Feeding Her Baby Penguin

My Summer Cut

I'm looking to go to the hair salon this week (my doc gave me the go-ahead at my last appointment!). And, I'm also looking to drastically change my current look. Right now, it's almost shoulder-length (I know! That's REALY long for me!) and I want to get it cut much shorter (more like what I'm used to) for summer.

Well, since Pinterest has such an amazing plethora of hair style options, and since I'm stuck on bed rest, I've been pinning hair cut options like crazy lately (click HERE to see my "hair love" board on Pinterest). Below are some of my favs. Click on the image to enlarge and vote for your favorite(s).

I'll post before and after pics later this week.

P.S. I'm not sure if I actually have the balls to do #5 or #6, but I wish I did. A girl can dream!

She Ain't 'Fraid of No Bug

Yesterday, there was a bug in our house. Wes pointed it out to Gavin and he flipped. He started yelling, "I no want dat bug in my new house!" (p.s. both kiddos call our current house the "new house" every single time they talk about it) Gavin immediately ran over and placed a green lid on top of it (after a little apprehension and screaming of course). 

Vivian, on the other hand, was very excited about this bug. She kept taking the lid off the bug and laughing at it. Every time she took the lid off, Gavin would cry/squeal/shriek while Vivian was smiling ear-to-ear.

This is just one of those situations where we notice the huge differences between our twins. It's just so funny to us that Gavin is completely fearless about some things and not others, while at the same time, Vivian is unfazed by many of the things that Gavin is scarred of and ridiculously terrified of many things that Gavin enjoys greatly.

Apparently, bugs are one of those things that divides them. While Gavin is not horrified by bugs, he definitely does not enjoy them. Vivi (as you'll see in the videos) not only likes them, but is not scarred at all.

Listen to the fear in Gavin's voice and the delight in Vivian's. It's so funny how different they are. My favorite line is when Gavin fearfully says, "Catch him, Vivi!" (around the 24 second mark).




This second video is of Viv trying to actually pick up the bug. I love how she says, "C'mon, boy," when she's attempting to catch it.

Random Cuteness

iPhone Pics

Yesterday, I was looking at pictures on Wes' iPhone and decided to post a few from the last few weeks here. 

 Yep, those are our kiddos.

Drivin' the Mower

Our children (especially Gavin) have an unusual obsession with our riding lawn mower. They play on it when they're outside, they LOVE riding on it with Wes when he used to cut the grass at our last house (we don't cut our own grass here), and they talk about lawn mowers in general on a regular basis.

The other day, Wes let them each "drive" the lawn mower around the yard (with the blades lifted so they weren't cutting the grass or anything else on the ground). Enjoy.



They did this for about 30 minutes.

She's Lip Gloss Obsessed

Our little princess has become ridiculously obsessed with lip gloss (or as she says, "Wip Gwoss"). She's always wanted some of my lip gloss if she saw me use it, but she had not had her own personal lip gloss until 2 weeks ago. 

Since then, she's gone through not 1, not 2, but 3 lip glosses. She uses it repeatedly. All. Day. Long.

The good news is that she's perfectly willing to put it down at nap time, bed time, and meal time.

When she puts it on, she puckers her little lips together, rubs it all over her them, and then smacks them together rather loudly.

She also continuously talks about how she's a "Big Girl," how lip gloss "goes on wips (lips) only," and how she "puts wid (lid) on so it not get dirty."

I don't think she's giving up this obsession any time soon.

Questions

Our kiddos have been in the never-ending-question-asking phase for quite some time now. Below are the questions we hear about 492 times a day:

Vivian
"What you doing?"
"Right now?"
"What you say?"
"What dat?"
"Can I have some?"
"Which one you want?" (She likes to give Gavin options when they're playing.)
"Where my wip gwoss (lip gloss)?" (The girl is obsessed with her lip gloss.)


Gavin
"What could it be, Mom/Dad?"
"Where you going?"
"Right now?"
"What it prolly (probably) be?"
"Where my Daddy?" (The boy is obsessed with his daddy)

Puzzles!

While Grandma was here, she and the kiddos worked on a few puzzles in the dining room. They LOVED every second of it!

The Baby Suit

That's right, the title says "baby suit." This is what Gavin calls Wes' work jumpsuit of sorts that he wears over his clothes when he's working on one of our cars. Gavin calls it a baby suit because the first time Wes brought it home, he let Gavin get inside and we called it a baby-holder, which later turned into "baby suit." Well the original baby suit is too dirty for the kids to get into now, but Wes just got two more baby suits yesterday. Naturally, Gavin and Vivian both HAD to get inside. At the same time.