Our Little Lights: B-days of the BIG 2 year-olds and Little Nana

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

B-days of the BIG 2 year-olds and Little Nana

Nana and Mommy took Jo and Vivi to the Children's Museum for their B-day....they love the child-size dollhouse!

Viv trying to climb into the jungle, no surprise there.

Josephine identifies and enumerates on the phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species of the snake on the wall.

A little twin collaboration at the locomotive site.

So this is at their Curious George-themed birthday party, and this pic is the best one (meaning you can actually see all of our faces and the monkey balloon I'm holding isn't covering us up) of about 15 taken in a row:)

Watching them as we sang 'Happy Birthday' was hilarious, because there was this huge realization after the first line that we were actually singing to THEM.....Simultaneous smiles and giggles occurred, followed by them singing along.

Another 'Family Shot' that took a small miracle to have all of us looking at the camera!

Lots of little friends able and VERY willing to help open presents:)

Nana and Lala bought the girls matching musical snow-globes engraved with their names and 'Happy 2nd B-day' on them. Mommy spent her down-time (about 2 months of it) on creating a memory book of their incredible first two years--one for Jo, one for Vivi. It's incredible to me how fast the time has gone, and I've been with them 24/7 everyday.....I can't imagine how mommies who only see their little ones a few hours a day must feel. It makes me a bit sad to see so many moms missing out on these fleeting, invaluable moments, because to me they truly are worth the sacrifices that one makes; it's so worthwhile not only for the children themselves, but also for this mom's personal and spiritual growth. OK, sorry, I try not to wax lyrical too much, but it was just in my heart and mind at the moment, looking at these pics.