This girl....where does the time go. She's grown up so fast and it seems to be speeding up with no chance of slowing down. She's on the cusp of learning to drive and high school which I know will mean seeing her less and less and she has this boy she likes and sometimes it all just feels like too much. Like she started 8th grade a kid and then I blinked and she'd grown up. We're not ready but we are proud of her. Proud of how hard she works at school, proud of the kind of friend she is, proud of the great sister and daughter she is, proud of her honesty and sense of humor and kind heart.
Can't believe this day is already here! Can't believe we survived it! Can't believe how hard we've laughed! Can't believe how exhausted we've been. We're feeling ALL the feelings of having our twins, our babies, turn 5!
If turning 4 felt like huge milestone, turning 5 feels surreal. In all seriousness the first years were a blur of tiredness and the next few were a blur of tears and sheer exhaustion. When these sassy sisters turned 4 it felt like we'd reached a 50:50 balance between completely overwhelmed and feeling somewhat optimistic about our chances of re-entering some sort of normalcy. As these cuties turn 5 I'm feeling a touch sentimental which I haven't had as many moments to feel as I would have expected with my last babies. The thing about being number 6 and 7 is that Mommy and Daddy are really, really tired, but also a little more laid back and they realize how truly fleeting it all is. So it felt like this was the year to go all out and celebrate!!! If the twinnies want balloons, and the zoo, and a pinata, and unicorns, and rainbows, and make-up, and umbrellas, and cookies, and to wear Easter bunny ears then SURE. You only turn 5 once so live it up little ones. The entire day was TOO MUCH but they fell asleep happy and so did I because they're our last and today they turned 5!!!
Birthday Donuts
Aubrey
Maddie
Birthday Gifts
Maddie
Aubrey
New big girl car seats!!!
Dutch Bros
The Portland Zoo
Party Time!
Maddie
They've both got a touch of crazy in them Maddie is quite the pretender and Aubrey is a real character these days.
Cookies By Grammy
This happened the next day because there just wasn't enough time.
May we never forget their little voices or to see life through the eyes of a child every once in awhile.
Happy birthday girls! We think you're simply hilarious and though you wear us out because you have a million things to say and do EVERY SINGLE DAY we consider it our greatest privilege to watch the two of you grow. Your relationship is as unique as you are. Maddie you are perhaps our greatest pretender. Whether it's taking Dog Dog and Maymer to the grocery store or pretending your a little animal you are full of imagination and creativity. Aubrey you are quite simply hilarious. You say the funniest things and make the most hilarious faces to make everyone laugh. Together you are constantly the center of attention as you swing each other around and talk WAY TO LOUDLY about all the things and point out every cute baby you see. It's hard to believe you're headed to school in just a few months. It's going to be happy and sad but I'm so glad you two, our last little ones, get to head off together. What a truly special and one of a kind experience it is to be an identical twin. I've noticed recently you starting to want to be your own person and I love that too. I love that we're getting to see more and more who God has made each of you uniquely to be, but I hope you also always embrace the special bond you've been given as a twin. We love you guys so much. You're going to rock being 5 and give us many more stories to tell I just know it.
I laughed when my sister sent me this. It's so true. May was a blur. Maycember is a real thing I tell you. Geeze!!!
May 4, 2024
Week 62-66: We finished upstairs. Trim is painted floors are finished. The only thing really left is to install the closet organizers in the last 2 rooms, touch up some paint in the bathroom, and installing the sinks and toilets.
Baseball games are in full swing. We had 3 games this week and the Twins celebrated their 5th birthday on Friday with a trip to the Zoo and a party. This is going to be quite a full Spring. Brace yourselves!
This weekend we continued to work on tile in the bathroom, Uncle Ryan came and helped Brandon move our mammoth vanity upstairs to the bathroom, and the girls made snow!
Happy 5th Birthday Girls!
May 11, 2024
Wyatt played in a double header scrimmage game this Saturday. We did not attend as we needed to keep moving on on the tile in the upstairs bathroom. Almost finished! It was also Mother's Day, I assembled Sadie's new bed so that she could officially move into her new room, and the kids and Brandon weedeated the driveway in preparation for Jordan to come and redo it and widen the base on Monday.
After all the work on the driveway the kids played in the sprinklers. It was a great Mother's Day moment getting watch them all play TOGETHER. That seems to happen less and less as their interests change and grow apart some but I always love seeing the bigger kids get out there and play with their little sisters.
Sadie's room is coming along. We still need to decorate but she's getting all moved in.
Wyatt's Baseball Team
Cooper's Baseball Team
May 18, 2024
This weekend we moved everything out of Sadie's old room and finished the flooring upstairs. Brandon took Thursday and Friday off so that we could get all of this wrapped up.
Maddie loves delivering the mail on her new bike.
They're also loving their new umbrellas although its kinda the wrong time of year at this point.
While Brandon worked on flooring and the last bit in the bathroom the twins and I assembled the boys' new dresser.
May 25, 2024
We finished the last of the trim paint and the grout in the bathroom. We also repainted Sadie's old room. So close to being able to uncover floors!!!
The boys did a great job of assembling their new basketball hoop.
The twins went birthday shopping with Grammy!
We also finished up another school year! Sadie and Wyatt actually have a couple more days next week but we celebrated today because next week is going to be crazy with 8th grade graduation for Sadie and the Swier family reunion in Turner.
June 1, 2024
This weekend we installed the remaining closet shelves in the bathroom and bonus room, Brandon installed blinds, we moved all the tools out, and finally we were able to uncover the floors. Done except a few small things!!! It's a good way to start June!
