The E Journey: Twins

I haven't updated lately because I didn't feel there was much to update.
I realized I hadn't looked at my birthday/anniversary calendar for friends and family in a LONG time and so, some of you had your special date completely missed by our family - Sorry. Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary!
I spent 7 hours in the basement yesterday organizing and repacking boxes. This may seem silly. but I am organizing and packing everything up as though we are moving again. I love to have things organized, and when/if we do this move thing again, I want to be more prepared. I go through every box and take out what we will never use. We have a nice size pile ready for the Goodwill. Mainly I did our Christmas stuff and the girls' clothes. I have purchased more plastic tubs in the last 6 months then I dare to count. A friend and I commented on how we paid lots of money to put the clothes we got for free into a tub. Sort of backwards, but it works. Maybe it would make more sense to not save clothes, not spend the money on tubs, and then go and buy the clothes when we need them. But the clearance section at Kohls for the next season is oh so hard to pass up. I did discover that I could outfit an army of little girls in the size 7 and 8. Really. The tricky part is, when we go through the boxes, both Jessica and Maria will probably only find 10 things they like. The rest will head to the Goodwill or some other lovely little girl. With Jessica, things are never 'cute' or 'pretty' enough. She needs bling on her clothes. This is how she was dressed for school the other day and could not be persuaded that she didn't match. She definitely has her own style!

For Maria, things have to feel and fit 'just right'. She needs sleeves that are tight on her wrists and pants that are tight on her ankles, or dresses and skirts with tights. She rolls the waist over on some of her pants so they fit her the way she wants them to feel. Reminds me of a 15 year old I know in MN!

We enjoyed some spring and some winter. There is a dusting of snow again after a 60 degree day on Wednesday. Last Sunday we went sledding. There was just enough snow covering the hill nearby. We had a couple of spills where the sled hit sand and it stopped and the person/people riding it did not, but overall it was a good outing. Brandon snowboarded the whole time.

And that brings us to what we have done every night this week. PLAY PRACTICE. Weeks ago, a high school girl from church told Matt to bring Jessica and Maria to play tryouts because they needed little kids for their spring musical, Carousel. We had never heard of it but Jessica and Maria were quite excited about it. They tried out, got two of the parts, and practiced every Saturday for a few weeks. Tonight is opening night and tomorrow they do a matinee and an evening performance, so every night this week from 7 - 9 PM, we head out for play practice. They are on stage in three scenes for probably a total of 5 minutes, but its pretty cute. Maria listens to every possible instruction and follows it to the letter of the law. Jessica feels she knows a better way and tends to do as she likes, thus she isn't always in the right spot or looking at the right thing. They have the girls dressed as twins, which they think is ridiculous. So many people think they look alike, we don't see it, but here's a picture so you can decide. They are part of the Snow family, they are two of the 9 Snow children. We weren't all that impressed with the play, but now all four children can sing songs from it after being at so many practices!