The Book Of Questions...

So, I have this book...

It is a pretty cool book... for a lot of different things... it is great to start conversations, and it is good for parties, if you feel like talking about things.. you can take it seriously or you can joke... either way it is fun... and it is good for blogging topics. :)

Since I just don't feel like rehashing our entire camping/vacation trip for whatever reason, on here, I'm going to just answer a random question from ~ The Book of Questions.

*Our vacation/camping trip was awesome... we had a great time and the kids and my parents did as well... I have a ton of pictures from it and lots of stories to tell.. but I guess I'm just too lazy to try to type about four days away. At least for now I am...

Okay... here goes... random question... #....149 Someone you love deeply is brutally murdered and you know the identity of the murderer, who unfortunately is acquitted of the crime. Would you seek revenge?

Damn straight I would. I would dig and scrape and do whatever I could legally, at first, to try to prove that they were, indeed, the person that murdered my loved one... and then if that didn't work... I would just have to take matters into my own hands. There is no way, not even a hint of a chance that I could just let it go... never.

Not much of an answer, but my girls are up out of bed thinking it is play time... they are all playing nicely with the play kitchen and stuff that goes along with it... but too bad so sad, it is BED TIME!! That would be why I put them in there 15 minutes ago. Ugh!! Okay... since I know it will be a HUGE battle, I'm going to sign off for now... I might be back later with some more questions and answers from my book.

Good night... sleep tight... don't let the bed bugs bite!!

BIG Girl Beds!!!

Hello everyone in Blogger Land!

I just changed the girls cribs into beds yesterday. (read post below) They aren't quite "big" beds, b/c they are the same size as their cribs. We bought the cribs that turn into a toddler/day bed and then are a headboard and foot board for a full size bed.
Anyway. They had been climbing out for a long time now. A few months. Lauren was the first one to 'escape' and then it seems like Brooke followed her lead. They were careful at first and would climb into a basket of stuffed animals that was between their cribs, but then they started to get really brazen as they did it more and more, and they would just climb right over the side. I cannot tell you how many times I would go in and see one of them, or both of them straddling the top rail of the crib. I was really concerned they were going to get hurt, and badly. They started off by only getting out of their cribs when they were done sleeping... in the morning and after nap time. Then it got to be there were getting out all during the time they were supposed to be napping. I would put them back in a few times, and then they would stay. So we decided since they are getting out already might as well make it safer for them. They did pretty good yesterday. They got put back in three times at nap. I thought they stayed and they were quiet for a while... but when I checked them, Brooke was upside down in her bed, with tons of toys, and Lauren was sleeping on the floor in front of the door with some books. (she likes to look under the door all the time, I'm sure that was what she was doing. ) So I fixed Brooke the right way in her bed, and moved Lauren from the floor. It took them almost 2 hrs to go to sleep. Not too bad for a first try at it. Last night Daddy was in charge of bedtime, I wasn't home, and he put them in at the same time they always go... around 8:30 PM and they went great. Brooke got out one time, and he just told her she had to got to bed, put her back in and that was that. They stayed and they slept. : )
The best part of all this... is the amazing giggles and laughs you hear in there during nap time. More then ever. I would hear little pitter patter, and then them laughing soooo hard. I guess they just think it is so funny/amazing to be able to get right up with out anything slowing them down. They were running from one bed to the other bed, and they would get on it and laugh and laugh and laugh some more. I'm pretty sure they had peed their diapers, they were laughing that hard. : ) It was great. Then you would hear some conversation.
L: Stop Brookie. Stop
B: No. Lauren (in her own version of Lauren). No.
L & B: laughing and laughing
B: No. Mine.
L: Stop Brookie. Stop.
B: Stop. No.
L: Brookie. Brookie.
B & L: laughing and laughing and laughing
them running around then it would start all over again.

So far nap time isn't seeming like much sleep is going on... but they are quieter today... and I hear less foot steps... so we shall see. I'm sure it will get better soon. They are really little to understand to stay there, when they have clear opportunity to Run Free!! : ) Also, they have one another to play with and entertain and get into trouble with so it is a little harder to just want to lay down and go to sleep.

I'll keep you all posted on how it goes.

I have some more pictures from yesterday too, I have to get them in the computer still. Once I do, I'll post some more. :)