Happy Anniversery Honey!!! and Happy Birthday Pop-Pop & Aunt Terry

Today's is Beau & I's 4th anniversery. Four years & four girls! WOW! Who knew a blind date could work out so well!
Also Happy birthday to Pop-pop & Aunt Terry! Yes, I got married on my Dad's birthday who is a twin with my Aunt Terry. Wasn't that some foreshadowing. I just didn't know I was getting 2 sets of twins at the same time. Hehehehehehe.
I will try to post some more pics later. Of course, I can't find one of Beau & I together on our wedding day on my computer.
I hope everyone has a great day!

Tuesday morning and the weekend update.

This is what alot of my days/mornings look like. Me trying to corral the masses and keeping them happy, entertained, educated, and hopefully not tearing the house down! Today, Elmo was the star of the show. Uucy, I mean Lucy, was even getting into Elmo (though the girls call him "Memmo"). This is also a rare shot of all of the "women" in the house together. Poor Beau, even the dog is a girl. Since hurting my back last week, the girls and I have been doing lots of reading and learning signs and new words. I owe alot of thanks to Beau, Emily, Ms. Doris, and Aunt Liz for doing all of the lifting of the girls while I tried to just get up! I'm finally myself again after a week. I have to say I have some amazing people in my life, esp my hubby!
For Labor Day we went over to William & Liz's and played in the pool for hours. The girls loved it. River got Daddy all to herself and Skye got mommy! Rayne had a great time with Aunt Liz, while JuJu had a blast with Uncle William. They especially enjoyed all of the tortilla chips & chocolate ice cream. My Girls LOVE chocolate! THere is very little sharing with that and I am serious when I say they "take no prisoners!".
As for Gustav, all of my family in LA are doing ok. Most got out, and the ones who live north of Baton Rouge, still have power outtages, but all are ok. YEAH!!!!! My poor brother is still in a Fema trailor and only weeks away from getting back into his house when Gustav decided to come play. Needless to say we are all very happy. If you get a chance go to the Tubre Quads site, she has some video of Gustav as they are in the Baton Rouge area.
And to add to our new words & sayings: "see u soon", "wha happened?" "g'mornin", "me too", the humming of "twinkle, twinkle". They are also starting to repeat everything you say, but these have been consistent.

Ms. Emily with all of the girls. Skye was telling her a fabulous story while Rayne & JuJu tried to steal the "toy d'jour".
Seriously, Ms. Emily, don't you believe us?


Seriously???
I thought you said noone was going to see me in this "Texas" outfit! I bleed Purple & Gold! Well, if it is for Dada, then it is ok. But, ONLY for Dada!

Pillow pile-up and all 4 in one spot!
Rayne-Rayne after stealing the best pillow. Not a hair out of place either!
Peek-a-boo!

A very site, a calm, serene Skye! It does happen. Doesn't she look so sweet and angelic?
Yep, Noni, the hats still fit! It goes great with the bathing suit cover-up, don't ya think??

Geaux Tigers!

I promise not to have an LSU picture or brag about the latest win every Sat. But, I couldn't resist today. This is one of my favorite pictures of the girls and it was taken in Jan. I could still get them to sit and take a picture. This may not happen again (without the help of a miracle) until age 18?? And for all of the Longhorn fans in my family, I will post a picture of the girls in those outfits too. I promise.

I had a great video to upload, but have had some techinical difficulties. Besides that, I pulled a major muscle in my back and sitting with the computer hasn't been much fun. In fact I haven't gotten to pick up the girls in days. Though I can now stand upright and move from sit to stand. Very big accomplishments! THough I still move like a very old lady!

The girls are doing great and continue to find new words and ways to scare their parents daily.

Lucy is now know as "Uucy" and she will come to it. Usually because that means the girls have their hands out with lots of treats. JuJu continues to scale the walls (literally), Rayne has a major love affair with shoes and the more sparkle the better. Skye will set up the pillows for "pillow pile-up" herself now and River has become the "mail" person. She LOVES to go get the mail.

Hello! I'm so glad you came to see what we are doing. I swear we aren't up to anything mischievious! Do you like the fashion statement of my socks?
Lucy also will join in the "Pillow pile-up" game.

Whine, wine, and shoes!

Whine, whine, whine! We had ALOT of it this weekend and it wasn't a good vintage! So on Sunday morning when River started to whine, before I could say anything, she looks at me and whines "whine, whine, no whine, whine" in the most whiny voice. I didn't know if I was suppose to crack up or correct her. Then I heard my mother's voice in my head going, "karma, ahhh, karma". God, I hate karma sometimes! So the girls have mastered a new word, though it is one of many. Needless to say after all of the whining, I was wanting some wine!
Rayne is becoming my fashion diva and seems to walk around with some sort of "accessory" all of the time now, shoes, hat, purse, some sort of "jewelry". All of the girls LOVE clothes! I had ordered some stuff from Old Navy and before the box was opened, they were trying to get into it and take off what they were wearing and put on the new stuff. ALL of them had to have something on! I told Beau to be afraid, be very afraid......
Of course, shoes are still accessory #1!
A girl always needs a back-up plan, even with shoes!
Well, they both go with the outfit and it is easier to figure out left/right. Isn't having matching shoes overrated?

Garden party anyone?
Do you think this will keep the sun off me?
A girl always has to be prepared with the right purse for the right outfit. Black does go with everything!

Well.........You can only eat so many crackers!
And then there is always one in the crowd who believes less is more and goes for the simpliest approach to dressing. It is very Zen-like and does make it much easier to climb the next moutain.

Little Gym, JuJu on the parallel bars,

Little Gym

Today was our first day at Little Gym. The girls LOVED IT! I don't think Rayne ever stopped, well actually none of them! :) It was such a great morning and I'm so glad that we signed them up for the whole fall semester. Beau had taken the day off and got to go with us which was so nice. Now he knows where I spent all of the money! Actually he had so much fun watching and playing with his girls. He is such a great daddy. He even took all of us out to lunch at Chili's. I swear they cringe when we walk in because of the mess we make. Is it a bad sign though, that as soon as you walk in, your kids instantly walk to the back table, and go "eat, eat"? Like the table is theirs?

Skye Monkey, USA, age 21months, youngest athlete at these games, will attempt a double summersault onto the bars. Holds world title, but has stiff competition this year.
River Bug, USA, age 21months, oldest athlete at these games, leads in track & field. Holds world title in ball throwing and just won the GOLD (golden-orange ball that is)
Rayne-Rayne, second oldest athlete at these games, has just beaten Skye's score on the parallel bars. Oh, doesn't that face just show the excitement of knowing you did a great job!
JuJu Bean, the underdog coming into these games. But have you seen the strength in her routine? And those muscles? WOW! Uh-oh! It's an upset! She has just won the GOLD! River in the back ground, throws herself to the mat in the excitement! Oh, what a day!

The hungry Fairy Princesses