Another reason why two is enough for us....

stacie over at twinkies wrote this eye-brow-raising piece on tuition. both eric & i didnt go to 'brand name' colleges, but i'm betting it's just as costly.

luckily, thanks to VERY generous grandparents, the girls have funded 529 plans. cause in our household, college isnt optional but required. i even want them to have masters, esp by their time, it can only be more competitive. thou, paying for it would be negotiable.

Happy 1st Birthday Evan!

UPDATE: mo posted the pics fm evan's party, click here to view.

we didnt get a pic w/bday boy, but here's his mom and big sis, yvonne. the petting zoo & minature horse were alot of fun.

look at vienna riding no hands. my brave girl.

laurel liked the goat more than the horsey.

the gym circuit

we took the girls today to a free trial 'waddler' class at my gym in chantilly. i wasnt too impressed. the room smelled like musky socks and the class was mainly kids running around. there were a couple of cute group songs but that was it for 45min.

next stops, my little gym and gymboree play classes. it'll be fun for the girls to learn to tumble, balance and just have a good time developing their motor skills. and not have toys and equipment thrown at them, they get enough of that at home. just have to find the right class and instructor.

Pic of the day

Laurel flashing her 'tara reid's.

Organizing memories

yesterday i spent a couple hours printing out photos, about 200 pics just for the last 3mos! this doesnt include their bday party pics of 200 more. the girls are onto their 3rd album at 1yr old! then there are the hours of videos.

and i'm not trigger happy at the shutter either. if the photos look similar, pick one and delete delete.

eric & i have about a dozen photos fm our childhood. remember the days of the disposable (fancy) flash? how times have changed-- disposable cameras are cheap and accessible.

eric's lucky enough to have one at birth in a santa hat (he's a christmas eve baby). my earliest pic looks like i'm 3? (that's duy in the back)
but to be fair, my parents did have to leave the country during a war, so prob not all the photo albums were packed.

who do you think the twins look like more? photos do lie, cause laurel looks just like me (-:

Brush Brush

Laurel loves her new toothbrush, even tho she has no teeth! The vibration must feel good on her gums---she'll have the cleanest gums in town!

She's been drooling up a storm lately, so teeth may be acoming (fingers crossed and crossed).

Vienna didnt care for the sound effects at first, but now 'brushes' her (4) teeth. Even if they're not moving it around, the rotating brush's gotta be doing some cleaning work.

Next step, using tooth paste and learning to spit it out. We'll prob be using the low fluoride paste for awhile, since i dont see them mastering spitting right away. Or maybe not, since not too long ago, they were all about blowing raspberries. Even their 3-yr old cousin, Lotus had to remind them, 'we only spit when we brush our teeth.'

1st Bday Party Pics

our wonderful friend, map is a fantastic photographer. he took these awesome pics ( click here to view) at the girls' bday party. he captured the girls' pre-party meal to zonking out at naptime post party.

as you can see, it was a water-soaked, sun-filled, summer-licious good time!

thanks to our family and friends for the best bday party ever! smooches, vienna & laurel

a few more pics (thanks julie)---can you spot uncle royce?