Well another vacation day sucked up it was rather good spent some quality time with the family (still so weird to say) and escaped a couple times for some Eric time on the bike. I went to OBI which is basically home depot and since I do not have a car and did not take the bus this left me very limited in my purchases which is probably good.
I bought lots of goodies just random assorted things that life needs and of course ended up buying crap for my daughters first birthday. It was fun though using up all my valuable backpack space for them hehe.
I got amy some stuff she was rather excited about and replacing a busted clothing hanger with a more high quality metal one.
I realized the error of my large purchases and spent probably 20 minutes packing my backpack when done shopping doh me! I managed to very proficiently pack the backpack but I still had a large clothing rack and no where to go. A couple of attempts at attaching it to my backpack failed so I decided to strap it to the bike.
I had foreseen complications and bought bungee cords for this.
We went to the Zoo this weekend for the kids first official family outting. It is a massive job getting them ready for a day out you are trying not to mess up schedules with sleep and food while preparing for what feels like a week long camping trip.
We met with a collegue of mine Petr and his wife Eva which was great to have the company and some help pushing the stroller. The Prague zoo is both huge and beautiful. It maintains a very natury feel to it with plenty of benches and restaurants along the way where you could just sit and read a book with the animals. The size is so massive a day is hardly enough to get to see all of the animals.
This trip will be very fun when the girls get older however bring them now is only a pain in the ass. Fortunetly the size is great and even while crowded our bigass stroller can get around comfortably.
These little guys are both mysterious and pretty. Fun to watch but the crowd here was a bit big and of course we need to keep moving with the babies.
Half way through the walk Chloe and Claire wanted to walk walk walk so we ripped em out of the stroller and walked em down the sidewalk. They were very cute and pretty well behaved seeing as how they hate the stroller now. Those little girls want to run.
Especially since I am a boy the lions and monkeys were my favorite park. Getting close enough to a monkey to see there thoughts and expressions is rather amazing. My childhood dream of owning a monkey still remains.
Such a beast to be considered in the same breed as a cat. This lion pastes crazily back and forth with such ease and badassness. At one point we saw on of these things playing with a ball like it was a little kitten with a ball of yarn.
This is where I am glad there is a giant piece of glass between us. As far as being an animal trainer for one of these things I pass!
Here kitty kitty kitty.
Jesus shut up Eric enough rambling you fool show me the full photo set!
Yes Claire is really stealing the limelight lately she has been so many tricks this week by her mother and tonight I got to see them all. Of course as I have not seen this until tonight it was great and I had to get a whole shitload of media and put it here for anyones viewing pleasure. If you girls are reading this in the future this is a good read for ye.
Do you want to play a game with me?
This slideshow rather good here I did this after the video below. Awww very cute stuff. She is actually interacting and understanding a brilliant game of peekaboo. She also does a ding dong move in this video which is pretty cool. It is even cooler when she is standing up as she is very uncoordinated and silly looking doing this.
And the classic movie
Don't forget the Coberry bush she is very cute still just not so much into the games. She likes fast and furious games growling and fast crap no ding dong stuff for this dingaling dong.
Well we have not stopped over for a very very long time and have almost lost communications but today my dad came and picked us up and we visited with him hana and hana's parents. It was nice to have the babies have such a good time but on the other hand it is so embarrassing having two especially when they been so whiny lately. There were some times of high frustrations for us but Hana made us feel better and even gave us some great pointers on the babies.
Like anyone else you take some knowledge given to you as everyone raises there kids differently but with her deep medical background little tips we get like do not hole hands upwards when having baby walk but rather the other way so they are looking to walk towards you not to grab your hands to catch. Hard to explain in a pic hehe.
It was impossible to get them down for a nap we tried for a very very long time amy was in the room and without the pleasantry's provided by a caged crib experience they can wander freely in a new environment and do not want to sleep. Rocking twins is almost out of the question and after about an hour of screaming we gave up and rounded em outside.
For the most part they were pleasant and enjoyed the big house. Claire wants to be continuously walked back and form around the house and even large steps while holding my hands she just leaps down and runs around in circles. It was funny as Chloe was very scared of the steps and needed really helped through the process.
The babies did get to try some much different food then there normal which included potatoes meat and gravy blended in.
I must goto bed we forgot our camera so these are rather crappy and this post was rather crappy but I wanted to get something down.
The last week has been extremely taxing on me. The girls are getting their two top teeth and I am thinking some of their other teeth too! While they still sleep through the night they are SO cranky during the day. By Friday I just about lost my mind with a long week of two babies crying and taking care of them all by myself :)
Hence this picture here :) Although Eric made me look evil this self taken picture accurately describes how I was feeling.
Here's Claire chewing on her teething ring to ease the pain.
Here is Chloe. Isn't she cute :) She is in pain from teething but she is taking it better then her sister Claire.
Even though the are having a hard time its cute moments like these that make it all worth it.
Above Claire calms her teeth with a teething ring :)
Here are the many faces of a mom gone insane due to twins :) They could make a good mugshot.
Above is a video I took and while the girls were teething and crying all day for some reason the decided to be good for the video and make their mommy look crazy :)
Well the weather again is too good to be true not to hot not too cold. Can not find a reason to complain today that is for sure! I have included some in office shots as I did this during my lunch.
Well amy took the girls to a park by our house where they got to interact with some other kids however it turns out that they do not want anything to do with sand/dirt. They hated the feeling and cried immensely!? Maybe cause there girls I do not know but I'll have to teach them that dirt is cool!
I am chillaxin and browsing the web while my lunch break is still on. Got to talk to my mother last night that was fun... Hmm what else to talk about here... We spent some time in the evening again playing Portals 2 damn game rocks but unfortunately it is getting a bit hard for amy but she has promised she will keep trying. Her starting things and never finishing them concept is currently underway!
We started our rocking it up with Portals 2. Bought this game after such great reviews and our love for the first one. This is the official video first then some kill shots of my foot in front of TV while amy is rockin da portals!
She is such a girl when it comes to video games it is very cute. So fun and makes you feel like such a man to teach a lady how to move left and right in a first person shooter.
Amy stated "I like this game because i do not have to kill people" awww cute!
For my birthday my husband let me sleep in took care of the kids, and also gave me a gift certificate for a 90 minute herbal massage :) This is going to be an awesome day, a massage is exactly what a twin mom needs :)
When we face problems or disagreements today, we have to arrive at solutions through dialogue. Dialogue is the only appropriate method. One-sided victory is no longer acceptable. We must work to resolve conflicts in a spirit of reconciliation, always keeping others' interests in mind.
~Dalai Lama
Here kitty kitty kitty.
