved it, although C gets a little nervous when things get crowded.

V was quite quick on the ropes course.

While we were picnic'ing at the Zoo, we were watching the little train ride go round 'n round.  While baiting a train ride in exchange for eating their sandwiches (they didn't bite by the way), we ended  up in a train shortly after.  We thought it was going to be a hit because they couldn't stop talking about it...but....

...as soon as they realized that the train was leaving the station w/out Mama y Papa, they lost it; totally lost it for the whole ride.  It was comical and every-so-slightly sad at the same time.

After work these days, we usually hit the sidewalks and go for a bike ride or  walk w/ their strollers.  Both of  the girls are getting the idea of pedaling.

Victoria and Caroline love hitting Mama's Beauty Salon.   Areli gives them amazing braids in their hair every day, so we do our best to keep them in form.

The Girls truly love each other.  When they  are (rarely) separated, they  can't stop asking about  "sissy".  Sometimes we'll call the other on the phone and the conversation usually is like this: "Hola Sissy.  I love you Sissy.  Bye Sissy."

We're pretty sure V didn't nap this day, but she was at least quiet in her room.  Now we  know why- she scaled the portable dresser to read her Clifford book. She was so proud.

Here is Caroline hanging out in our courtyard.

V in the courtyard after a fresh haircut.