Why can't they just stay in there?

When this house was built in 1974 it had a garage but for some reason in 1979 the owners decided they didn't need a garage and remodeled it into a family room. Our house is then made up of a family room and a living room. What am I to do with all of this space? When I was pregnant with the twins it was very apparent that the family room would be given up to them and all of their accessories. They have a WHOLE room dedicated to keeping them happy, filled with probably thousands of dollars worth of toys (not always bought new of course!). Now why won't they stay in there?? Why does David, followed by Henry scale the gate 100000 times a day, leaving poor Nolan whimpering at the gate so they can tear apart the rest of my house, is it really that interesting?
I think they must do it just to see me squirm, or David just really enjoys time out :) Once he gets caught he puts his arms up 'Cury me' he requests and I'd be lying if I said it doesn't melt my heart... not one little bit!


Now that Ryan is back at work the biggest hurdle of my day is taking a shower. I haven't had this problem since the boys were 7 months old! I try bribing them with a Thomas movie and a snack but just as I'm rinsing my shampoo I have two peeping Toms sneaking their head around the shower curtain! The other solution is to 'lock' them all in D & H's room. The only problem with that is Nolan's apparent claustrophobia because he immediately starts screaming at the door. It's amazing my neighbors haven't called child services on me yet! Thank God for old, sweet, deaf neighbors right!?!
Maybe I should just stop showering all together, most people don't know what to say to me in public anyway other than 'You sure have your hands full' or 'Are they all yours?'. Bless the sweet gentleman at story time on Tuesday. He thought I was their babysitter... I've been trying to convince myself since Tuesday morning that he just thought I was too young to have three children, not that any mother in her right mind would allow her children to act that way in a library :) Another MoM friend told me about that library's story time. The librarian was really great but so many of the kids were so well behaved! I'm used to our special private story times at the big library downtown for just our multiples group. 80% of the kids only pay attention to the songs, like my kiddos. Why sit down where there is a new room to explore?? Oh the joys of 3 under 3.

Henry's going commando!

Ryan and I have a system when it comes to bathing the boys. We bathe them all together, I wash them, he gets the big boys out of the tub while I get the baby. We take them into David and Henry's room. He dries their hair and I lotion and diaper them. He gets two of them dressed and I get the last one dressed, it works really well for us!
Yesterday was kind of a weird day anyway but it was a bath day none the less and we didn't adhere to our system as closely as usual. Henry has pooped on the floor a few times recently so I lotioned him up and threw a diaper, socks and his jammies at Ryan to put on. Then I moved onto Nolan and I noticed that Henry was dressed really fast, he usually does cooperate really well but I was definitely impressed! As I finished diapering Nolan and throwing his socks on Ryan exclaimed 'OH NO!! I don't think I put a diaper or socks on Henry'. So I felt Henry's bottom and sure enough there was no extra padding!!
Ryan chased Henry down and laid him down, unzipped his jammies and put his diaper and socks on, all the while Henry was laughing hysterically! It was so darn cute!

Playing catch up

I want to keep this up! It seems I get pulled in eight different directions when I decide to post though :)
Christmas was wonderful, just what I had in mind. Last year I decided that I was going to take a break from doing a big dinner so I could really enjoy the day with my family. The boys woke us up so we brought them out to their stockings and unwrapped presents, David was TOTALLY into it. Unwrapping presents that weren't even his. Henry was into it too but in typical (adorable) Henry fashion he was very particular and wanted to give us every little shred of paper he pulled off so it could be properly disposed of. Obviously Nolan just wanted to chew on the paper :)
Three days after Christmas David and Henry turned two years old. I still can't believe it. We had a party for them at the carousel and invited some other twin friends there age, we ate pizza and Auntie Melissa made them an amazing dump truck cake. They seemed to have so much fun. I think the next time we have a big party for them I'll have it catered so I can sit around and really enjoy the time with the boys.
Up next is Nolan's birthday. I just can't believe it! I hope by this time next year we are in a totally different place in our lives. New job, new house, new city... maybe a new baby on the way? :) Here's hoping 2009 is a year of changes for the May family!