This Past Week (long with lots of pics)!

well, sorry it has been sooo long. i know i promised that i was going to update on monday or tuesday, but i obviously didn't get there. it's not that my week was more stressful or that i had more to do, i just didn't get to it. anyway, on to the post and pics! on friday i had the priviledge of watching my friends little boy, connor. he is a little younger than the girls, and is soo handsome. this is the first time i have watched him, and he was very good! he wouldn't talk to me, but followed me around as i was cleaning and then when i would talk to him, he would run in the other room. when i got the vacuum out, they all piled up on the loveseat. here is a pic of them (obviously connor is in the middle)!


saturday we started out with a trip to the new england aquarium in boston, ma. we took the downeaster and had to be in portland (an hour away) by 6 am. the train ride down was great! we were almost by ourselves the whole way(2 1/2 hrs.). we went to the aquarium, ate lunch at the cafe they had there (prices were kinda reasonable), and half way through, the early morning hours caught up with the girls, and they ended up falling asleep in the carriage for about an hour or so:
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we then decided to go see a imax 3-d movie. when you go in, they give you the "special" glasses. i thought the movie was great! the kids didn't keep their glasses on as they were all scared of the movie. seems the fish are a little too real and close with them on. i got a picture of jordan before the movie started:


after the movie, we decided to go to market square. there are a ton of shops and lots of people. we walked around for a little while and saw a man we thought was a statue, but was actually real (he was completely painted gold). we also ran into a man making balloon things. the kids each got something and then we decided to head back to the amtrak station. here is a slideshow of the day:

here are a couple of videos. the first is of kaylee saying "chugga, chugga, choo choo", i do assure you that is what she is saying :)






this next one os of kelsey:






this is where our trip went from great to horrible. we all know that no trip with 4 kids can go smoothly the whole way. anyway, we got to the station about 1 1/2 hours before our train was scheduled to leave. we decided to get mcdonalds and eat while we waited. after we got our food and were about to sit down, my sister noticed that there was a train scheduled to leave in about 5 min. i went to the ticket window and asked if we could change our tickets. he said he didn't have time to do it, but to run to the train and they would possibly let us on, so we did. mind you, the clock said we still had 3 minutes to get there. we ran and were "greeted" my one of the men working the train. i told him what i was told and he replied "you MADE me hold my train for that?" i informed him that i didn't make him do anything. he then said "well, i see you had enough time to stop at mcdonald's though"! i just replied with "we weren't planning on taking this train till a few minutes ago". he let us on, but that is not where the fun ended. the train was pretty much full, so we had to split up. the girls had to sit in their carriage and doug sat in front of them and i sat across the aisle. toya, auntie jess, grammy, and jordan sat farther back on the train. before the train even left, jordan had to go potty, he was trying to close the door, when a old, drunk guy came up and said "this is a bathroom, it is not a place to play". my sister informed him that he just couldn't shut the door. this is not the last run in with this mentally unstable person either. as the train is moving along, i keep hearing this same man talking very loudly. he is saying things like "i had 4 daughters and they knew to be quiet in public", "if i had them for neighbors, i would commit suicide", "i thought only men could have kids", and a bunch of other things. who might you think he was talking about? yup, that's right, my hubby and the twins. mind you, the twins never cried, screeched, or were loud the whole hour they were sitting in their stroller. they played, laughed, sang, and ate their supper. my hubby luckily did not hear what was being said. by this time, i had had enough and got up to move the carriage to another car, not for him, but because this man was so mentally unstable that i honestly thought he was going to hurt the girls. i was crying and shaking, i was so scared and upset. a couple of ladies got up with us and one came in and said that my kids were perfect, they were doing nothing wrong, and they were some of the best behaved kids she's ever seen on the train. she also said that after we left, a bunch of people stood up and told the man to shut up and that he was behaving worse than the girls were. the other lady that got up went to get the workers and they opened up a empty train car just for us and we beleive they kicked the man off. i know they made him move (cause he got up and went with them), but he was also going to the same station we were going to and when we got there, he was no where to be seen. so, that ended that day. needless to say, we were all ready for bed when we got home at around 9 pm. :) on sunday, doug had his firemen's muster. he went to it, but the rest of us went to church, so i do not have pics. this was also the day that we said goodbye to auntie jess. she says this is the last time she is going back to college, but she said that last year as well :). on monday we had the parade. toya and jordan got to ride on top of the fire truck that daddy was driving. here is a slideshow of the parade:

the rest of the week was just the usual school days. thursday jordan went to his forst OT appointment. he loves it and i think he will get caught up in no time. today we have a birthday party for justin and lucas, so i will have pics of that later.

last but not least, i have been tagged by my fellow twin mom angie. i noticed that so far everyone that has been tagged has said they don't think that they are interesting, yet, everyone's that i have read have been very interesting :). so, here are 8 not so interesting facts about me! :)

1. ever since i had the twins, i have been obsessed with multiples! i absolutely must go talk to everyone that has twins, or multiples and find out there life history. how early, how big, how long in the nicu?

2. once (before i was married and had kids), i had a friend change my tires, and on my way to work the next day, i was surprised to see a tire roll by me as i was going down the road. yes, it was mine! the tire had come completley off, including the rim. it rolled across the street and into some trees! i guess they would call that a good reason for coming to work late :)

3. i actually love taking ALL my kids EVERYWHERE i go. i don't actually feel as though i need a getaway yet. i do have days when i am pushed to my limits, but honestly, if i got away, i do think i would miss them and wish they were with me the whole time i was gone.

4. i used to have 11 earrings in one ear. i had little cubic zarconia earrings ranging from biggest to smallest going all the way up my ear. i only had 2 in the other ear. i removed all but two when i had latoya and she started pulling on them. the holes are still visible, but i don't think i could put earrings in there again.

5. on a whim, i decided to have a tubal after the twins. i have regretted it ever since and have secretly wished i could have more, crazier than that, i have wished i could have identical twin boys to even out the score. i am now content with what i have :).

6. my first job was at kmart where i worked with my mom and my sister, sarah. i met a ton of friends, one of which i am still friends with today, missy, (although not as close). we had the kmart group and hung out all the time. we had alot of good times.

7. i am not like this with everything, but in regards to the kids toys, everything must be in the same exact spot i keep it. hubby cannot help pick up, because he never puts things where they belong. no, it wouldn't hurt if the trucks were in the toybox, but they belong on the shelf :).

8. when i was 19, i was pulled over three times in one night!!! the first time was because they thought i was a car they had a apb out on for running from the police. i was in the wring place at the wrong time. they completely surrounded my car (remember that missy). the second time was because one of my headlights was out (they didn't tell me that the first time they pulled me over), and the third time was two minutes down the road from the second time. it was for my headlight again. nothing says maybe you should just go home like being pulled over 3 times in one night!

speaking of getting pulled over, last night after i dropped my mom off at her house, i got pulled over. it was about 9:30 pm and my kids were past ready for bed. i turned down by my house and saw the blue lights! i asked the kids if he was pulling me over and they said yes. he was very nice, he asked for license, registration, and insurance. i got them out and he informed me that my insurance card had expired. he said not to worry about it because he wasn't giving me a ticket anyway. he then asked if i knew why i was pulled over and i said i could probably guess. he said i had run a stop sign (same thing i would have guessed). he said hi to the kids and told me to try to remember to stop next time and we were on our way. anyway, that concludes my week! sorry it's so long! i hope you enjoy.

as far as tagging people. i will tag: my mom, saran and john, jess, joleene , aunt joan, cassie, ellen, and mary. ok, now you are it and have to post 8 interesting things about yourselves on your blog! have fun!