A faliure

What we have today is a failure...
Failure to get up from my desk, walk to the kitchen, get the camera, plug it into the computer, upload pictures ,and post them on this blog.

How bout tomorrow?

Daddy is...

Soooooo PRETTY!!!!!!

Dress up dIvA!!!!

The girls turned 16 months yesterday and refused to pose for a picture so I'll try to get that this week.
I did want to share this:

At 15 months Cosette was digging through her sisters dress up box and getting out several different outfits for me to put on her.
Remember last post with Elizabeth and shoes? Insert dress up and Cosette and it's the same thing. I really think this girl is too funny!
Dress up at 15 months?
Girly girl to the core!

Miss Goodie two shoes

Someone else is working on her own accessory line.
If I leave shoes out, she will find them.
If she finds them she will want them put on.
If she can't do it by herself she will find me.
If I don't do it fast enough she will get upset.
If they are put on she smiles.
If they are on for more than 5 seconds, she will take them off.
If they are off her feet, she will hold them up to me to be put on again...
...repeat..... :)

Having it all together

Ladies,
This one is for you.
Today I saw a sweet friend in the parking lot of The WalMarts. Now I don't see her all the time, but I did run into her last week at Lowes too. I was with John the other day and he had some of the girls and today I had them all by myself. She commented how big Gianna was, how she hadn't seen me with all of them by myself, and how it seems when ever she sees me I seem to have it all together.
Y'all I laughed out LOUD!
All together. Ha! Boy do I ever have her fooled.
I told her, "You know that's not true and we can't say that about other women."
She laughed and agreed. I then told her about my trip to Michael's yesterday. About how I got everyone dressed and out the door before 10 o'clock. I shopped and looked at what I needed to and went to pay. I had a nice discussion with the checker about getting to use both coupons- the whole reason for going to the store. Then (Do you know where this is going?) I put my hand in my purse to get my wallet and guess what? It wasn't there!!!!! I about lost it at myself. I had given myself a little mommy high five after I even got sippy cups for everyone. But no wallet to pay! HA.
So my point is this, We HAVE to stop comparing and holding ourselves up to this invisible incredibly impossible standard of perfection in mommies. I'm using my sin and failures to tell my girls that I'm not perfect. I need forgiveness and Jesus just like they do.
I actually did try to strive to have it all together. I thought that was what good mommies had to do. Then I had twins.
And Jesus showed me that it's OK to let someone help hold the door. It's OK to "borrow" a snack because you forgot to bring food for your children. It's OK to just be. It's OK to ask forgiveness from your three year old because you hurt her feelings yelling at her about something that wasn't her fault.
Here's what Paul said:

2 Corinthians 12:8-10

⁸Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. ⁹But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. ¹⁰That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Thanks to all my friends who do share and laugh and help me. We are in it together- this sisterhood of mommydom. We need each other as perfect examples of how to fail.

The Girls' bathroom "all together."

Did you Celebrate?

Did you know today is national Day?
We celebrated this morning. YUMMY

Craft Time

Gianna and I have craft time just about everyday. Last week we decided to have it in the morning. Elizabeth and Cosette decided to join in on the fun and create some masterpieces of their own. We all had a good time. I did, however, have to separate Elizabeth and Cosette very shortly after this photo was taken. It seemed that not only did they want to share crayons, Elizabeth wanted to draw on Cosette's paper. Cosette was NOT a fan of this and let ALL of us know about it. It's has been a little challenging to keep three little girls occupied in the mornings now that the babies have dropped their morning nap. And it seems that Elizabeth has decided to give Cosette extra "love" touches. "Soft hands" is a phrase that gets said a lot in our house these days! Along with the ever popular "It's OK. You are OK."
They have come along way since May- the last time I was brave enough to let them try it. This time they colored and really did it for a while until they ate the crayons. We used the first crayons from Crayola. They are super fun to use and they are washable (read if you try to eat them they leave a color trail all over!)
Elizabeth liked to try out her new teeth and take chunks out of her crayon. Cosette just liked to suck on hers. She had the orange crayon so a couple of times I was sent into shock as I glanced at her mouth at what I thought was a baby emergency.
Always a party with the Ludlow Ladies!