Entering the Terrible Two's with a bang

Happy Birthday to the twins today....they're two. Yay! Now let me tell you the terrible part of it. While babysitting my nephew today, I was taking pictures of him and Carter playing in the sprinkler while the twins played nicely in the living room. When I noticed the twins had moved to the kitchen, I stopped what I was doing to check on them. This, my friends, is what I walked into. AHHH!

Yep....terrible. My poor sister in law walked in seconds later, and after some giggling and scolding, we set out to clean this goopy mess up. She kept the boys out while I mopped, and mopped, and mopped. Judging by the 2 empty egg cartons on the floor, I'm thinking there were about 18-24 smashed, organic, free range, farm fresh eggs on my kitchen floor. SAD!

Why is it that when I turn my back for 2 seconds, these guys try to destroy our house? Is it because there are two? I'm thinking it's time to "crack" down on these guys! (No pun intended!)

The Terrible Two-some:

Ava and I were cracking up at these guys in the tub, and she insisted that I take a picture of this. We were laughing pretty hard. You never know when you might need a little protection!

We're going to have to come up with another name...

...because "the babies" doesn't really apply anymore. They are BIG boys now. :( No more baby. We still have the diapers, the binky, the thumb, the blankies, the cribs and the high chairs, but those babies are long gone. It makes me so sad, but they are so much fun at this age! Here are some current words/sayings that I don't want to forget:

Weston's latest words- "tickle", "mine", "all gone", "milk", "snack", "bye-bye car", "buddy",
"bath", "stop it", "jumpa jumpa" (trampoline), "poo poo". His favorite word- "NO!"


Coleson's latest words- "all gone, no more", "more please", "more milk", "uh oh, broke it", "yeah", "open please", "excuse me", "buddy", "hug", "blankie", "all wet", "get you", "drink".

Grandpa said WHAT???

"Mom, grandpa said we are going to get chickens in our backyard and then we can play with them every day!!!" Yep, straight out of the mouth of Ava. He has also told her that someday he will buy her a dog and a hamster. He knows mommy will put them on the curb, but he gets their little hopes up anyways.
The kids had a sleepover at grandpa Rick and grandma Natalie's the other night (they live right next to the fairgrounds and keep their chickens in the chicken barn) and spent all of their time in the chicken barn playing with their new friends. When I came to pick them up, they were grinning from ear to ear and talked about it like it was Disneyland or something. I'm glad that something as simple as chickens can make these two so happy!