Dynamic Duo

It just occurred to me that I missed lasts months post about the girls. Life has really gotten away from us and we are trying desperately to chase it down. With the holidays quickly approaching we have had little time to relax. Well, I suppose you would love to hear what the girls have been up to these last couple months. Here is a timeline of our past events. Hope you enjoy it.

Juliana and Olivia 

October 4- Daddy's Birthday. On that weekend we had a group of our friends come over and spend the time celebrating Daddy's 31st birthday. The girls had a blast kicking balloons around, eating chili, and showing off for our friends. Not to forget they helped daddy blow out his candles. This was also the day after the girls turned 2 1/2 years old. Daddy's birthday is Juliana and Olivia's half birthday. Oh how fun to be able to share something special with daddy.

 October 8-19- There is no specific event that happened through this time but I wanted to share with you what the girls and I have been doing during our normal week. Mondays usually are recoup days from the weekend and we take the time relaxing at home or making errands to ready us for the week. One fun adventure the girls get to experience is grocery shopping. Sometimes this is hard to do with two little girls that are growing everyday. I run out of space in my shopping cart and they are squished and so is anything soft under their feet. Tuesdays and Thursdays the girls and I have been running with a friend of mine, Shea, who also has twins. We push our girls in running strollers in a somewhat hilly subdivision. This gives both Mamas and babies time to get some fresh air and restore the sanity to our crazy but enjoyable lives. Fridays are clean up days and baking days. We take the time to do our baking or cooking together. This is a much loved time for both Mama and girls.

 Shea and her girls

 Mama and her girls

 Juliana's first hair cut.

 Olivia's first hair cut.

 Making donuts with Mama.

Mama's helpers.

 Juliana

Olivia

October 20- The girls had their first cookout. They roasted their own hot dogs and made and ate their first s'mores. It was one of our best family times together. Nice cool air sitting around the fire with our girls. Such a great feeling.

 Olivia eating her first s'more.

Juliana and her s'more.

October 21- Juliana and Olivia had the opportunity to see Mama and Miss Shea race in the Susan G. Komen 5k race.  There were around 5000 people there and lots of hype to support those with breast cancer and honor those that lost the fight. I ran this race to support my friend Kay Gonel. She is winning her battle and I was so honored to run on her behalf. The girls had a great time and needless to say were exhausted when it was all over.

 My little supporters.

Mama and Kay

October 28- We decided as a family we were going to take the time and go apple picking. We drove to Sky Top Orchard. This was our first time visiting this place. Juliana and Olivia loved it. We walked down with our wagon and picked a bunch of Granny Smith apples. They had fun filling up the baskets. Once we got back to the main building, we got hot apple cider and fresh hot donuts. That was worth the trip right there. After spending some time on the orchard's playground we decided that it was time to go. The weather was turning cold and sprinkles were coming down. Once we got into our car it began to rain. Perfect timing. We didn't get to go on a hayride, but we will save that for next year. What a great time we had.

 Juliana 

 Olivia

 Little Apple Pickers

Playing at the playground.

October 31- Our family doesn't really believe in the whole Halloween concept but we have a lot of churches in our area that host trunk or treat and walkthroughs with a festival at the end. We decided that we would dress the girls as sock monkeys and visit these few places. What a fun time we had. We saw some friends but the main event of it all was the donkey and cows they had at the trunk or treat. We were there for about 10 minutes. The girls loved petting them. They tried to get close to a calf, but it was too scared to come see the girls. Really neat and a great experience.

Olivia and Juliana

It is now November and we are already scheduling our calendar. This coming weekend the girls and Daddy will be joining Mama in their first 5k. Although the girls won't be running, I will be pushing them with Mike running along side. We would like to make this an annual event as this is the Speedway in Lights 5k. The Bristol Motor Speedway decorates the race track and surrounding area with Christmas lights. This is one of the most fun runs I have done. Nothing like Christmas lights to get you in the mood for the holidays.

The week after the girls will be in the Kingsport Christmas Parade. Our twins club we are apart of will be walking in it to pass out flyers for our club and just show off our amazing kids. Right after the parade we have a couple days and then we will be headed to see Daddy's family in Georgia for Thanksgiving. This will be a great time to catch up and make more memories with family.

As this Thanksgiving approaches, our little Colburn family wants to wish you all the best and most thankful Thanksgiving yet. Many blessings from our little home to yours.