The TwinkiesThe TwinkiesThis blog, once described as -your RDA of cute-, chronicles the daily adventures of raising twins. Articles
That Whole Marketing Thing Plus the Tickle Monster
2008-05-16 21:22:00 Not that I’ve mentioned it in a while because this is about the incredible wonderfulness that is twin motherhood where the joy never stops and I dance around the house singing, in key, all day but I have been working on that whole photography business thing in between that motherhood gig and not beating Brian ... More About: Marketing , Monster , Thing
Potty Success
2008-05-15 02:13:00 F announced “poopy” after her bath, went and sat on her potty and peed in it. More About: Success
Mother?s Day
2008-05-13 02:51:00 She threw up on me in the morning. She’s better now. More About: Photos , Mother , Months
When Do I Become ?That Woman??
2008-05-10 17:25:00 You know, that one who is getting attention for nursing her 8-year-old at the mall? What’s the cut off when you stop being normal and move into freak? And, now that you are resisting the urge to tell me that I am already in the freak zone 1 here’s a cartoon to amuse you. 1 ... More About: Breastfeeding , Woman
Freakishly Cold May Day at the Playground
2008-05-09 04:08:00 And, yes, he did go down that slide. They both did. I have more but I am too tired and sick to process them. Maybe later. More About: Photos , Cold , Months , Playground
Bounce with the Bunny?
2008-05-09 02:33:00 I’ve been reading “Barnyard Dance” to the kids since they were so small they couldn’t turn over. Now they stamp and clap and bow on cue. Today, after I read “Bounce with the bunny” F said, “strut with the duck.” She’s memorized it. She also tries to sing along to “Row row row ... More About: Bunny , Months
Enter Vomit, Stage Left
2008-05-08 16:56:00 It isn’t good when you find dried vomit on your cheek and don’t know whether it is yours or your daughter’s. J got a stomache bug earlier this week. Brian got it night before last. When I got in the car to take Fi to school yesterday I knew immediately I was in trouble ... More About: Left , Enter , Stage , Months , Vomit
Worst Diaper Ever? I Was A Fool!
2008-05-06 04:09:00 Remember when I wrote about the worst diaper ever? I was a fool. No matter how bad a diaper is if the fecal matter stays within the diaper until an adult removes said diaper that aforementioned diaper, well, it’s not all that bad. F has had two major poopy explosions in 12 hours. At ... More About: Fool , Months , Diaper
The Unbearable Cuteness of Fi
2008-05-06 03:45:00 Before breast-feeding at bedtime, which is done lying on the floor of the nursery, both kids like to get their blankies and have for a while. A new addition in the past two weeks has been their “bow-wows”, which are stuffed cocker spaniels that a friend of mine gave them when they were born. ... More About: Breastfeeding , Cuteness , Months
Zoe and Lennox Memorial Fund
2008-05-04 15:43:00 Thank you all for your generous donations to the Zoe and Lennox Memorial Fund via advertising exploration and Amazon shopping. I just sent in the donation, a grand total of $250. You can still donate directly by clicking on the tree in the sidebar or THIS LINK.
Things I?ve Learned Thus Far Parenting Twins
2008-05-02 02:14:00 You won’t remember much about the first three months. It really does get easier after a year. People do finally stop asking you really stupid questions in public once they are toddlers (and, no, I don’t miss it.) You have to pace yourself. I can lift about 50 pounds at once (and increasing every minute) (Eva) I can live ... More About: Parenting , Twins , Things , Learned
Congratulations, Poker
2008-05-02 00:18:00 At first I though, go leave a comment on his blog. Then I thought, just send the man an email. Then I decided to be truly tasteless and do the blog equivalent of telling the waitress at a chain restaurant that caters to children that it is your birthday. Congratulations on your article in ... More About: Poker
Awesome Advice I Heard Today
2008-05-01 22:41:00 Take the cotton out of your ears and put it in your mouth. More About: Advice , Awesome , Today
Worst. Diaper. Ever.
2008-04-29 03:29:00 The poop filled her diaper. It overflowed up and down her pants. I removed the diaper - a pull up, of course - and she stepped in it, thus taking out her socks. She sat on my lap, getting my pants. Her shirt got stuck to her back, and it got ... More About: Diaper
Back Surgery Update
2008-04-29 03:02:00 Brian has made it home and is doing fine. Today was his first visit with the local rehab facility which agreed that he was being handled very conservatively by the hospital rehab and that he can be pushed a little more; he spent most of the afternoon asleep after said pushing. He will ... More About: Surgery , Update , Back
One Small Step for Potty?
2008-04-28 04:00:00 F peed in the potty today. She tugged at her diaper and announced “poo poo”, sat on the potty while her father read “Once Upon a Potty” to her several times, and peed! More About: Small , Step
What Can I Say, the Boy Has Taste
2008-04-27 19:08:00 This morning J took this godawful CD that sings these dreadful songs and inserts F’s name everywhere via multi-track editing out of the stereo and replaced it with a Duke Ellington CD. More About: Taste
Sheep and Wool Festival
2008-04-26 22:07:00 We went to a sheep and wool festival today where the kids pet sheep and even a bunny. We didn’t touch the alpacas because they were making that cooing noise that means “unhappy alpaca.” I resisted the urge to buy more wool and am trying to figure out when I can find time ... More About: Photos , Festival , Sheep , Months
Totally Glamorous Moments in Motherhood
2008-04-25 23:18:00 When your son runs over to you in order to wipe his snotty nose on your pants. More About: Motherhood , Moments , Glamorous , Months
Cobb School Online Auction
2008-04-25 21:41:00 The kids’ school is having an online auction (and if you look closely at the items up for bid you’ll notice a photo shoot by yours truly is one of the available items). So, you know, go check it out and bid on stuff. More About: Auction , School , Online , Cobb , Montessori
Update on Brian, Me and the Kids
2008-04-23 20:17:00 Brian had his post-operative check up today and is doing well. They plan to send him home on Friday. He is walking well, can climb stairs and has had his pain medication reduced. He will go be going back to the doctor’s office next Tuesday for another post-operative check-up. Thank you everyone who ... More About: Kids , The Kids , Update , Brian
The Naturopathy Dance
2008-04-22 00:09:00 It’s funny how resistant people are to the idea I’m using naturopathy to diagnose and treat F’s issues. More than one person has shared that muscle resistance testing is obviously just the placebo effect, which is, I think, their nice way of saying “laden with quackery.” I would note that F obviously has food sensitivities. ... More About: Dance
Testing. Testing. 1, 2, 3? testing.
2008-04-21 04:20:00 Tonight while playing in the bath F took it into her wee head to pour water out of the bath onto the floor. Because I am a mean, narrow-minded thinking-inside-the-box kind of person that was not OK with me. Bath water stays in the bath tub. I know. I know. I’m ... More About: Photos , Testing , Months
Painting
2008-04-20 04:49:00 Last year’s painting adventure. Do you think her technique has improved? More About: Photos , Painting , Months
Overwhelmed
2008-04-20 03:52:00 Right now I have a husband in rehab on major medication and I have to spend 3 hours every day in the car in order to see him. Meanwhile I have made major life sacrifices to be a stay at home parent and now I hardly ever see my children. Both of ... More About: Overwhelmed
Life in Rehab (Back Surgery Update)
2008-04-18 23:17:00 Brian is doing very well. He got to take a shower yesterday; it was the first one in a week so he was pretty happy about that. He has a funky toy to put his socks on, a back brace that looks like a corset and a nifty grabber. I’m planning on ... More About: Life , Rehab , Surgery , Update , Back
Brian Moved to Rehab
2008-04-17 02:45:00 Brian has been moved to rehab. He is at the Van Munching Rehab ilitation Center at Stamford Hospital. It is still 90 minutes away. Sigh. He has a follow up appointment with the surgeon on the 22nd and I hope they’ll send him home then. This driving thing is not the ... More About: Brian
Photo Contest Winner and New Round
2008-04-17 02:43:00 Kerry is the photo contest winner this round! Tell me what email address you would like your gift certificate sent to and I’ll get that right off. Sally was a very close runner-up. Honorable Mentions go to My Wife and Twins and Mama Geek. If you haven’t yet go check our their ... More About: Contest , Photo , Winner , Photo Contest , Round
I?m a Food Sensitivity Follower
2008-04-17 02:20:00 F has been a real over-achiever in the diaper rash area. I don’t want to brag here but my kid can manifest a diaper rash simply on contact. Some kids need to sit in their own waste for a while but mine gets right on it and rashes herself right up. Throw ... More About: Food , Months , Follower
What Makes This Hard
More articles from this author:2008-04-15 18:31:00 The kids need me. They love playing with Grammy but they don’t understand what is going on. Their father disappeared. Their mother takes off for long hours at a time. When I come home they both, but especially F, cling to me. She wants to nurse non-stop and be held and ... More About: Hard 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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