Myrtle Beach - May

Brian took a week off before going to CT for Sub School. We decided to take a last minute mini vacation to Myrtle Beach with our friends Nick and Amanda (and their daughter Taylor). The kids had so much fun at the beach. They thought it was the worlds biggest sand box! Our hotel also had a few kiddie pools and a neat little waterpark with a submarine!

NNPTC Graduation

This morning (5/14/10) Brian graduated from Nuclear Power School with Distinction (GPA between 3.4-3.6)! He has been working super long hours (sometimes as much as 7 days a week totaling 75+ hours!) Despite his crazy hours and mental exhaustion he still managed to make time for his family and be a dedicated Daddy! We are so proud of him! Next up for Brian is Sub School in Groton, CT for 8 weeks and then all 4 of us are moving to Washington State on Aug. 7th!

Pacifier Fairy

The twins had their first dental cleaning today and the dentist told us we needed to get rid of the pacifiers immediately because the sucking was causing the roof of their mouths to narrow. The twins only use the pacifiers to sleep so I am a little worried that I will be up multiple times tonight.

After dinner we decorated an envelope and the twins put their pacis inside. We took it out to the mailbox and "mailed" it to the paci fairy. In return, the paci fairy left gifts in their room! The twins each got a sock monkey and fruit snacks and Rylee got a small My Little Pony toy and Parker got a small Mater to the Tow Truck toy.

Both did very well with the adjustment. They asked for a paci a few times and we reminded them that we gave them all to the paci fairy and they seemed ok with it. When they went to bed Rylee cried/whined for about 10-15 minutes, but both are now sleeping! It went way easier than I was expecting. Lets hope it stays that way all night!

Pinehurst, NC with Grampy and YiaYia

Strawberry Picking

We eat a lot of strawberries at our house so we decided to try picking our own. We had never done it before, but for $1.50/lb we figured we'd give it a shot. We gave the twins each their own basket and told them to only pick the red ones. After going through Rylee's basket we realized we should have also told them not to take bites out of each strawberry before putting it in the basket!

Daddy's Project!

The twins are growing out of their back yard toys so we decided to get them a bigger play house. We found one at Lowes that we liked because you can add more parts (like more slides, swings, monkey bars, rock wall, etc) as the kids get older. We bought the biggest part and it is plenty for the twins right now. We have two swings hanging from trees in our back yard, but when we move in a few months we'll buy the beam that connects to this play house to make it a complete swing set/play house. Brian expected to be done putting this together by the end of nap time. He started at 11am and didn't finish until almost midnight! I think it was well worth his effort when he saw the smiles on the twins' faces!

The twins helping Daddy get out all of the pieces.

Rylee reading the directions and telling the boys what to do!

One dedicated Daddy up late finishing the play house!

The finished play house first thing the following morning! The twins LOVE it!

Taylor Comes to Play

The twins' friend Taylor came over to play for a few hours while her Daddy ran some errands. They played outside for most of the morning and when they were finished they looked like 3 little dirt balls. I decided it was a little to chilly to spray them off with the hose and I didn't want to give Taylor back covered in dirt (not to mention I didn't want 3 dirt balls running around inside my house) so they all ended up in the bath tub!