Twizzlemosis in action!

Dad: Future it's your turn to pick a movie.
Frederick: Chronicles
Dad: No Frederick, it's Future's turn to choose.
Future:  Umm Umm
Frederick: Airbender
Dad: No Frederick, Future chooses or I will choose.
Frederick: Future says he wants to watch Chronicles.


NOTE: Remember that Future only said Umm, Umm.  So, did Future tell Frederick by Twizzlemosis, ESP, or what? 


Twins, Gotta Love 'em!

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy 4th Birthday to Future Angelo Lilly III and Frederick Douglas Lilly III! We are so blessed to have you in our lives!

First thing in the morning, they had to have a present yesterday instead of waiting until their birthday. I am so happy that they picked the same book at the Book Fair this week, and they were not together when they chose them.

Remembering 9/11

Thank you to all that have sacrificed for our freedom. And, God Bless to those families and friends of those that lost their lives on 9/11. This Day of Remembrance makes me thank God for the Blessings that I have (big and small).

I might have a problem

Hello, My name is Katinya, and I am a cup addict.  Yes, I said cup addict.  My hubby has been telling me this, and I kept denying this truth.  I just bought another set of water bottles for Princess Liyah and The Twizzles.  And, as I was walking out the door, I said "I might have a problem."  This time was different because Princess Liyah said "Look Mom, these are in our colors."  She fed my lovely sensation, and I had to buy them.

When The Twizzles were born, we "color coded" them.  Future Angelo Lilly III is Blue, and Frederick Douglas Lilly III is Green.  You heard me correct.  Most snack cups, plates, clothes, toys, you name it.  I labeled my blessings.  Of course, The Princess would love all things PINK considering that was a color that I never wanted for her.  Her baby colors were Green and Yellow.  That didn't last long.  Everyone liked her in Pink, so they bought her Pink.  Now, she would wear Pink every day of her life if she could.

Here is my latest obsessive find for my blessings.  They are water bottles and snack cups in one.  They have a strap on them just becuase.  But the best part are the colors - BLUE, GREEN, AND PINK!  I don't think that anyone or anything can help my addiction, but I have always heard that if you tell someone, that will help you get over it.  NOT!!!



If you have a problem like me, stop by The Dollar Tree for these cute little cups.  And, pick up some $1 color t-shirts while you are there.  Not just any kind of t-shirts, but Hanes, Fruit of the Loom, and Gildan t-shirts.

Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day

I put on the cape this morning and took three of my blessings to work with me for Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day.  It was so much fun, and here is our day.

We had just gotten to work very very early.

I just upgraded to an Android, so I had to take a snapshot of them in front of TI Android.

They haven't seen this movie yet, but I had to take the shot anyway.

Child labor laws do not come into play on this day, so we had them "creating" motherboards :-)

All 3 took a break in my office before lunch.

Off to lunch with our new toys.

We had to stop by one more table before lunch.  My Budding Scientists!

  

Lunch in the cafeteria.

Thanks so much to Texas Instruments for the wonderful opportunity today to have a wonderful day with my blessings at work.

We left for home after lunch, and the best snapshot that I missed was seeing the snoring blessings in the car on our way home.  I wish I could have had a nap like them.

School, how I love thee!

School is just wonderful!  Last week, we had our first homework assignment for The Twizzles.  It was so much fun to work with the boys designing "F" vests for their "Letter Parade" at school.  We had to find items that start with the letter F.

Frederick is "reading" to Future one morning before school.  It was just so cute, I had to share.

Here is Future coloring his letter F.

I thought that Kindergarten homework was fun, but Early Childhood School homework is SO MUCH BETTER ;-)

Frederick is coloring his letter F.

Here they are taking each others colors every time that I turn my head to finish my part of this homework assignment.

I loved the part of searching for graphics online to print for them and stick on the F vests.

Here is Future being so serious with his homework assignment, while sticking the pictures on his F vest.

Aaliyah didn't want them to have all of the fun, so she helped me cut the graphics for them to stick.  I am so glad that their names both start with the letter "F" :-)

Capturing rare moments...

Saturday mornings usually start with someone crying.  I just knew that would not be the case today with the time change. No luck, Twizzle #1 (Future) has completely adjusted to the time change, Lucky Him! So, I decided to join him in his tiny Cars bed to see if he would go back to sleep. Big mistake because Future took that as 'Rare Cuddle Time with Mommy'. I couldn't blame him. Just me and him is rare.  So, he started making too much noise (typical), and Twizzle #2 started to squirm in his bed. Now, it means 'Rare Moments with The Twizzles'. So, we grab some clothes and head downstairs for breakfast with just us 3. I always forget to capture these moments, but I know there is going to come a day when we are all up before daylight headed out to soccer, football, baseball fields and dance competitions with Big Sis. So, here is a snapshot of our Typical Blue Green breakfast. My twins are pretty much color coded. Twizzle #1 gets blues everything, and Twizzle #2 get green everything. I will have to share about that simple organizational tool another day :-)

Happy Valentine's Day

I received these pictures from school on Valentine's Day. Outside of my new wedding ring, these pictures were the best.  It is just uncanny how much they look alike.  One day, I will get them tested to see if they are identical.

Happy Valentine's Day!