One of my favorite sites

I found this site through a friend on Facebook. She shared the link to a video on this site called "Moms of multiples are freaks of nature." I HAD to click on it and watched that video more times than I really want to admit. She was so right on about some of the crazy questions I hear a LOT!!! I thought to myself "The only thing better was if she somehow tied in the foolish adoption questions to go WITH the twins questions." Recently she posted a video about adoption. I may have now earned stalker status on this site. :)

Pinewood Derby

Andrew recently participated in his first Pinewood Derby race with his cub scout troop. My only experience with Pinewood Derby was watching the movie “Down and Derby” so I assumed that most dads got overly involved (even though the cub scout is supposed to do the work).
Josh spent some time in Djibouti and Kenya so he was limited in how much help he could provide. I was clueless and busy juggling work and home so I was limited in what I could do.
We managed to get his car cut into a simple wedge and Andrew spray painted it white. He decided he wanted his car to look like Speed Racer’s car so I helped him on my computer and he designed the M and the circles with the number 5 for me to cut from my vinyl. Josh helped him put the wheels on and we had a car!
Friday night was the weigh in and Josh said it was interesting to watch the dads holding the cars, tweaking them, etc. Josh just handed it to Andrew and let him go with it.
On Saturday, Race Day, Andrew had to be at the race at 8:45am. Josh offered to take him while I kept the girls at home and out of the way! ☺ I honestly thought Andrew would come home with his little certificate of participation and that would be that.
He ended up placing 3rd in his troop which meant he had to come back later that day at 3pm to race with other winners from the council.
This time we opted to all go thinking he would do his race and we could then continue with our Saturday errands. When we got there we were told they wouldn’t start until 4pm. Thankfully there was an indoor playground to entertain the girls. By 5pm we were back home and Andrew had won 5th place in the council! I was quite surprised but happy for him.
Next year I plan to not have any other errands to run for the day. ☺
Here are a couple of pictures of Andrew with his awards and car. The car is covered in graphite from all the racing!

We're alive!!!

The past few months have been crazy. Let's see if I can recap most of it:
Josh switched jobs just after learning the one he had.
I got hired and laid off in the same month (Boo! Budget cuts!!!).
I got hired back doing a different job 6 weeks later.
I'm now teaching full time.
Andrew LOVES his school.
Andrew is getting ready to have surgery in the next couple of months. He'll have to be inactive for 6-8 weeks.
The girls are potty trained! YAY!
I think that about sums up the important stuff. :)

Josh works hard and sometimes travels to Africa for work. He's not gone too often and despite his long work hours, we are happy to have him home almost every night and safe with us. :)
I LOVE my teaching job. I'm at Andrew's school and he mostly likes having me around. He likes it when all the other kids have to wait outside (usually in the cold) in their class line until 8am and he doesn't have to because he comes in with me. :) He likes getting extra computer time before and after school in my classroom while I do my work. He doesn't like that I'm on a first name basis with his teachers and can quickly find out if he is not doing his best in class! :)
Andrew is enjoying school. He's in a multi-age class of 3rd-5th grade and it's a good fit for him. He played soccer last fall and is looking forward to playing this year. He's also a wolf in his cub scout troop.
Leah and Leila are turning into little girls more and more. They aren't toddlers anymore! Leah is our drama queen who is quick to overreact to anything and everything. She's also called the "little mother" as she feels it's her need to take care of everyone else in the house. Leila is our adventurous clown. She keeps us laughing (recently i asked her to pick up her toys and she pulled her hands inside her sleeves and said "I have no hands!") and she keeps me gasping as she fearlessly takes on any physical challenge (including big hills for sledding).

We had a wonderful, white Christmas. It was just our little family but it was a nice, relaxing Christmas. We went to a Christmas market, a chocolate festival and played in the snow a LOT! :)
I want to try to keep up with this blog a little better. I think it was a combination of Josh being home (and him not being dependent on the blog to see the most recent pictures, etc), settling into our new home, the ups and downs of my job, etc.
Overall, we are happy with our situation so we can't complain. :)