Back to School for Mommy!

It's official- I'm going to be a college student yet again. I will be attending UW-Superior starting in September and I will be pursuing my English secondary education degree which means I want to teach either middle or high school English. When I first decided to major in English 10 years ago (yikes!) I wanted to go into publishing. Now I have a different view on life and also a new view of the economy (double yikes!). I feel that I am in a really good place in my life to go back to school and I have motivation in the form of my children to really kick my butt into gear. Keith's new schedule really helps, as I won't need daycare every day that I am at school. In fact, I may be able to "daycare swap" with a friend who's child I watch right now a couple days a week. That would really be ideal. I realize that it is going to be difficult to balance my time between my family and school, but I think it is going to go well. Wish me luck!

Baby Pics!

So I'm getting a little nostalgic about the baby days since my babies are going to be two on Thursday! When I was cleaning out my china cabinet today (a task long overdue- jumbled dishes and strangely enough, cigars, do not a pretty display make)I found a memory stick from my old camera that had pictures from my pregnancy and the first few weeks of my babes' lives. It was almost enough to make me think, oh my pregnancy and those first few weeks weren't so bad. But alas, they were incredibly difficult. I was very lucky to have a fairly smooth pregnancy compared to other twin pregnancies, but still eight months of not being able to breathe very well (gestational diabetes had that affect on me) and three months of bed rest and boredom were no fun. Follow that up with two needy newborns, one of which had a noisy breathing problem and the other who had problems nursing, well let's just say that I am SO HAPPY to be celebrating their second birthday. Moms of twins have told me all along that it gets so much easier around age 2 and it really does, for the most part. But let's take a trip down memory lane and remember what it took to get here.


Taking pictures each week sounded like a good idea at week 12.



I thought I put up a sign that said "No pictures of beached whale please!"



My babies together again.



I love this picture of my little girl.



Alec was showing us his personality right away.

A Choppy Fourth

Keith's dad and his wife came to our house for the fourth of July weekend. Keith had to work both days, but Saturday night we took the boat out to see the fireworks. Annika does not like to go fast in the boat. She kept saying, "No go Daddy. All done boat." But she loved it when we got there. People on the hill were setting off fireworks before the actual fireworks started and Annika was thrilled! "More! More!" Then when the real fireworks started, she was in awe. "Ooooooh! Wow!" Alec took in the whole thing as if we did it every day. He had his "I'm too cool" look. One thing we didn't like about watching the fireworks from the boat was how the boat rocked with the small waves. We were all a little seasick. The kids fell asleep in the cuddy cabin as we motored home and I layed in there with them. I did not want to see how we made our way back down the river in the dark. The kids woke up when I took off their life jackets and they screamed all the way home. I don't blame them one bit, poor things, getting woken up at 11:30 at night.

We enjoyed the holiday weekend and now we are having a hard time getting back into the groove of everyday life. Alec and Annika turn two next week and then we will have their party the next Saturday, so we will be busy getting ready for that. I love having family come over, but then I am always bummed when life continues as usual. Oh well.