Monday, September 5, 2011

preschool & playtime

1st day of preschool where you meet your teacher and find your nametag. Maggie loved it and loved the kitchen area. What an exciting day. Her first day by herself is this week!!!!


Maggie got to be in charge of showing the other kids where the bathroom was. This school is very sanitary and the kids have to wash their hands before they sit down. :)







Maggie and Gabe: We were pregnant and teaching together, then we taught them at home for their 1st year of preschool and now their off by themselves... How exciting!



Maggie couldn't stop smiling and looking at all the other kids. What a great start! I was so embarassed by Sean's "moustache" and then his transition lenses. Are you 45 years old?





















Yoga X!!!!!! Hilarious!




















There were some long days this summer and Maggie and Seanie are finally playing together for short periods of time with no crying, hitting and tantrums. Maggie only lets him play with Prince Charming but not any other Barbie's. He's eating his head in this pic!







We also did shaving cream letters... Maggie practices writing her letters in the shaving cream.

The good thing about shaving cream is that it also cleans off your table after... Awesome!











Wednesday, August 31, 2011

hair salon & cars

Seanie is building up his little car collection. He loves to line them up but also lay on the ground and stare at the wheels.











Doing hair and make-up is one of my worst "chores" to do. It is not fun and I rarely do it anymore. But Maggie and I have our own hair salon. If you want to come over and get your hair and make up done by me and my kids you will be looking like a hot mess. But it's fun! I let Maggie put on chapstick, lip gloss, white eyeshadow and clear mascara. But only on special "hair salon" days. I should sign her up for "Toddlers & Tiaras"!!!













Nana got Maggie this cute little apron. I thought she bought it but a friend of hers made it. I love the colors and pattern so I said she should sell these cause she could make some big bucks. (Not that we cook very often but we can still do a lot of microwaving with them on)







Awwww... night night!











Seanie has one of those smiles that doesn't show his top teeth so I finally got one.

At lunch the other day:
Mom: "Who ate all the cheese"?
Maggie: "I did"
Mom: "Oh yeah, I see it in your belly"
Maggie: "No you can't, my belly is closed... Mom, who made us?"
Mom: "God"
Maggie: "Ok then, he made my belly closed so you can't see it"











Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Nature & Ticks

Going to the beach in Tahoe! Seanie's new nickname is "Kramer" from Seinfeld. Cool hair!











Hair done by Kelly (who gives them jelly beans for rewards)! She slicked Kramer's curls!











Our adventurous nature hike in Dublin brought home two ticks on Maggie. Sean thought it was a mole but they were ticks which didn't get burrowed yet, thank God. No more going off trail with Daddy!
































Tuesday, August 9, 2011

New Goal


Daddy and Maggie went bike riding in Tahoe where Maggie accidentally went down a driveway and there was a chain across and she went straight into it knocking her off the bike. They had to walk home and here is her injury across her neck!








Big bruise... see shannanagans below!














Twins!













Maggie is 4 years old... can you tell her favorite color is yellow?







The Poole kids love to play... look at the bruises and worn out shoes!












I'm baaaacccckkk! I hope! My new goal is to try and blog once a week because poor little Seanie (aka Normie) will not have any idea about all the shannanagans?? he got into as a toddler. He is 22 months and full of energy. He jumps off the couch, the bed, boulders at the park, stairs and then lands his jump. Everytime he lands his jumps I feel like he should hold his hands in the air like the Olympic gymnasts.


Seanie shananagans:


1. toilet playing... as if its a water table (that was early in his toddlerhood) now he looks at it and says ewwww.... poo poo.


2. At Roman's b-day party in June he went up to a dad and his two kids on the play structure and farted the loudest fart I've ever heard... then laughed, and yelled "ewww.... toot". They didn't speak English but I guess farting can bring people together cause we were all laughing.


3. Before we left for Lake Tahoe, Sean was working almost the whole month, so my patience level was at a low point. We had to make a Costco trip so luckily Sean could come with me. As were checking out of Costco the people always do a smily face for the kids. So as were talking to the nice guy we didn't notice our little guy grabbing a bottle of wine and chucking it out of the cart. Thank God they were closing because it could have been worse. We couldn't believe it. They were all so nice about it and other moms just smiled and said, "What can you do?" Other old people gave us the stare down and shaking of their head as if, "Control your kid & Your the worst parent in the world". I've been getting that a lot lately. :) The nice kid at Costco said, "Can I get you another one?" I said "I think I deserve at least 10"!


4. Tahoe trip: He was doing twirls in the front room and fell into the fireplace which had a small piece of wood framing so the giant egg bruise could've been worse.


We are coming back from a great day at the beach and Sean has Normie on his shoulders. I'm carrying all the bags and we start putting the kids on the car when Sean goes, "OMG did he poop? Jor, Jor is it all over my back?" He couldn't put him down cause the ground was hot and I was on the ground holding in my pee cause I was laughing soooo hard. There was poo all over his shirt and down his neck. It was the highlight of my trip. He threw away his shirt and I wiped him down as best as we could. He drove us home sitting as close to the steering wheel cause he was afraid poo would get on his seat. I'm laughing just remembering this.


5. Poo in the backyard: Normie had a rash so I decided to let him run around in his diaper in the backyard. So I hosed down the cement after he peed... thats fine. I went back inside for a minute and Maggie comes running in.... "He pooped, he pooped". I ran outside and he was already playing in it and stepping in it. I wish I couldv'e taken a picture of the poo footprints that were trailing behind him. I decided to throw him in the bathtub and when I came out to clean the rest.... my dog Bailey had already devoured it. I know .... disgusting. I didn't know what to do so I put her on the side of the house and then scrubbed her mouth with Lysol (i didn't care) and gave her about 10 treats to know that the poo was gone.... what a great day!!!!


Those are the latest stories of my everyday life. He has also started talking a lot too which has really helped with some of his tantrums. He can count to 9 which I thought was amazing and he also tells jokes. He calls people Uncle... for example....I'm "Uncle Mama" and then he laughs cause he knows hes joking.... Then he sings the "apples and bananas song" but sings it as... "I like to eat, eat, eat Mommy & DaddY" and then says... "eeeeewwwww". Pretty funny!


Maggie is 4 years old now and were getting ready for her new preschool which I'm excited about. She loves princesses and getting herself dressed. It's a struggle with her outfits so I just let her go for it. I love it and when we have "dance party" she gets to pick out all of our outfits to wear.



Tuesday, March 22, 2011

October of 2010 whoops

playing outside














Halloween night












matching shirts from Nana!












I started time out with Maggie at age 1 so we decided to try it with SJ... he liked it soooo much but only because he was taking a poop. He was so quiet over there :)









My little "angel" was tired of taking pics... can you tell? Carrie's wedding!












Carrie & Randy! Soooo happy! What a fun wedding!













Rehearsal dinner... they did great!









My mom, me and Mags!














1st b-day... Nana flew in this day and we all celebrated at my mom's house! I ran out of diapers so he had to wear his sister's pink pull-ups... My mom also let him touch the candle and he burnt his finger.... lol lol classic







loved the ribbon and standing on his presents... hates toys!







October was a busy month for us! SJ turned 1 and my good friend Carrie got married. Maggie was the flower girl and it was pretty cute watching her and Gabe walk down the aisle. Here are some pictures from 5 months ago. I'm so behind cause our computers were down for awhile and we had to clear out room for all of our pictures.

Saturday, September 25, 2010



Ha ha ha ha ha ha! I can't stop laughing at her hair! This has been my morning for the last couple months. SJ's new wake up time is between 5 and 5:45 a.m. I've been leaving toys in his crib and letting him cry aka "scream" which wakes up Maggie.














SJ has been pretty smiley lately and you can't tell by this picture but he does have 8 teeth now. But when he smiles you can only see the bottom. He is now running all over the place and his first word is "Go!" He loves saying it and it's a perfect word for him. He also has been spitting his food out at us, screaming when he wants something and trying to walk down steps which leads to lots of injuries (including myself trying to catch him). If a door is open he runs to it as fast as he can. He also loves playing in the toilets in the bathroom. Please flush when you come over!

Maggie goes shopping with her baby so she told me to make a list for her. I asked her what she wanted and took a picture of it because it was pretty funny.





Maggie's shopping list!





Tyler came over for a playdate and it was pretty cute. SJ is about 5 months older than TJ but their about the same size. It was cute watching Maggie make Tyler laugh. He has a great smile!

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Maggie let me do braids in her. I just had to bribe her with a yogurt!












We watched some home movies when Maggie was a baby! She loved watching them, and laughed when she laughed! But, when her dad was dunking her underwater in the bathtub (as a baby), she cried and cried "I don't want daddy to dunk me underwater as a baby".






Bad Mom! SJ is officially walking on his own. He took his first steps at 81/2 months (and crawled the same month). Now he doesn't just walk to people, but time-out chairs, Bailey, and edges of dollhouses! Whoopsy!










We couldn't help it! His dad hasn't seen this picture so surprise when you read this!!!!! ha ha ha ha
















Vampire teeth! This is a picture from a week ago but now his vampire fangs have grown in nicely. All 6 started popping out at the same time but the two front, top ones haven't come out all the way yet so he looks like a vampire when he smiles big.








My cousins were all here to visit baby Jake. My cousin Mark decides we should do a pyramid. I can't stop laughing because zoom in and try to find my Uncle Mel!










Here are all the 2nd cousins (except Katie and Wyatt) :( Too cute!