Shakespear Shuffle

Emma & Justin turn 3!

The picture below is my favorite of these two lately.  They fight a lot but they also get along & play nicely together a lot too & it is so sweet to see & listen to. 

I can't believe they are 3 years old!  Seems so impossible somehow.  Twins are fun & hard & I feel so grateful we were blessed enough to have them - not everyone gets to experience twins!  And now that I have them I think everyone should experience it firsthand :)

We started the day with giant pancakes, balloons, streamers & presents.  Justin is beyond obsessed with 'Little Einsteins' right now.  To him he IS Leo & definitely answers to that name.  And he makes everything into his baton.  So he was very excited to get a bunch of their movies & a book.  Emma Lou got lots of dress up stuff. Her room has transformed into lots of purple, pink & frilly things.  Quite the transformation around here.  Now the challenge is just to get her to play with them :)

 

We love our girlie girl.  She is so sweet & always saying 'thank you Mommy' whenever I do anything for her.  She loves to pretend she is a baby animal anything from a caterpillar, kitty or dragon.  She loves playing cars with her brothers but loves to wear her pretty dresses to church & play with her My Little Ponies.  Lucky for me she loves to cuddle.  She disliked cuddling immensely as a baby so it's so nice to get some cuddle time in now.  She is always willing to give hugs & kisses anytime, anywhere.  I love how she mispronounces words & I try to never correct her except for the few times it sounds like a curse word!  For example Popsicle is 'bockabull' & biscuit is 'spiget'.  She is doing awesome at potty training!  And it's amazing what a difference it is to have one less kid in diapers!

Justy is a fireball.  He loves to run around racing himself & battling 'scorpie's' (scorpions) & other bad guys with his variety of weaponry.  Swords & guns are preferred.  The kid is constantly singing to himself.  I love to hear him.  He continues to have the best, most contagious laugh in the entire world.  I dare you to stay straight faced while he laughs.  It's impossible to at least not smile.  This is tricky when he's being naughty while laughing.  He keeps us on our toes every moment he is awake & he keeps us laughing.  He can recite the book "Spooky, spooky, spooky' by heart & sing the entire theme song to 'Little Einsteins'.  He tells me 'I have a whisper (secret) for you' & then proceeds to whisper the song to me in my ear-I love it.  Despite his protests Poop Camp Part IV is soon approaching...

 

We spent the rest of the morning watching 'Little Einsteins' & then playing at Bass Pro Shop.

It was beyond sweet- Hyrum & Hunter played for about an hour with Emma & her new Tangled doll dressing her up in all her clothes

We love you so much Em & Justy! 

Life around here would be much less exciting without you both!