The girls have probably needed a haircut for over a year. Lauren's hair is thin, unruly and gets ratty very easily. Whitney's grows straight down, into her eyes. But, I could never bring myself to cut those beautiful, unmanageable locks -- until a week before Christmas. Whitney gets frustrated when her hair "won't leave her alone," and Lauren's constantly looks like she's got "bed head."

Scott and I took them to Cookie Cutter's and they did WONDERFULLY! Whitney is definitely going to be the salon-going woman. She chatted up her stylist the entire time. Lauren was less chatty, but very well-behaved and brave. Of course, I kept little locks of hair that was cut off, and even managed to keep back the tears. My babies are growing up. :::sob:::

First we chose our "seats."

Every so often my fellow twin mommy's and I try to get together. It's hard at times, since having twins makes for a busy life. Having twins and an older child makes "busy life" an understatement!!

Lunch for the toddlers...

Groupon had a $35 coupon for an unlimited month of play and art/music classes at Gymboree. I'd heard of Gymboree (the expensive clothing store for babies and toddlers) but didn't realize they had "classes" of sorts at various locations. I thought I'd check it out -- something for us to do for a month.

I had NO idea how much the girls would absolutely LOVE the art class. They paint, glue, use stickers, construction paper... they love it so much that we ended up continuing the classes after our Groupon month was over. We go every Tuesday now and the girls can't wait to go to "art class." I highly recommend!

First we play with Play-Doh, to warm up our hands and fingers...