Someone (Nala) call 911

For no reason at all...I promise I didn't mistreat her...Nala dialed 911 today.  I was sitting a few inches from her and heard "Bixby 911...{pause}...Bixby 911, may I help you?"

I immediately grabbed the phone and apologized and luckily successfully convinced the operator that it was indeed my 9 month old playing with the phone...

oops...must buy toy phone...it's an EMERGENCY {911}.

photo credit:  Big Sister MacKenzie

Daddy's Day Out or More Like In

We are pretty fortunate in that my husband is able to be at home with the girls on his off days Monday through Wednesday.  Since September, the girls have been going to a Mother's Day Out Program...Daddy's Day In in our case.   KT and I both enjoy reading the comments on the girls' papers when we pick them up.  It's funny to hear about their day from someone else's perspective.  Further, at their little school the note is written from their perspective...

This is what today's notes said...

We got a kick out of both the notes on favorite activities. 

With Nia shakin her booty and "talking" on the phone...we may have trouble on our hands...:)  What's funny is I'm pretty sure we got shakin my booty reports on Big Sis MacKenzie all the time at that age too...it must be in their blood...Of course not my bloodline though...I DON'T DANCE!  And Nala- I can just hear her belly laugh.  She gets so tickled sometimes :)

Wish List Wednesday

At some point, I plan to invest in this lens - a Canon 50mm. I need to actually learn to use the camera first though...but this is first on my list of to be purchased once I get the hang of it!!!  It has GREAT reviews!

The Bumbleride Indie Stroller

I want a more comfortable ride for my girls.  The double stroller that we have is really nice...but it's a pain sometimes!  I think this would be easier.  It a wee bit pricy though...

On The Border - I'm hungry...

I'm currently starving and would love something good to eat at On The Border...Can I have dessert too??

Wish List Wednesday is hosted by one of my favorite mommy blogs, The Foster Family - another mom of multiples.   I opted to participate today...you too can play along.  Click the link below to see other wish lists...

If You Give Your 9 yr Old Your Camera

This is what she'll capture

babies with {dirty} faces 

she won't be {bothered} by food on their faces

or {boogers} in their noses

she's their {big sis} ...so she'll think their {cute} anyway....

Party Like a Rock Star!

We celebrated MacKenzie's 9th Birthday Today!

Happy 9th Birthday MacKenzie

getting ready for the party tomorrow - the outfit

, originally uploaded by Belle Ame Colletions.

The Outfit...

MacK

IMG_3854, originally uploaded by hope4ou.

Her B-day party date last year - turned 8.

MacK

MacK, originally uploaded by hope4ou.

Tomorrow MacKenzie turns 9. Crazy...this pic is of her the day of bday party when she turned 7. Man how time flies!

holidays are behind us...now what?

The holidays have come and gone and now...it's back to the real world...at least for me it is. We received word today that schools are cancelled here due to the weather. That means, the girls are all out of school and hanging out with Daddy for the rest of the week. But for me, work goes on. :) Yay! No really, I'm blessed to have a job so I'm not complaining.

We took MacKenzie to get her new cast put on today. Unfortunately it took forever and I had not eaten so I got just a wee bit light headed by the time I finally made it back to work. Check out a pic of her new cast in my 365 Blog. Of course we got it in pink and black to match her b-day outfit. Yes she's turning 9...but yes she will continue to get a "birthday outfit".

happy new year from the toliver family

2009 has gone bye bye and it's 2010. I can hardly believe it. I mean really...it was JUST 2000! Mackie says "That means you were just in college and I was "just" not born". I'm like "Right"...LOL...ok...so maybe not 2000, but not a day past 2006.

2009 brought significant changes for our family. We are all still adjusting, but I know we'll get there!!!

In 2010, I hope to commit to the following "RESOLUTIONS".

1) Spend more quiet time with God
2) Spend more one on one time with KT
3) Spend more one on one time with MacKenzie...the girl is almost 9. The
years are escaping me and my girl is going to be going off to college in
no time! I want to make the most of the time we have together.
4) Spend more time with the twins (one on one...getting to know them better
as individuals). They too are growing so fast and are nearing 1. That
just blows my mind. They are both just so cute and sweet...so DIFFERENT
and I want to make sure I get to know them that way...as the two
individuals they are.

So yeah right away...I see I need more TIME... I need to commit to better time management

5) Eat better and/or Work out...again need more TIME for this. I'm going to
lump these two together, b/c if I'm able to do either one of these,
count me as "PROUD of myself!".

That's it...I don't want exhaustive list. Yeah there is more that I could and probably need to do...but I want to focus on my "core" this year.

Happy New Year.

The Year in Pictures...