They are adorable, aren't they? I love them!

No time to blog lately. Been cooking and cleaning in preparation for all this week's guests (Grandpa J yesterday and today; Mom and Uncle Mikey tomorrow; Grandpa and Grandma D on Friday).

The girls are so cool:

• They are not baldies anymore. Thy have hair. In fact, Lena's needs to be washed. Is it coincidence or the result of our new, improved diet?
  
• Nico can turn in little circles. Sometimes she spins too much. I remember doing that. It melts me.
  
• Lena said "bubble" perfectly yesterday morning while Nico slept. I filled the TV (free) room with bubbles for her. She said it again today.
• I taught them "bye-bye boobie" by accident. Now they both try to say it all the time. It is hilarious and encourage it. One day I know I'll regret it.
• I made a stew from scratch. It was very good--after we figured out it needed to be thickened (the first night we had beef soup--ah, my patient husband). I'm making another tomorrow for Uncle Mikey's visit.
• We mopped upstairs and downstairs all by ourselves in two days this week. And when I say "we," I mean one in the Bjorn and one on my hip at times. That's gotta be a good workout, right?
• They are signing up a storm! They do butterfly, frog, and the eternal more (which I think means me too as well--as in, I want it).
• Lena can shake her head "no."
• Nico can nod her head "yes."
  
• They have discovered the area under where the TV used to be (which still houses a DVD player and all the stereo cords and speakers). They love to hide there.
• I found a piece of glass in Nico's mouth. Gah. (Unrelated to last night's vomit, I am assured.)
• The girls are sick. But they are mostly very cheerful. Lena threw up Sunday (Chris thought it might be because he was throwing her around). Nico threw up Monday night a few times. Everything she'd eaten since breakfast (a Mommy can tell). Lena then threw up Tuesday on the way to the grocery (I pulled over to see why she was crying, thank goodness); mission aborted. Then Nico threw up last night, and I swear it was blood (looked like the end of a period to me--Chris and Ed said it wasn't blood). She had no other symptoms, so I was talked out of the emergency room. I guess it's just a bug--no fever, but lots of sleep (a least four hours today), diarrhea, and some diaper rash for Lena. I hope it's gone soon.
  
• They are at least 29 inches tall--tall enough for the refridgerator door to hit Lena in the head!
• I got a "real" comment! Woohoo! Thank you! And clearly I, too, am obsessed with NPD and Nourishing Traditions. I will give it to everyone for Christmas if I have not convinced them to buy it for themselves first. I bought 6 containers of raw organic nuts, half of which are soaking to bake right now. (And I made "healthier" chocolate chip cookies for Grandpa J, but the chips have regular sugar, and I swear I have sores in my mouth from them. Bizarre.)
• So much more...maybe I'll have time tomorrow.