Happy 17 Month B-days (on Sept. 11)!

Mommy has been editing a fiction book in her "spare" time, thus, less blogging--but the twins just got more and more active during their 16th month. In fact, Mommy declares the 16th month to be one of the most dumbfounding so far. These babes began to play together for longer periods of time--without Mommy . . . something precious to watch yet odd for this mother who hasn't had the time (or energy--i.e., twin pregnancy) to even take a shower for over 2 years! (Well, let's clarify: Mommy has taken showers, usually daily, but only when Daddy or someone else was home with the twins . . . Mommy was going to say that her brain even seems to be in working order again too, but maybe that's arguable).

Chance tried chocolate Teddy Grahams the other day (Another Mommy, Alex, gave some of her son's to the twins), but he's such a messy, sloppy eater--food falling out of his always-slightly-open mouth--that even Alex determined that dark-colored foods probably aren't such a good idea to give Chance in public (we were at the play area in the mall). Here are pics of him eating them at home, goofing off when Mommy told him how "silly" his messy face is.

Mommy and Aunt Juju purchased blank canvases and acrylic paints the other day, then Daddy painted pictures for the twins' rooms--Gracie, a fish ("blub, blub") and a turtle ("durdle").

We also hung the turtle poster (from Grandpa, purchased at the SC Aquarium) in her room alongside the teddy bear net that Aunt Carla gave her.

Chance's painting was of two airplanes--one big, one small. He tried to "grab" them before we could stop him . . .

Before we go in the car or on a trip, Mommy or Daddy say, "Put on your shoes," and the twins run to retrieve their shoes, sometimes trying to put them by themselves. Chance decided he wanted to wear Daddy's shoes the other day and actually tried to walk in them--to no avail.

Gracie's hair has grown considerably, though it's so spindly (i.e., thin, fine hair like her Mommy's) that it's not easily shaped or stayed into a mohawk at bathtime!