It's Fall Yall!

I love everything about fall. The orange and red hues of the leaves, the cool crisp air, wearing hoodies and being able to enjoy the outside are just a few of the things that is great about this time of year. My husband and I decided we would take full advantage of our twin free weekend and spend some quality time together. Usually we barely see each other on the weekend even when the kids stay at my inlaws. I am buried in a sea of paperwork most of the time and he is finishing up school so we are always doing something. However this past weekend we decided we were going to spend a whole day together doing things we love. It was so nice! We went to a few yard sales Saturday morning and then went on a picnic at a local park and had lunch. It was great to be able to talk to my husband and conversate with him without thinking of the twenty other things I needed to do. And some may not understand this but before we had lunch we had made a pact not to talk about the kids. We get so caught up in them that we forget about each other and what is going on in our own individual lives that we have so it was nice catching up. I have missed him. As weird as that sounds. I mean, I see him every single day but my life is go go go from the minute my feet hit the floor in the morning and by 9:00 when the kids are in bed I am completely out of it, so we get no time to even tell each other about our day. I loved it and hopefully with the cooler weather steadily approaching we will be able to have more of these days.  Here are a few little pictures that I snapped of our outing together.


Waitin for Daddy Bear to get everything out of the car.

 

The hubster :)

 

I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband. God has given me so much more than I could ever deserve. William is completely my other half. I know, know, know that there isn't another person out there that could handle me in all of my craziness but he completely embraces me for who I am  no matter how opposite of him that it may be. I am outgoing, talkative, loud, vivacious and sponataneous and William is mellow, reserved, quiet, and very diplomatic. The Lord absolutely knew what he was doing when he put the two of us together!  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walking Sideshow

When the kids were first born we didn't take them anywhere. Going from living a life where I came and went as much as I pleased and rarely being in the house to not going ANYWHERE for over 2 months I am sure I became slightly depressed. The kids were born in February and flu season was in high gear. Everyone around us was sick. We had a huge bottle of hand sanitizer on our kitchen bar and visitors were instructed to wash their hands as soon as they came in the front door. Having two preemies in the house we were sanitizing everything all the time. Door handles, remote control, faucets. I may have went a little overboard if that's possible but we stayed healthy and didn't get sick!

I will never forget our first adventure out. We went to church and decided why stop there so we went to Kohls that afternoon. The kids were all snuggled into the double stroller fast asleep and I was in heaven. As we strolled through Kohls we barely made it fifteen steps before we got stopped and the questions started. "Are they twins? How old are they? Who is older? How do you do it?" I became bombarded! My husband is the silent type and I am the person who has never met a stranger and will talk to anyone but my personality completely switched. I didn't want all of these people around my sweet babies gawking. While I appreciated their kind words I didn't know them. After I managed to maneuver us out of the seemed like a sea of people (maybe 3 or 4) I took a deep breath and made my way to the baby clothes. I put a little blankie over them so they were completely covered and began looking at clothes. All of a sudden a little lady maybe in her fifties came over and was talking to me. As we were talking about the kids she pulled the blanket down and touched Maci's hand. I was horrified! She touched my daughter. Who knows she could have came from the bathroom and not washed her hands. Then she touched the door knob on her way out or what about the lock in the bathroom stall. All of the possibilites were racing through my mind. I used to be a Head Start teacher so my instinct kicked in and I did what I would do if a 4 year old was getting into something they shouldn't. I took her hand, gently picked it up and placed it in her own personal space where it belonged and in my best teacher voice said "No, no don't touch." She just looked at me and walked away. I looked up and my husband was across the way laughing  and shaking his head. Seriously lady.. I know my children are absolutely adorable but I had them covered for a reason! This is one of my favorite stories to tell because even now I feel like we are a sideshow. I can't imagine what it would be like with triplets or more!

What is it about wal mart that makes kids go absolutely insane. I am sure we have all been there and seen an absolute temper tantrum taking place. How about instead of gawking you move along or instead of judging give that mom some encouragement. Maci and Chipper was with me in wal mart and Maci was tired but I had to grab a few things and it's like as soon as we get into wal mart she has to burst into tears and just go into full crazy baby mode. I rush through the store and I can feel the stares on the back of my neck. All I want to do is turn around and tap my imaginary microphone.."Mic check..123..lalala..Ladies and gents step right up. Here is an 18 month old temper tantrum at it's finest!" Since they are all so interested and can't stop looking. But instead of going all psycho mommy on them I held my head high and proceeded towards the nearest check out lane. Usually I don't take the kids out with me by myself unless it's somewhere like Sam's that have two seats in one cart. I have mastered however pushing two carts at the same time. Even when I just go in for milk like I did this time I take two carts because there is no way either of mine are going to sit still in the basket. As I get to the checkout lane a woman stopped and told me how brave I was for taking both of mine out by myself and that she applauded me. Even with Maci throwing a fit I smiled. Next time you're out somewhere give that parent having a rough time with their little one some encouragment or just let them know that you've been there too. It's so much better than the staredown.