The TwinkiesThe TwinkiesThis blog, once described as -your RDA of cute-, chronicles the daily adventures of raising twins. Articles
Please Stop
2011-07-25 22:29:00 Please stop telling me how bad the public schools are. I know. I get it. Hell, I agree. The absurd testing. The tendency to encourage parents to medicate. And, let’s face it, gifted kids get shafted and one of mine is, all “I’m bragging on my kid” aside, gifted. ... More About: Stop
They are too imaginary
2011-04-17 02:39:00 Look, I know that negative whole numbers are not really “imaginary” numbers but from the point of view of a 4-year-old they are because you just can’t have -3 apples.
New Twinkie Posts on the Biz Blog?
2011-01-29 19:58:00 http://www.stacieturnerphotography.com/bl og/2011/01/dancing-in-the-snow-connecticu t-childrens-photography/ http://www.stacieturnerphotography.com/bl og/2011/01/2010-in-a-nutshell-twinkie-ver sion/ http://www.stacieturnerphotography.com/bl og/2010/12/twins-staring/ http://www.stacieturnerphotography.com/bl og/2010/12/if-i-cover-my-eyes/ http://www.stacieturnerphotography.com/bl og/2010/11/twins-on-tuesday-4/ More About: Blog , Posts
Sick
2010-09-19 14:31:00 Fiona is sick. She was up throwing up 3X last night and has done it once this morning. When she came downstairs I asked if she would like to try some toast. “No, I think I am going to starve today.”
Twitter Updates for 2010-09-01
2010-09-01 19:24:00 #holga image of giant lobster… http://twitpic.com/2jygao # Hover mother out in force at children's museum, not letting her kid explore the puppet theatre without help. I am judging. Sue me. # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2010-08-31
2010-08-31 19:24:00 Another day, another set of casseroles made in triplicate. # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2010-08-29
2010-08-29 19:24:00 Newborn baby picture. You need to book these shoots early… http://bit.ly/coUgnJ http://twitpic.com/2izejw # Enter the blog contest for a chance to win a free breastfeeding picture board book. http://tinyurl.com/2drc4qm #fb # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2010-08-28
2010-08-28 19:24:00 This week's canning results: 2 jars blackberry jam, 3 jars blackberry brandy sauce, 1jar dill pickles, 1 jar pasta sauce. # Post Office, Bank, CVS, hair cut, book store and library later, it's quiet time! # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2010-08-27
2010-08-27 19:24:00 First nice day all week and we are off to the park with swim suits and camera. # Mice have 4,786 fans on facebook. I'm just trying to catch up… http://tinyurl.com/3795tq3 # I broke the PG movie barrier and took out The Princess Bride today. # We started the Norse myths tonight. So far, Ymir was ... More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2010-08-26
2010-08-26 19:24:00 Souffle base for tonight's roulade is done! # Why is "let me finish my breakfast in peace" about as likely to happen as "go broker a truce in the middle east"? # Almost the whole house is hardwood floors. How does the cat always manage to vomit on a rug? # Done: 3 jars of blackberry ... More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2010-08-25
2010-08-25 19:24:00 Blackberry picking was a huge success, though I think Girl Child ended up wearing as many as she picked (and she picked a lot…) # The child is now naked, drawing on herself with red crayon, to try to trick me into thinking she has chicken pox. Kids are SO WEIRD. # More About: Updates , Twitter
Twitter Updates for 2010-08-24
2010-08-24 19:24:00 Incessant tantrums canceled trip to museum. Instead we made cookies and I am making 3 casseroles, 1 to eat, 1 to freeze and 1 to share. # And quiet time commences so I get to do actual business work sans interruptions for maybe an hour… # Enter the blog contest for a chance to ... More About: Updates , Twitter
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
More articles from this author: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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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