The TwinkiesThe TwinkiesThis blog, once described as -your RDA of cute-, chronicles the daily adventures of raising twins. Articles
In Which the Husband is Mocked
2008-06-09 15:11:00 I really blame the drugs. After all, he was on a lot of pain medication and wasn’t really thinking straight when he told his parents to not bother installing the air conditioners when they were here to help us after his surgery. I’ve never been able to move them and he certainly can’t ... More About: Husband
Ride Horsie!
2008-06-08 03:45:00 Friday we went to an indoor carousel with a friend to get out of the rain. It was a hit, so much so that F kept insisting “ride horsie!” Since today was swelteringly hot we went back and I brought the camera this time. More About: Photos , Ride , Months
Fiona Loves the Night
2008-06-08 03:04:00 This is a GREAT book. Go buy it. Seriously. It’s also a long video. Just warning you. More About: Video , Night , Months
Now this is just not fair?
2008-06-05 21:46:00 Brian has a torn rotator cuff. That would be a shoulder injury and a miserable one at that. So… he had major surgery, still has to wear a brace, can’t pick up the kids and now has a bum shoulder for which he can’t take anti-inflammatories and so has to just tough out. ... More About: Fair
Nursing Cuteness
2008-06-03 02:43:00 Our new cute thing is that when they are done nursing they pull my shirt back down and say “Bye bye tissy!” F also once lunged at me across the bed after I got my bra out of the way and cried “I’m coming tissy!” We call nursing “tissy” rather than the more standard “nums” ... More About: Breastfeeding , Nursing , Cuteness , Months
Sick
2008-06-01 13:19:00 Two sick toddlers. F must have thrown up at least 20 times yesterday. J not as many but still a remarkable amount. Lots of laundry. Lots. F looked at me from bed and said, “Help me.” More About: Sick , Months
Montessori Young Children?s Community Progress Reports
2008-05-30 20:52:00 These are the end of the year summary reports from the kids’ school. ———- F Social Behaviors: F greets everyone with a warm smile. She is gentle with others. She usually engages in solitary play but has recently been engaging more with others in parallel play. Language: F is using more words to express her ... More About: Children , Community , Young , Montessori , Progress
A Parenting Progression
2008-05-30 02:21:00 My children won’t have any sugar. 1 My children will only have treats made with organic cane syrup. If a cookie from Starbucks gets us through a trip to the mall without a meltdown, bring it on. 1Yes, (Jennie), I know that EVERYTHING has sugar in it when you are talking about food as chemistry. I mean ... More About: Parenting
Please Go To These Blogs Today
2008-05-29 07:00:00 Wordpress lists your “best day ever” as the day the most people visited your blog. If that day happened to be one of the most horrible days of your entire life seeing it enshrined as your “best day ever” is an unneeded stab in the heart from a nightmare you can never escape. So , ... More About: Blogs , Today
Toddler Translations
2008-05-27 23:19:00 What I HearWhat It MeansRocI would like to go on a walk please (preferably to to the playground).Mo ceh ceh me peeMore cracker for me please, (and don’t forget the blue cheese).No socky me.I do not want to wear that sock (and I am going to take it off every single time you put it ... More About: Translations , Toddler , Months
My Uncooperative Male Model
2008-05-25 03:53:00 I kind of miss those days when they stayed where I put them for photos. More About: Photos , Model , Male , Months
Things I Never Thought I Would Say - part 8
2008-05-24 19:13:00 Spit out the cat-food, please. More About: Thought , Part , Things , Months
My Kid is More Gifted Than Yours. So There.
2008-05-23 04:45:00 I survived the Mommy Wars over breastfeeding, managing to be both a fraud who supplemented and a freak who is nursing toddler twins. There aren’t many areas in life I’ve achieved both fraudhood and freakdom. I survived the working vs. stay-at-home debates utilizing the aggressively nutty choice of trying to start my own ... More About: Montessori , Months
If You Want to Make Your Uterus Hurt?
2008-05-21 02:41:00 …go look at my photo of this adorable 5-day-old baby boy. I love newborns. I didn’t like babies until I had kids and now I am a baby addict. More About: Hurt , Make
The Incident of the Poop on the Rug
2008-05-20 02:40:00 It was after bath. There were twins running around, naked. I looked at one; the other pooped on the rug. It happened in a turn of the head with no warning. I cleaned up the poop and thought “He just pooped so we are safe with him for a while; I’ll ... More About: Poop , Incident
Things I Never Thought I Would Say - part 7
2008-05-20 02:27:00 Honey, please don’t chew on Mama’s fingernails. More About: Thought , Part , Things , Months
Girl in Kimono
2008-05-18 02:39:00 F’s Jewish godmother (hey - no one asked so we didn’t mention it) brought her a little outfit from Japan and I have, at long last, gotten a picture of it. F was less than cooperative. More About: Photos , Girl , Kimono , Months
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
More articles from this author:2008-05-01 22:41:00 Take the cotton out of your ears and put it in your mouth. More About: Advice , Awesome , Today 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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