The TwinkiesThe TwinkiesThis blog, once described as -your RDA of cute-, chronicles the daily adventures of raising twins. Articles
Snow Day
2008-01-15 18:42:00 Yesterday it snowed and my main goal today was to get the babies out into the snow to play. It’s good to have small, doable goals. F was very interested in eating the snow but both seemed to have a good time. Then we had grahams. Well, they had grahams. [Show picture ... More About: Photos , Snow , Months , Snow Day
New Blogs on the Blogroll and the Photo Contest
2008-01-14 02:55:00 Sweet Zoe - Updates on AMS’s daughter Option Adoption - Because sometimes motherhood doesn’t come easily Don’t forget to vote in the photo contest! It looks like Elizabeth is going to run away with it but you still have a little time to try to steal her lead. More About: Contest , Photo , Blogroll , Blogs , Photo Contest
Shameless Self Promotion
2008-01-12 13:57:00 Well, I finally got the photo site for the photography business to a state that is something approaching not dreadful and am, of course, encouraging you to go and check it out. If you are local to me (and you know who are) don’t miss the free photo shoot at Papaya Patch in West ... More About: Promotion , Mele
18 Month Well Child Visit
2008-01-10 19:07:00 Weights & Lengths (with percentiles) J.: Birth: 6 lbs. 8 oz. / 19″ 1 Year: 19 lbs. 12 oz. / 29 1/2″ (10th / 40th) 15 Mont h s : 20 lbs. 14 oz. / 31″ (5-10th / 50th) 18 Months: 23 lbs. / 32 3/4″ (12th / 59th) F.: Birth: 6lbs. 13 oz. / 20″ 1 Year: 20 lbs. 3 oz. / 29 ... More About: Child , Visit
Day in the Park
2008-01-09 18:50:00 Because of record warm temperatures we were able to get out to the park yesterday. More About: Photos , Park , Months
Radio Silence
2008-01-08 15:26:00 Several people have contacted me about AMS. I know. She has asked for radio silence and I am honoring that request which is why you have read no public message of love and support here. She knows that I am here for her in whatever way she needs; right now that need ... More About: Radio , Silence
Sweetness
2008-01-08 02:17:00 Last night, because both kids had a slight fever, we ended up with both of them in bed with us at about 11:00. As he drifted off to sleep J lay cuddled up to me stroking my arm over and over again. Tonight we were trying to teach him to blow kisses. When asked ...
Ads and Amazon and College Funds
2008-01-03 06:00:00 As always, thank you for your ongoing interest in the Google ad offerings. We were able to make another contribution to the kids’ college funds from ad revenue this morning. If you are interested in adding Google ads to your own blog, well, don’t expect to get rich but you can drop a ... More About: College , Amazon , Funds
3 More Teeth
2008-01-01 03:12:00 F now has three more teeth; all of her canines except the upper right one have poked through. More About: Teeth
Vote in the Photo Contest
2007-12-31 19:10:00 Go vote in the Holiday/Winter photo contest. Please remember that you have to link back to the contest page to be eligible to win. More About: Contest , Photo , Vote , Photo Contest
Things to Remember about J
2007-12-31 18:59:00 J was so excited when he came down the stairs on Christmas morning and saw his play kitchen that he fell down the last step. If J gets up in the morning or from a nap before F when she finally comes downstairs he smiles and lights up he is so happy to see her. J likes to stack his nesting blocks, and always does them right side up so that the open side faces down. F just started trying to stack and she is much less finicky about which side is up but if she puts a block on a tower on its side J will turn it so that it is right side up like all the others. More About: Things
Even if you are a perfect parent…
2007-12-29 03:18:00 …your child will still throw a tantrum at the least convenient, most embarrassing time. (My laptop has been shipped off to some Apple repair center to get the CD drive and power supply issues fixed. This means all computing has to be done on the ancient, inconvenient basement machine. Expect infrequent posting and reading for the duration.) More About: Perfect , Pare
Updates on That Sleeping and Talking Firebrand, F
2007-12-23 23:36:00 We’ve been working on this night weaning thing for a while and progress is basically good. I kick Brian and he gets up to deal with the babies and I go back to sleep. Last night F, sick and getting 2 canines, wasn’t having it. She came to bed with ... More About: Photos , Sleeping , Updates , Talking , Sleep
Pregnant Twin Mother Needs You
2007-12-21 19:37:00 I don’t know anything about extended bedrest, PROM or prematurity. I was very lucky. I know, however, that some of you know too much about those things. If you do (or even if you don’t), please go offer some support to AMS of Our Own Creation who is in the hospital on ... More About: Pregnant , Mother , Twin , Needs
Other Posts That Rock
2007-12-21 15:06:00 Breastfeeding Twins at 15 1/2 Months (’Cause, you know, I’m not the only one.) High School Poetry (Everything this woman writes is fabulous. I have serious funny envy.) She Who Cannot Control Her Children (And everything THIS woman writes is insightful and thought provoking. Did I mention that thing about envy?) Add yours in the comments. ... More About: Rock , Posts
Frustration and Rejoicing
2007-12-19 19:11:00 I’m feeling so frustrated with my photography. I having been having trouble nailing my focus lately and a lot of shots seem muddy and underexposed. My black and white conversions have been lousy and I’m not happy with the tonal range in my black and white shots. This is a problem ... More About: Frustration , Rejoicing , Stration
Sad
2007-12-18 04:56:00 I’m sad. I don’t know why. Nothing has happened. I’m just cooped up, maybe, or lonely. I’m hating Christmas this year, which doesn’t help. It’s just one series of chores after another. Buy this, wrap that, decorate over there and bake over here and none of it is any fun. ...
We?re Off the Cloth
2007-12-18 02:28:00 Well, we’re no longer using cloth diapers for F. I spent all of last week stripping them, washing them again and again and again and it doesn’t matter because after one day in cloth she gets a rash. A nasty rash. She cries when you wipe her when she has this rash. ... More About: Cloth
Holiday Photo Contest
2007-12-17 15:10:00 Don’t forget to enter your holiday kid photo by December 31 for the chance to win a $10 gift certificate to Amazon which isn’t a lot but is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. Voting will run from January 1 - 15. Complete rules and entry form HERE. I look forward ... More About: Contest , Photo , Holiday , Photo Contest
Using the Subjunctive Correctly in English
2007-12-14 15:59:00 I know most people don’t know how to use the subjunctive in English . You use the subjunctive in counterfactual statements (”If I were going to the store…”, NOT “If I was going to the store…”), wishful statements (”If I were a hammer….” NOT “If I was a hammer…”) and conjuctive formulations (”Lest you misuse the subjunctive, read here for more information”). It’s annoying enough when people misuse the subjunctive in everyday conversation. When the title of a children’s book, however, is “I Wish I Was…” I have to bang my head against the wall. Who was your editor? Who? And from what cut-rate English program did she graduate? I ask because she needs a good slap, her advisor needs a slap or two and the entire program needs a few kicks in the shin. The publishing house should feel some shame too. Can you tell this is one of my pet peeves? When I am reading... More About: Rect
Baby
2007-12-13 02:10:00 F has a new favorite book, Who Is Coming to Our House. It’s a sweet Christmas book her Grandma gave her last year in which all the animals prepare the stable for the arrival of Mary and Joseph. I’m not all that sure what benefits the new webs spun by the spider offer ... More About: Baby
I?m a Lion?! (Or, Lame Bloggy Game)
2007-12-11 04:13:00 So I took this quiz and was deemed a lion. Really. You can change it. Alice made me a bobcat and someone else made me a spider but didn’t fess up. I don’t really spin well enough to be a spider. I am really out of practice. If I hauled out ... More About: Lion , Game , Lame
Chocolates
2007-12-10 14:05:00 Last night. as I was making tea, F pulled the box of See’s chocolates off the table. Now, I only eat See’s chocolates in December because otherwise I would become the size of a large horse. They are wonderful. Godiva is crap. She had the box open, slightly spilled, her mouth packed with ... More About: Chocolates
Sentence #2
2007-12-08 17:10:00 “Take a bath.” J is very big on personal hygiene. More About: Sentence
The Night Weaning Chronicles
2007-12-07 18:49:00 We WILL be night weaning. I suspect this will not be easy or pleasant but have I mentioned I haven’t had a full night’s sleep in 17+ months? In his ideal world J would get lifted from his bed every 2 hours to nurse then return to sleeping in his own space. ... More About: Night , Sleep , Chronicles
17 Months Developmental Milestones
2007-12-07 06:00:00 These are skills that Dr. Sears claims children should master in the 15 - 18 month age range. understands simple language - Yes (for both) walks in circles, backward, pivots - Yes walks faster, trots, prances - Yes walks up stairs with help - Yes stops and stoops to pick up toy - Yes climbs onto furniture - And how. tries ... More About: Milestones , Months , Stones , Mont
General Sleep Updates
2007-12-05 16:30:00 The night before last both kids slept 6 hours in a row. Even better, they were the same 6 hours so I slept 6 hours in a row. Last night when I stepped back from the crib I almost fainted and fell against the rocking chair. I have nasty bruises on my ... More About: General , Updates , Sleep
Whiny Post
2007-12-03 18:32:00 J was up all night yelling. He seems to have been sick, teething and just generally ornery all at once. Whatever was bothering him did not impact his lung capacity which he was most pleased to demonstrate for me by hollering at full volume while I was holding him. Last night was ... More About: Post , Sleep
My Goofy Kids
More articles from this author:2007-12-01 02:27:00 Just snapshots, nothing fancy, but I wanted something happy up before the weekend began. More About: Kids , Photos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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