twins?

Sometimes I wonder if these two should have been the twins?

Happy St Patricks Day!

We had a fun filled St. Patricks day!

The little leprechauns came to visit us that night.... they left little footprints on the counters...

( I know they only have 3 toes... must not have been thinking right on that one!)

They left coins in the kids shoes.... We forgot to get Sophie and Drew's shoes before they went to bed, so the leprechauns left them one on the side....
And those pesky leprechauns got out of the trap we set for them! Maybe we'll catch one next year!

Then we had a fun little treasure hunt that I set up for the kids....

They Found The Treasure!!! Candy and new green shirts for everyone to wear!
Happy St. Patty's Day! From our little leprechauns to yours!!

Daddy/ Daughter Night...

Last week, for activity days, Makenna had a daddy/ daughter night.

When she came home, she was all smiles!! She thought it was the best night to be able to spend some fun "one on one" time with her dad.

So when they got there they did this relay race. The dads had to paint the daughters fingernails and then the daughters put a tie on the dads, then the dads put a bow in the daughters hair, and finally the daughters had to draw a picture of the dads favorite sport.

Then they had ice cream sundaes where the dad got it for the daughter and the daughter got it for the dad.

After that they all filled out these card for each other... this is what each of them wrote:

" Matt is dad of the Year because.... I think my dad is awesome because... he's smart, he's caring, he's fun & so much more!!! I love him so much he's the best dad in the world!!! I LOVE him."

"Makenna is daughter of the Year because... she is a great, loving daughter and is an awesome example for me. She is not afraid to stand up for what is right. She will always go out of her way to help others and be a friend to anyone."

After they wrote them out, they got up and read them to all the other dad and daughters. Makenna then, was asked to bear her testimony. Matt said that she did really good.

Then, they danced!!! This was the funnest part for Makenna. She said that there was a slow song on and they were dancing together and then Matt started doing the tango with her!!

Everyone started laughing and then all the dad's were "tango-ing" with their daughters.

As you can tell, they had such a fun time with each other! I am glad that they were able to spend that time together... just the two of them!

At the activity, they had someone take pics of all the dads with their daughters!

What a cute little dad and daughter!!

1 YEAR OLD STATS!

Andrew Hood

1 year old March 2, 2012

Stats:

Height: 27.5

Weight: 16.7

Head 16.9

*Drew is such a boy! He is all over the place and just so funny.

*He does this funny thing where he opens his mouth real wide and does this "old man yawn" as Makenna calls it.

* He says, uh oh.. baba... mama... dada... and kind of hi.

*He is content to sit and play with toys by himself

*He LOVES his dad (and mom)

* He has his 4 top teeth and 2 bottom

* He doesn't like real food... If I try giving him chicken nuggets, macaroni & cheese, pretty much anything that I would normally feed a one year old, he just gags and spits it out. So he pretty much eats yogurts and PB sandwiches everyday.

* He crawls up and goes down stairs by himself

* He shakes his head back and forth when he doesn't want something (or just to be funny)

* He will still let me cuddle with him.

* He sleeps 12 hours at night (all through the night & has been since he was 2 1/2 mo. old)

*He is kind of a little bully to his little sister

*He has more hair than his sister

My Little Boy Drew....

Sophie Hood

One year old March 2, 2012

Stats:

Height: 28.0

Weight: 15.6

Head: 17.2

*Sophie has the cutest little giggle!

* She is ALL girl! Petite and Sweet

*She isn't as content to sit & play.. she would rather be held by mom.

*She says mama, dada, baba, ohhh, and nana ( Hannah thinks she is saying her name)

* She LOVES mom (and dad)

*She has her 4 bottom teeth & 2 top

*This girl LOVES food and shoves anything & everything into that tiny mouth of hers.

*She goes up and down stairs by herself.

*She sleeps 12 hours at night and has been since she was 2 1/2 mo old too!

*She will pick up anything off the floor & put it in her mouth.

*She cuddles with mom

*She loves her older sisters & loves having them chase her (while crawling) around the house.

* Her brother has more hair than her!

My Sweet Petite Sophie....

Our own Dr. Seuss Characters...

Yesterday was Dr Seuss' (and the twins) birthday... so at school they let the kids dress up as Dr. Seuss Characters. Makenna wanted to be Cindy Lou Hoo.....

And Hannah wanted to be Daisy Head Maizey....

The Birthday Celebration!!!

We had the best little 1st birthday party for these cute babies! I can't believe they are one! This past year has definitely flown and blurred by. I'm not sure if it is because they are twins or because they are numbers 4 & 5... but I swear I can't remember 1/2 of this past year.

For their birthday I wanted to do a Thing One and Thing Two party. I didn't even realize at that time that it was Dr. Seuss' birthday too.. I just thought it would be cute for the twins thing!

So here we go! I thought it turned out pretty cute... it may have been some work, but I really had fun doing it all!!

The Birthday Babies....

The Decorations...


The Cakes....

The Opening Presents Time...

The Eat That Yummy Cake Time....

The start of eating the cake...

The middle of eating cake...

The end of eating that cake....

Oh my!! It was a mess, it was adorable, it was absolute FUN!

These two are such joys to us! They have brought us Joy, Happiness, Fun, and a lot of CRAZINESS this past year, and we sure LOVE them!!