The TwinkiesThe TwinkiesThis blog, once described as -your RDA of cute-, chronicles the daily adventures of raising twins. Articles
Sweet Thing to Remember
2008-04-04 03:07:00 Last night while I was getting her ready for bed F put one hand on each of my cheeks, turned me to face her and kissed me. More About: Sweet , Thing , Months
Good News, Bad News and More Information
2008-04-04 03:00:00 I’m going to start this by recapping the basic situation Brian’s back is in. His L2 vertebrae was injured at a young age via the radiation treatments he received as a treatment for his neuroblastoma. His body adapted to the malformation remarkably well and he stands up straight. However, ... More About: News , Information , Good News , Bad News , Good
Donation Update and Thank You
2008-04-02 03:23:00 You have raised via shopping and general fascination with advertisements over $200 for the Zoe and Lennox Memorial Fund. Amazon doesn’t credit my account until the ordered items ship so I won’t have an exact number for a few days. If you would like to still donate you can click the tree on ... More About: Donation , Update
Photo Contest
2008-04-01 19:11:00 I hope to get the poll up by April 2nd. We’re a little swamped in Chez Twinkie these days. As long as you are in the Mr. Linky you’re good for now. OK. Never mind. The poll is up. Go me! More About: Contest , Photo , Photo Contest
And Now for Something Completely Different? Major Back Surgery!
2008-04-01 07:54:00 Brian, otherwise known as “that beleaguered twin father”, will be having major back surgery a week from Friday. He had cancer as an infant and the radiation treatment affected not only the tumor but also one of his vertebrae. Rather than develop into a rough rectangle it developed into a triangle. ... More About: Surgery , Back , Major
Photo Contest Reminder
2008-03-30 20:57:00 Monday, March 31 is the last day to enter your photo in the photo contest for the $10 Amazon gift certificate. Voting starts April 1. More About: Contest , Photo , Photo Contest , Reminder
Beach Baby
2008-03-26 02:50:00 F LOVED the water. She would grab your hand (or, perhaps, you would grab hers) and lunge towards the water. She was terrifyingly unafraid and even landing face first into a wave and getting a mouth full of sand didn’t faze her. Losing a shoe in the water, however, and watching ... More About: Baby , Photos , Beach , Months
Sometimes the Irony Gets in My Eyes and Stings a Little
2008-03-25 19:38:00 So there we were, on vacation, at the condo pool side and I’m spraying sunscreen on. SPF 50 in case you were wondering. A woman at the next table (a number of feet away) holds a blanket up to protect her baby and says that she is a first time mother. A woman with her, ... More About: Eyes , Irony , Months
Memorial Donation Update
2008-03-23 15:00:00 Just a reminder that J and F are donating all of their March blog revenue from advertising and Amazon referral purchases to Zoe and Lennox Simpson’s Memorial Fund. All the money raised will go towards neonatal research. Thank you from me and the kids for helping J and F make their first charitable ... More About: Donation , Update
On the Beach in Fog
2008-03-23 04:28:00 We just got back from a week in Florida and the weather was just a gift of perfection most of the week but the first morning we were there it was foggy. More About: Photos , Beach , Months
Why I Grew to Hate Mothering Magazine
2008-03-14 18:39:00 One of their current cover articles is “How to be an Authentic Parent.” Because, you know, if you don’t do it their way you are somehow inauthentic. I’m off to put my kids in disposable diapers just to be contrary. More About: Magazine , Hate , Mothering , Grew
Memorial Donation Update
2008-03-13 15:00:00 Just a reminder that J and F are donating all of their March blog revenue to Zoe and Lennox Simpson’s Memorial Fund. All the money raised will go towards neonatal research. Thank you from me and the kids for helping J and F make their first charitable donation. To increase the donation ... More About: Donation , Update
Spontaneous Please
2008-03-13 00:46:00 F: Up! Up! Up! Me: No up. F: Up! Up! Up! Me: No up. F: Peese…. I picked her up. More About: Spontaneous , Months
Today: My Life with 20-Month-Old Twins
2008-03-12 02:06:00 6:30 - Kids get up 1/2 hour early from 6:30 - 7:45: - nurse kids - get dressed - feed kids breakfast - get kids dressed - pack bag for school with replacements for the clothes they soiled yesterday - get kids in car 7:45 - leave house to take kids to school from 7:45 - 9:00 - ... More About: Life , Twins , My Life , Today , Months
Please
2008-03-11 14:03:00 F says please at school when asking her classmates to pass her something at snack. She has NOT been saying it at home. Hmmmmm……. More About: Months
First Haircut
2008-03-10 17:25:00 I finally gave in and we trimmed J’s bangs Saturday night to get his hair out of his eyes. Pretty soon he might actually need a real haircut. I remember when his head was covered with only the softest fuzz that I would rub my cheek against. More About: Photos , Haircut , Months
Me Me Me Me Me (A Meme Post)
2008-03-10 15:46:00 Amy tagged me with the 7 random facts meme. As it so subtly suggests in the name I guess it means that we have to reveal 7 facts about ourselves before passing the fun onto someone else. I don’t usually do memes just because I am usually too busy but I am trying to ... More About: Meme , Post
Morning Funny
2008-03-10 15:04:00 A step-by-step guide to changing twins at the ass-crack of dawn More About: Funny , Morning
Another Poop Post
2008-03-09 17:58:00 Today J tugged at his pants trying to get them down. After I helped him take them off he sat on the potty and, after a rousing rendition of Once Upon a Potty he pooped in the potty. More About: Post , Poop
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
2008-03-07 21:12:00 I have become a Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep volunteer photographer. Or, rather, I am in the process of doing so. I’ve been approved, I’ve paid my membership fee and I have registered for the forum. That registration has to get manually approved and then I have to sort through ...
Ad for LLL of CT Conference
2008-03-07 03:20:00 Just tell me its wonderful because I bought space at the last minute and have no time to change anything. The model is a LLL leader, near term with her pregnancy, who is also my chiropractor. She makes house calls. A chiropractor who makes house calls - how awesome is that? More About: Conference
A Poop Post
2008-03-06 19:12:00 J has pooped in the potty. Well, first he pooped on the floor but then, when I suggested he see if he could put some more in the potty he did. More About: Post , Poop
Memorial Donation Update
2008-03-06 16:48:00 Just a reminder that J and F are donating all of their March blog revenue to Zoe and Lennox Simpson’s Memorial Fund. All the money raised will go towards neonatal research. Thank you from me and the kids for helping J and F make their first charitable donation. To increase the donation ... More About: Donation , Update
Things to Remember
2008-03-06 03:22:00 J climbs into his car seat when we go to school in the morning he is so eager to get there. Yesterday when I was picking the kids up I asked F to go get her coat. She was far more interested in climbing all over me and ignored me but J went and got ... More About: Breastfeeding , Things , Months
Coats
2008-03-05 16:40:00 Summary: F put her own coat on without any help this morning. Plus, I whine about former students. When I was a teacher I often ended up talking to parents about their children in conferences. I remember one where I met with a charming woman to talk about why her child was failing my ... More About: Coats , Montessori , Months
Animal Sounds
2008-03-02 02:10:00 We were reading What Do You Say at bedtime and I said “What do you say to a bee?” and James went “bzzzzzzz”!! “What do you say to a duck?” “Quack” “What do you say to a cat?” “Hisss” Well, based on their interactions with our cat that’s pretty accurate! More About: Sounds , Animal , Months
If Only He Could Understand Us
2008-03-02 01:07:00 J was dipping his fork into his yogurt at dinner and flicking bits of yogurt around. Me: J, I don’t think that is Daddy approved behavior. Brian: (from kitchen) What’s he doing? Putting yogurt in his hair? J promptly began using his fork to smear the yogurt in his hair. Me: ... More About: Understand , Months
Twin Sleep Through the Night!
2008-02-29 22:48:00 It only took 20 months - well, a week less - but both babies slept through the night last night. That’s right. BOTH BABIES! All night. Sleep ing. Not crying. Not demanding to sleep with me, then in the crib, then with me, then kicking me in the kidney. ... More About: Night , Twin , Months
School, Week 3 (Montessori Potty Training)
2008-02-28 20:18:00 So week 3 of school has come and gone without a hitch except for the nap disruption. (Yes, it is nap time right now and, yes, J is not happy about that.) F doesn’t even make a pretense of saying goodbye to me in the morning, she just plunges into the classroom. ... More About: Training , School , Potty Training , Montessori , Week
Shitty Day
More articles from this author:2008-02-27 20:17:00 I have a pounding headache. This in itself is not unusual as I get headaches of some severity at least 3 days a week and have all of my adult life. If I am dehydrated I get a headache. If I miss a meal I get a headache. If I am ... More About: Sleep , Months 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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