Millions of Time-Outs, 3 Fish and 1 Little Baby

Hi Everybody,

It's Maryn!

I guess don't really mean to, but I've been kinda naughty lately. (good thing Santa already came!)

I heard mommy say something today about me being "terrible two." I've been getting time-outs. They make me really mad.

Mommy puts me in time-out until I say I'm sorry for throwing toys or hitting.

I don't want to say I'm sorry! So I sit there, and I sit there, and I sit there....I scream, but I don't say I'm sorry for as loooooooooong as I can hold out.

Today in the car, I hit Brynn 'cause she was bugging me. Mommy saw me and she got really mad.

She turned around and said, "Maryn, no hitting! Keep your hands on your lap!" I didn't want to keep my hands on my lap, so I looked my mommy in the eye and grabbed Brynn's arm and held on as tight as I could.

I wanted her to know that I didn't WANT to keep my hands to myself.

My Mimi told me that my mom used to listen to a record (whatever that is?!) when she was a little girl about a princess who said, "I want what I want and I want it now."

I think that's me.

Mom and I are probably going to spend lots of time in time-out together.

On a more fun note, I wanted to tell you about our new family members.

We got fishies yesterday from our "auntie" Nikki. They are beautiful. One is blue, one is yellow and one is orange.

I named mine Bubbles, Brynn named hers Brynn (fitting!), and Leah named hers Swim. Mommy let us pick the names.

We like to ask mom or dad to carry our fish around so that they can watch us play. We say hi to them first thing in the morning, and blow them kisses goodnight. We make sure that our puppy Reese doesn't get too close. "Auntie" Nikki said that our fish live for a really, really, really long time. That makes us happy....for some reason mom and dad's smiles weren't as big as ours!

We also got to meet baby Henry yesterday! Oh, we just love him! He borrowed Brynn's blankie; we helped feed him a bottle and everything! Hopefully he can visit again soon!

Wish me a fun weekend with no time-outs!

Love,

Maryn

ATP

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If we get the most votes, we'll get a free photo session in 2010.
We'd love some more pics of the girls!

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Hoarder

Have you seen the show "Hoarders" on A&E? Don't be surprised if you see my youngest child as the subject of that show 20 years from now.
Today at school, we walked into the room, and Leah began her hoarding.
She gathered her favorite doll, 3 bottles, 1 blanket, 1 purse and a plastic hamburger and carried them around with her for the next hour and a half. (not exaggerating....90 minutes!)
Now, look at her hands....they aren't that big. It took some good moves to carry all of that stuff around. I heard another parent yell across the room, "Get that girl a cart!"

She also lays claim to things at home....mainly, the train set. It isn't good enough to have one train. She needs all 4. She knows that if she puts them down *POOF* they'll be gone. So, she carries them around for the day. (or hides them in one of her secret spots)

Better start her therapy now!

Some Wedding Pictures

We did it! We were beautiful flower girls for our Uncle Nick and Auntie Jenny. We even walked down the aisle. (We walked with our mommy and daddy, so it wasn't scary!)

Here are a few pictures of us that our Grammy and Poppa took. When we get the professional pictures, we will post those.

We have to go to bed, but we'll tell you more about the wedding as soon as we get some more pictures.

Congrats Uncle Nick and Auntie Jenny!

Love you!

Grammy reading to us before the big walk down the aisle:

Snack Time:

Leah pooped out after the big day. So much fun!:

Maryn and Papa:

Dancing Queen:

Brynn on the church stage. She thought it was pretty cool and kept saying "Ta-da"!:

A practice run down the aisle:

Rehearsal:

Mom and Dad at the rehearsal:

Still Stuck

Look at my sad face. I'm still stuck. 2 more weeks. :(

Christmas With 2-Year-Olds

How to describe Christmas with three 2-year-olds?!

CHAOS!

Here are a few(very few) pictures that we happened to capture. These kids had WAY better things to do than strike a pose.

Merry Christmas!

Love, The Jonswolds

P.S. Maryn goes in on Monday to see if she can get her cast off. Pray that her leg is healed! The girls are flower girls in a very special wedding on New Years Eve. We want that little leg to be able to walk down the aisle!

Lunch with our cousins:

We love to open presents!:

Suckers in our stockings:

Hey! That's me on that plate! Cool, grammy!:

Biker Chicks:

Gifts from Santa!:

Our new kitchen:

Are All 3 Of Those Kids Yours?

Today at the mall, somebody stopped me (and when I say stopped me, I mean literally pulled over his delivery truck) to smile and ask if "all 3 of those kids are mine?"

His question was our 3rd conversation with strangers from the parking lot to the door of the Galleria.
Another lady said, "Wow Mama, you must mean business with that stroller!"
You know it! We always mean business when we shop this time of year! :)

A third person said "I can't believe you are brave enough to go out with all 3 of them!"
My response was, "This is my life. We travel together, or we don't travel!" We're too bored locked up inside..of course we love to get out and about! (not to mention that fact that the girls are normally very good!)
Once we got into the Galleria, a sales associate walked up, looked at my trio, and said "My goodness, I can NOT imagine how long it takes for you to get out the door in the morning!"

I told her we don't normally sign up for anything before 9:15. Yes, it takes us a while.
But that got me to thinking of our night time routine with the girls. (which believe it or not takes LONGER than our morning routine)
As they have gotten older, we have slowly adoped new "traditions" into our bedtime ritual.
After we take a bath and brush our teeth, we read a story. Normally, Peter and I read to the girls (of course!), but today, I caught Maryn sitting in her rocker reading Just Incase You Ever Wonder.

After our story we are off to bed. We need to make sure we have all of our special things.
Maryn: Shes pretty easy, just blankie, nonnie and Dora the Explorer doll.
Brynn: Puppy, Froggy, Dora and blankie
Leah: Horsie, Kitty, Puppy, Puppy 2, Dora and blankie. (I'm not kidding you, I'm not sure how this child fits into her bed at night!)
Then it is on to the "love you" round. This was daddy's routine at first. Now it has just stuck.
First we do a round of knuckles. Knuckles from mommy and knuckles from daddy.

Then, comes the round of high-fives!

Then the kisses...

And finally the hugs...

We usually hear requests for "one more hug" but we try to cut it off after round 4! :)

Thankfully, after they are tucked in and "knuckled", high-fived, kissed and hugged good night, they fall asleep quickly. No more escapes as of yet. I'm sure it won't be too long!

Yes, it does take a while to get 3 two year olds in gear for anything. But 3 hugs and 3 kisses from 3 beautiful girls that I am lucky enough to call my daughters: worth every extra moment!