Holiday Festivities

The Gingerbread Houses on Christmas Eve, Eve

The Christmas Eve Jammies

Christmas Eve with the Family


Christmas Morning!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the Schercks!

We hope you all have a wonderful holiday and are blessed in the coming year with health, safety and happiness.

Alyssa and Hannah

December 2010

Halloween fun!

Better late than never I guess...

We had a great Halloween weekend filled with pumpkins, costumes, trick-or-treating at the Jacksonville Zoo's Spooktacular, and a trunk-or-treat and chili cook-off. The girls were so cute and they had a blast. They had been talking about what they would dress up as for a month or more before Halloween. Sweet Aunt Tami, bought them adorable costumes at their request of a ballerina for Alyssa and a pumpkin for Hannah. (She had wanted to be a banana, but we couldn't find a banana costume in her size anywhere so she said she would be a pumpkin instead.) Alyssa's ballerina costume was too small and when I took it back to exchange it, the next size up was too big, so she fell in love with a Tinkerbell costume instead. Then she never actually wore it. Lol! Alyssa had been saying that Daddy would be a slice of pizza for Halloween and we went along with it thinking there was no way we could find a costume like that, and I didn't have the time to make one. However, Aunt Tami found one! It was actually a child's costume, but it fit over Jim's head and he looked so cute. :) Alyssa ended up wearing the slice of pizza to the zoo and then the pumpkin princess to the church event. Hannah was the pumpkin princess at the zoo and then she was Tinkerbell at church. They looked adorable in all of the costumes and had a great time.

Fun day at the park

We went to the park at the Y and I thought it was such a pretty day to take some pictures of the girls. I am trying to be a better photographer using my friends photos as ideas. (Thanks Carrie and Katie) I was trying to really get good light and be more aware of what is in the background. I liked a few of them, but I think I really need an SLR camera to get better photos. Maybe Santa will be nice to me and upgrade my camera. :) But until then, here are a few pics that I liked for you to enjoy.

Hannah the Photographer

Hannah loves to get my camera and take pictures of the whole family. She is developing a really good eye. :) The camera is bigger than her hands, but she manages to get a few good shots every now and then. Here are a few of my favorites...
And here are a couple that are just plain funny...

Be on the look out in about 20 years...you just may see some of her photos in a museum. :)

A Picture moment

I thought this was a nice little picture moment of the beauties. They were sitting so peacefully in the chair together. :) They were enthralled by the TV, but still a nice moment.

Adventures in Twin Toddler-land

Everyday when I come home from work I open the door to an array of surprises waiting for me. The good things like "MOMMY! I missed you" and the giant hugs and kisses are wonderful! Then there are things like the giant mess in their room which has regurgitated even more mess down the hall and into the living room and on into our bedroom. It is like a tornado has come through there some days. One day I couldn't even get the front door open to come in the house because the giant inflatable bouncy balls were blocking the door. I also never know what the girls will be wearing. Some days they are wearing only panties, some days a shirt is added and on occasion they have their full jammies in tact. One day this week I came home to a naked little girl running out of the bathroom with tears in her eyes and some #2 on the bathroom floor. (TMI I'm sure). I'm just saying the fun never ends in Twin Toddler-land. It is quite the adventure.

This is what I came home to one day this week.

A beautiful assortment of colors all over the wall!! Not just a small space either, they got the whole wall. I was not happy. But, I guess it is a good reason to have to buy some paint and actually decorate their room.

And these are the "I'm so sorry mommy" faces that I got from the culprits.

Update on our summer

Uggh, why can't I be better about updating this blog??

Since the last post, I have started a new school year at a new school. That makes 4 moves in 5 years (Grrr, not happy about that). I am enjoying my new school and my new team of 8 Kindergarten teachers. They are very helpful and good about planning together. :) My grade chair ordered several thousand dollars of Lakeshore (great stuff for teaching) games and stuff during the summer knowing my room would be empty. It came in before school started and I was so excited opening all those boxes. :) It is nice to have stuff to teach with, especially Kindergarten you have to keep them busy.

The other BIG accomplishment of the summer was getting the girls potty trained. We did it! Los Hicimos! I am thrilled not to have to buy anymore diapers!! The girls love their little Dora and TinkerBell panties and they have done a great job. We are still working on Hannah with #2 in the potty. Anyone have any tips on how to get her to go in the potty instead of hiding in her room? We have tried everything we can think of.

We had a really great summer together going to the zoo, the splash park at the Y, the library, celebrating the 4th of July, another b-day for Daddy and otherwise just realxing at home together. I love summer time except for all the heat.

What a difference a year makes...

I was just looking at pictures from last July and realized how much they have changed. Last year they looked like babies still, now they look like little girls. I am amazed by how much they have changed. Here are some pics to show the difference.

Hannah July 2009Hannah July 2010Alyssa July 2009 Alyssa July 2010

The Super Adventures of...

No, not Dora, or Diego, not Lenny, Tuck or Ming Ming... It is none other than our fabulous cape wearing superheros... Super Hannah and Super Nunu!!

(Our nickname for Alyssa)

Here they come to save the day! They are animal rescuers, and anything else that needs assistance.

And they even have trusty sidekicks - a purple monkey and a baby Jaguar (for those that don't watch as much Nick Jr. as I do, those are Dora and Diego's sidekicks) :)

Updated Photos

Wow, they change so fast. Just scroll down a little to see how much they have changed just since Christmas. I wish I could put a recording of them talking on here. They use such good sentences and enunciate their words so well. I love it. I will work on that. In the meantime, here are some updated pictures for you to enjoy.

Easter 2010 Easter Brunch Picnic on the Porch with our hats on of course. :)

Spring Break beach fun