Ok.. so I was searching for my darn book reading light so I could read in the dark while Daddy slept with his first migraine ever… I feel so horrible for him. I really do.. I have had so much experience with migraines, and I hate them.. with a passion.. Anyway… While searching in my spare room closet, I found this large ziplock bag with a bunch of photos in it… Did I put them away? Nope.. I dumped all of the photos on my guest bed and looked through them… I found a few that are sure to make you laugh… 

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Mommy at 1 year old... Oh yeah!

Auntie C & Mommy Halloween...

Don't Make Me Kick Yer Ass!

Taking a nap after a hard day of playing!

And my personal favorite… 

Got Gas?!?!

Hope you had a good laugh!! I sure as heck did!!!!

On Sunday, we went with Meemaw and Peepaw on our annual cemetery trip to visit our relatives. I know I know. I should go more, but it’s so hard to get there with the girls.. I’d just rather wait until someone could go with me. Anyway… So, we all got up at a decent hour, got ready, and came downstairs. Meemaw and Peepaw arrived a short time later, and we all had a big breakfast made by Daddy. Yum! 

We got everything together and headed out of the house around 1030am, and went off to the cemetery to clean up around the family’s graves, give them some fresh flowers, and remember. We made sure my Great Grandpa, and Grandpa each had their flags there representing they both of their service in the US Army. I remember as a child, my Grandpa would walk around with us, and tell us stories of each person we took flowers to. I only wish I would have taken a video camera, just once. I miss hearing his stories. Now my dad (Peepaw) is the one telling as many stories as he could remember to my daughters. 

Anywho.. after the cemetery, we got lunch and came back to our house. My parents wanted to get home, but we convinced them to stay… We turned on the Wii.. and it was all over.. Peepaw started bowling, and then I played him… Yeah. I lost. I called around on a whim and ended up finding the Wii Fit at Walmart by my house… Thank Goodness… I got the last one that they had too… Neener Neener.. LOL I ran out and got that, and as soon as I was home, I heard the girls were up and Wii-fishing. It was so cute.

Daddy started cooking dinner while I ran upstairs to start changing their bedroom over. Yes, we took the cribs apart and turned them into the toddler beds.  He met me upstairs to help put the hutch onto the dresser, and take apart and put the toddler guard rail on one of the bed. He came downstairs to finish dinner and Peepaw came up to help put the guard rail on the second bed. I vacuumed and dusted the whole room, and then made up the beds with their brand new Princess bedding. I had also purchased a couple of new princess nightgowns that matched their bedding… They were so excited to see those after their bath.  It was so cute. Before they went to bed, we made sure to call Meemaw and Peepaw upstairs so they could see the girls’ reaction to the big girl beds. I had already snuck into their room to video tape them from the moment they opened the door… I must say they were pretty happy! LOL… Of course I had to tell them not to jump on their beds…

We got them to calm down a little and climb in bed. We tucked them in and everyone kissed them nite nite. We then turned out the lights, closed the door, latched the gate at the top of the stairs and prayed they would stay in bed… Not to be. We heard the pitter patter of little feet running out of their room, and into ours. I think they got up about 4 times each, and finally fell asleep. They didn’t get up at all during the night. In fact, when they woke up the next morning, they stayed in their room and talked and played. We had to go in and get them! It was crazy! The next hurdle to jump was going to be nap time. They’re growing up too fast!

Here are some pictures of their room, and them all tucked in…

Well, for Daddy’s Valentine’s Day present, the girls and I made him some photo frames so he could take some updated pictures of them to work. We did a quick little impromptu photo shoot here at the house, using their chalk boards as backdrops, and dressed in their nice new Valentine’s shirts. They had so much fun smiling at the camera, and then making funny faces… they were sad when I told them the camera battery died. Monkey Do promptly tells me.. “Mommy! Go Charge it!” … “Yes Dear”… You don’t think they’re camera shy do you? LOL.

Anyway. I had purchased some sheets of the craft foam, and a couple packs of foam heart stickers. I figured they could decorate the frames as they wanted and I’d print out the photos on my photo printer.. Yes.. the one that hardly gets used. I love this thing.. I really do.. I’ve just been out of ink for so long, and it’s just been cheaper easier to send them to Costco to print…. We ended up decorating 6 frames, and they had so much fun! They were just beaming when they gave them to Daddy.

To think.. I remember when they couldn’t pose, didn’t understand smile, and basically had to be propped up with various pillows, blankets and boppies.. It really doesn’t seem like it’s been nearly 3 years since their very first photo shoot… I’m scared to think how much they’re going to grow in another 3 years..

Today, the girls and I met up with our Sacramento Moms & Tots Meetup group at The Yoga Solution for the Sunshine Kids Yoga Program. The girls were very excited about the idea of doing Yoga with Mommy.. They know that when we go to “exercise“, Mommy goes upstairs to do Yoga. I’ve shown them a few of the poses and they love to copy me. They tell everyone that they are big girls doing Yoga like Mommy. We all went in our Yoga outfits, and they helped me carry in our Yoga mats. We were the first ones there that day… They were very excited.

As it got closer to 1030, the room began to get busier with moms and their children. Monkey See and Monkey Do were getting a little antsy, and ready to stretch.. Our instructor was Phaedria. She was very sweet, and worked with the children very well. You could tell she was a mom! She did tell us not to worry about the kids wandering around… They’ always come back LOL.. Sure enough, Monkey See and Monkey Do loved to wander. They did come back to see what Mommy was doing, and even joined in a few of the activities. I found it interesting how Monkey Do was very involved and had a great time with all of the other kids, where Monkey See was more independent and curious about the room and everything in it. Some of the poses we did with the kids were just so cute. She had little animal toys with her and showed the kids an animal and had them act out being that animal, and stretch how the animal stretches. It was super cute!

All in all, we had a wonderful time! I asked the girls if they wanted to go back, and they both said “YES!” We weren’t able to make it to the February classes due to prior plans.. but Phaedria told us that she was going to also hold a class in April! We are definitely going to sign up for that one! I highly recommend that you check it out!

Here’s the info for her February class… stay tuned, and I’ll get the April Class info… She may be adding a second day of class depending on demand…

Toddler ages 2-4 Series Fee, Thursdays 10:45-11:30: $45

After-school ages 7-10 Series Fee, Fridays 4-5pm: $50

Sunshine Kids Yoga

http://www.sunshinekidsyoga.com

(916)616-9231