This and That

Both Thursday and Friday evenings, the boys insisted that I be the one who gave them their bedtime bottles. Two bottles, two babies, and one momma isn't the best ratio, but I managed to get it done. I think they were still adjusting to me going back to school after spring break.

On Saturday, we headed to Costco with my parents so I could order a birthday cake for the boys. I'm hoping to not have to do Costco on a Saturday for a very long time. It was overwhelming. I'm still not used to the attention that we get when we're out and about and I hate being in other shoppers' ways, so I tried to navigate through as quickly as possible. Reid loved being the protector of the Cheerios.

Keep away!

Reid has started this little game with me. (Speaking of; guess who just started crying? Be right back. Just rocked him a little bit and he went back to sleep. He was a little out of sorts this evening, because he didn't fall asleep for an afternoon nap.) Towards the end of the meal, he likes to chomp down on the spoon to try and keep me from getting it out of his mouth. He has a pretty good poker face, because I never know when it's going to happen. He then likes to give a nice, sly grin. Gotcha, Momma!

Aiden, still a master of the cute and innocent look.

This is what happens when I try to eat in the living room. Two little beggars. At least this has been a good way to get them to try different types of foods and textures.

After a week of being back to school, I seem to have lost my A-game when it comes to taking care of the boys. (On a related note, I accidentally washed two more disposable diapers. Luckily, they didn't fall apart this time.) After I finished feeding the boys their lunch on Saturday, I left them in their gated community (the living room) while I made my lunch and sent my mom an email. The boys were having a great time and I could hear Aiden migrate to the other end of the room. He has this cute little giggle when he's having fun, but I realized that the giggling was coming from the wrong location. I had forgotten to put the gate back up in front of the stairs and Aiden had made it all the way up to the landing. He was giggling so much because he could see me sitting at the kitchen table as I was starting up my computer. I scurried up the stairs as quickly as possible before he decided to come back down. The boys have the going up part, but we still need to master getting back down the stairs. Safely.

Later on, I went upstairs to get ready to go to Costco. I could hear the boys playing and then silence. Not a good sign. I quickly went downstairs to check out what they were up to. My little angels were just enjoying a good book together. Aiden could spend hours pouring over their books and Reid was enjoying having someone flip the pages for him. These two are quite the good buddies.