I'm still here. Pictures coming up!

And The World's Worst Blogger Award goes to....

ME!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously I apologize. I didn't think it would be this hard to find time to post a little story here and there about my weird children but then I got all caught up in summer and laundry and then it's 6 weeks later and still no post!!
The funny thing about children that I didn't know until I had them is that they actually need attention every now and then. If they don't get the attention when they want it they find ways to get it like......trying to mutilate each other, running outside nude, cleaning my cell phone with a wet dish scraper....you get the point?!?!
So I guess what I am trying to tell you is that I've been busy. Not to mention I started working at a new Super Target here in town. Part-time of course. It started out as a way to get out of the house....I've become somewhat of a hermit since staying home with the kids and figured I could use a good excuse to get out a little that didn't involve spending money (right honey!!). It's been fun but it's starting to get to be TOO MUCH!! I'll be asking them to cut my hours down or I'll be quitting as it's getting to be football season and I just can't stand the thought of missing any of Jackson's games. While I know the sports are all just starting and there will be many more to come I can't stop thinking that it's time I won't get back! Plus I know how much he hates it when I'm not there for him at his events. So we'll see what happens there....time will tell.

In other news....SCHOOL SEASON IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER!!! All three children will be attending school in some form this year. Jackson will start 4th grade on Sept. 4th and the twins will start preschool on Sept. 9th. They're in the Tues./Thurs. mornings class for 2 1/2 hours. And in those 2 1/2 hours I don't know what I will do with myself! I may actually have to clean my house!

I'll be posting a slide show of photos from our summer. So stay tuned for that. Hopefully I didn't loose any readers while I took a brief (okay LONG) hiatus from posting. I just couldn't bear to loose any of my 3 fans :)

Take care!

A little explanation about personalities....

I have a lot of people ask me questions about the twins. Are they fraternal? Do they fight? Do they differ in personalities? Well the above picture answers them all. Completely, perfectly, to a T!!! Everyday is like an episode of The Odd Couple playing out in my family room.

Everything about them is different! How on earth they managed to be in the same womb for 8 months is beyond me! To be honest they never really liked being next to each other and now I understand why.

First we have Grant. Grant plays the role as the neat one. The anal one. The one who today decided mama's cell phone needed a good cleaning so he took the dish scraper brush to it. Was it wet you ask??? OH YES IT WAS!!! Is it the only phone we have in the house??? OH YES IT IS!! And mama was not happy one bit! Luckily for the white haired child all turned out just fine. I was able to take the blow dryer to it in time before any of the water got too deep. I called Jon to make sure it works and after hanging up I realized I forgot to tell him something. I called back immediately only to have Jon answer with "YEP IT WORKS." I got the feeling he would've rather seen the phone die a morbid death!

Back to the original point. Grant has always been like this. He would spend a very long time making sure all of his matchbox cars lined up perfectly and if anyone would happen to bump them out of line....watch out! He loves to clean up the family room....even though his idea of cleaning up is to get everything off the floor and onto the coffee table. I'm not complaining though it's less bending over that I have to do.

So if Grant is the neat and tidy one you can only guess who the messy, disorganized, feel more comfortable living in a pig pen kinda kid is......you guessed it Cooper!!
Everything about Cooper is messy......right down to his hair! That child I swear would feel more at home and at ease if I never cleaned up (which is good because there is many days that I don't). And it down right bugs Grant. Even the way they draw pictures is opposite. Cooper is happy to draw little circular squiggle lines all over the paper whereas Grant will draw straight lines. Cooper is content to throw on a pair of orange gym shorts with a red long sleeve button down corduroy shirt and Grant can pick out a perfectly matched outfit every time. In fact if Grant can't find anything that matches he get really upset. Cooper loves to help clean up though....only his idea of doing it is to tell Grant where things are and where they should go but he won't lift a finger!

So as much of a difference there is between the two of them it really seems to help them get along better with each other. They really seem to balance each other out. They know each others roles in life and they're okay with it. So there isn't much competition at this point in life and I can only hope that remains.

Only time will tell but I can already see a little accountant and garbage man in my future.

*okay not really about the garbage man thing. I do hope for a better life than that for my children but I had to get the point across.....right?

Hope all is well with you. Sorry for the delay in posts summer has gotten the best of me!

Conversations with Grant

Grant: I'm going outside.
Me: No your not....Cooper's sleeping. We'll go out when he wakes up.
Grant: NO Mama!
Me: Do you want to go back to bed?
Grant: NO Mama!
Me: Well then be nice!
Grant (with a pet to my head): Mama......your hair's GRRREAT!

It didn't work!

White lies!

The twins and I made a cake today. I just got done mixing up the batter with the mixer and told Cooper and Grant not to lick the blades of the mixer yet. "Just wait" I said. I then turned my back to get a scraper and when I turned back around I found Cooper putting his blade back in the bowl of batter. I immediately scolded him for not having patience and listening to me. He had to leave the area!
Then Grant turned toward me with a very innocent look on his face and this is how it went down.....
Me: Grant did you lick your mixer blade?
Grant: NO.....Coopie did.
Me: Grant are you sure you didn't lick the cake batter?
Grant: NO Mama.....only Coopie!
Me: Oh....okay!

I'll let you be the judge....



It was white cake batter!

It was very delicious!

What do you think? Guilty or Not guilty??

I couldn't bare to punish him when he was being so cute. And yes I let Coopie come back into the room and join us again for more cake making fun!

Just a little story.....

about how naturally weird my children are! I say naturally because I would never do anything like this.....



Jon was cutting Jackson's hair last night and I was in the bathroom with them finishing up the twins bath. I got occupied with convincing Jackson he wasn't going to die when I turned around and saw this......

and they thought it was the most hilarious thing they had ever thought of!

Of course when they saw mom and dad laughing it only made things worse!

I'm off to the store for more Q-tips!

ARGH!

You know that saying "when it rains it pours"? Well the Zimmerman house is being directly hit by a typhoon!! I have not forgotten about the blog....just been very very busy.

We've been dealing with some Cooper issues and it has not been fun. I'll post all about his surgery and ever going recuperation at nap time. The kids are running wild right now and knowing them they will notice I am busy typing and figure out a way to tie each other up and hang each other from their toes (really...they will)!!

More later.