Happy St. Patrick's Day

Our favorite little leprechauns wish one and all a happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Another Castellano Photo Album

We didn't realize it's been that long since our last post. Luckily, no drama means that time flew by without us even realizing it. However, that doesn't mean we've just been doing nothing. Instead, Braelyn and Gwendolyn have been quite busy these past 10 days or so. See what we mean...

Spring as sprung...

...Much to the twins' delight!

Braelyn sits high atop a wooden camel at Crown Center...

...While Gwendolyn channels her inner kangaroo.

Braelyn wears a conductor's hat...

...And so does Gwendolyn as they wait for their food to be delivered via toy train at Fritz's Railroad Restaurant.

Braelyn seems to be opening her own library judging by the stack of books she's sharing her car seat with.

One of Gwendolyn's classic lines of all time when she sees Mom taking out her camera... "Mom! Cheese!!!!"

Happy Hump Day

Braelyn and Gwendolyn are doing their best to get over the hump as well!

Playground Paradise

Braelyn & Gwendolyn joined their cousins over the weekend and took advantage of our warm winter. Together, they went to a local park and toiled on the playground until they were all spent.

Gwendolyn set quite a precedent for herself on the day. It was one of her first times out and about in her walker. It was great to see her walking around the park and realizing that she was doing what so many other boys and girls were. She continually would stop and just look around with big smile on her face as she made her way from the car down to the dock to feed the ducks and then joined everyone else on the playground. While there, she crawled up the climbing wall (with some help from Mom) before going down the slide.

Speaking of the slide, Braelyn wore a hole in it because she went down it so much. She kept running up the steps and sliding down, then repetitively started it all over again. Each time, she'd finish sliding with a hearty giggle before sprinting to the steps so she could do it all over again.

They are both getting so big. To that end, they are each continuing to challenge limits. So much so that Braelyn often goes over the line and inevitably puts herself in the corner as a punishment… So, maybe that whole “timeout” thing isn’t quite a concept she can understand just yet.

Oh well... We'll take the self-discipline for now.

A Late V-Day Recap

Unfortunately, we're a little behind on updating everyone in regards to our week that was.

However, we do have a good excuse for our tardiness. You see, Braelyn had a stomach virus that systematically made its way through the entire Castellano clan... and unfortunately it zapped us all at one point of the week or the other.

Still, it looks like we've made it to week's end no worse for the wear.

As for Valentine's Day, Cupid got the girls snow globes. Braelyn choose the Mickey Mouse version while Gwendolyn received Tweety Bird. Unfortunately, one of the globes was soon thereafter dropped and cracked. So, we're back to having just one globe between the two girls... And as you can imagine, that doesn't go too well when they both decide they want to play with it at the same time.

The girls have also been taking full advantage of shaking their bugs by getting outside and playing in the driveway. As you can see in the photo leading off this entry, there's always a fair share of hugs and kisses that are on display.

Enjoy your weekend all.

What a Snow Day

We haven't even hit lunchtime yet but Mom's first snow day of the year has been interesting to say the least.

First our heater broke... Then we sprung a leak underneath the sink in the kitchen... And now Braelyn has gone from constipated the a serious case of the runs thanks to what we think is a stomach virus.

Sometimes snow days aren't all they are cracked up to be!!!

In fact, the barrage of maintenance men at the door and sprints to the potty by Mom this morning almost makes one long for the quite moments in life. 

Stay warm out there.

Happiness is...

... Being the grandmother in the middle of a Braelyn & Gwendolyn sandwich!!!